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 […]
PRESS RELEASE The State Comptroller’s review of the county’s budget for the 2016 fiscal year found that “the significant revenue and expenditure projections in the proposed budget are reasonable.” In accordance with the comptroller’s recommendations, County Executive Ed Day has offered a policy to reduce the audited year-end General Fund unreserved deficit fund balance each […]
Toys back on the sales rack through end of year BY CAROL MCILMURRAY Safe to Play Coalition is threatening to file suit against Rockland County for the new “Toxic Toy” law, Local Law 3, which bans the sale of children’s products made containing any amount of seven dangerous chemicals. In an effort to avoid lawsuit and […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day A few weeks ago, I received word that Rockland County would be on the receiving end of a lawsuit. An advocacy group that calls itself “The Safe To Play Coalition” was threatening litigation following the recent adoption of the County’s so-called “Toxic Toys” law. One did not need a […]
Republicans to take 4-1 council margin in Clarkstown; Ward system to be implemented for four council seats The Republican Party, with the help of the new-found Reform Party line, has earned one of the most unlikely political victories in recent Rockland County history, sweeping town and county races in the Town of Clarkstown. Elected supervisor […]