Reports by the Journal News of a 10 percent county tax increase are presumptuous in light of the fact County Executive Ed Day still has vetoes up his sleeve and the County Legislature only narrowly passed their amendments to Day’s budget, which would have raised taxes only about 5 percent. Day can veto the entirety […]
Senator David Carlucci: “It puts a stain on the whole political process and erodes trust….We need to ban outside income for state lawmakers to get rid of those conflicts. This is the best chance for limiting and trying to root out pay to play culture.” Links to Senator Carlucci’s bills to ban outside income and […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Ed Day’s high approval ratings (according to internal polls), Rockland County’s improved fiscal status and Day’s success transforming the political landscape of the formerly Dem-dominated County of Rockland have not gone unnoticed amongst Republican leaders in Albany. In fact, sources close to the state GOP leadership have told the Rockland County Times that […]
Orangetown Councilman Dennis Troy has recovered sooner than some expected following a nasty spill in the Dominican Republic, which left him in a hospital for multiple weeks. He was present and active at the Orangetown Board Meeting last Tuesday. Welcome back Dennis!
The longtime mayor of Montebello Jeffrey Oppenheim currently resides in Piermont in a home he’s purchased. The mayor confirmed he has no firm commitment to move back to the village he governs. Oppenheim was forced to move for personal reasons and many of his personal possessions remain in his Montebello home, giving him a legal […]
PRESS RELEASE Senator David Carlucci (D–Rockland/Westchester) was joined Tuesday by Stephanie Madison, president of the Mental Health Association of Rockland, Glenn Liebman, CEO of the Mental Health Association of New York State, and community advocates to urge Governor Cuomo to sign bill S.632A into law, sponsored by Carlucci. Senator Carlucci’s bill would create the “Mental […]