Gigante wins Airmont mayoral race
Phil Gigante has secured victory in the Village of Airmont mayoral race, pending counting of absentee ballots. At this time Gigante leads comfortably over Tom Gulla and Ralph Bracco by a count of 904-691-261.
The County Executive’s Corner: Working To Stop The Medicaid Moochers
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Just last week, the County Legislature’s Budget and Finance Committee held a public discussion on the inherent shortcomings of Medicaid, which leave the federally-created, state-mandated program vulnerable to rampant fraud and abuse. The Committee’s recent efforts aside, know that my Administration has placed much focus on the program’s deep-rooted deficiencies […]
Pomona Villlage race heats up with big town friction; splash of celebrity
The normally neighborly political scene of the Village of Pomona this year has taken on the flavor of politics seen in some of the contentious town elections in Rockland County. Accusations and counter-accusations are rife and the village has dealt with a rash of resignations of officers who blame incumbent Mayor Brett Yagel for pushing […]
Famed mobster Vinny “The Chin” Gigante’s grandson a candidate in local mayoral race
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF It’s one of Rockland’s worst kept secrets. GOP and Preserve Airmont candidate for mayor Philip Gigante is the grandson of the late Vincent “The Chin” Gigante, longtime godfather of the Genovese crime family and arguably the most powerful gangster of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The Chin Gigante was best […]
The County Executive’s Corner: Thank A Vet
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day One in 25 Rockland County residents – four percent of our county’s 320,000 citizens – have served in our nation’s armed forces. Now ranging in age from their early twenties to over 95 years old, they defended the freedoms we hold dear, both during times of conflict and times […]
Legislature once again at odds with Day over Anemone study, demands made for info on civilian sources
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – The report which once sat near the center of the controversy over Sheriff’s Department cuts in 2014 has re-emerged under the scrutiny of the County Legislature. This time, however, the report’s author stood before the body to state his case, arguing his recommendations called for more rather than less […]