By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Less than six weeks into the new year, we’ve already had our fill of political scandals in New York. On January 22nd, now-former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested on federal charges that he exploited his office to obtain millions of dollars in payoffs. Two weeks later, U.S. Attorney […]
“Today is a good day for reformers in New York. The establishment of the Reform Party will be another force in the fight to enact desperately needed changes in New York, chief among them repealing Common Core and enacting term limits for legislators. I’m proud to have advanced these causes as the Republican and Conservative […]
JOINT LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE Senator David Carlucci, and Assemblymembers Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) and Ken Zebrowski (D-New City) announced today that they have introduced legislation (A.5355/S.3821) to appoint a State Monitor to the troubled East Ramapo Central School District. This legislation follows the recommendations made by Fiscal Monitor, Hank Greenberg, to impose strong oversight in the […]
Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) today is calling on newly elected Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to keep his word that he will make ethics reform his top priority. In the wake of former speaker Sheldon Silver’s indictment on federal corruption charges, many, including Gov. Cuomo and Speaker Heastie, called for real ethics reform legislation to be […]
A former top staffer of Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) and current coordinator of Legislative and Community Affairs for Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski (D-New City) posted a photo to social media this week of himself holding a sign referring to the Founding Fathers of the United States as “elitists.” The photo was posted by staffer Dustin Hausner, who […]
Town of Ramapo throws weight behind Lafayette Theatre’s smutty “50 Shades” premiere The Town of Ramapo shockingly sent a press release out Wednesday evening inviting the public to a special sneak preview of BDSM erotica flick “50 Shades of Grey” at the Lafayette Theatre this week. The press release was complete with a warning not to […]