Reaction to suggested passage of over $1 million dollars in college charge back costs from the county to the towns has riled up town supervisors. In the long-run, it might even produce a lawsuit. According to Haverstraw Town Supervisor Howard Phillips, County Executive Ed Day’s interpretation of a recent Court of Appeals decision that allowed […]
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BY TOM BASILE Last week’s arrest of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver highlights the need for real political courage at a time when more than 80 percent of New Yorkers believe government corruption is a significant problem. People simply are sick of seeing their politicians do the perp-walk. Since Silver’s arrest, we’ve seen more political payback, […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Thirteen months ago, I took office as your county executive knowing the challenges I inherited were stubborn and steep. Rockland County was broke and broken. The people elected me to fix this government and lift up our entire community. Part of our efforts to create a more […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-21) announced the introduction of a bipartisan congressional resolution with Reps. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Eliot Engel (NY-16), Nita Lowey (NY-17), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27), Steve Israel (NY-03), and Peter Roskam (IL-06) recognizing the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz that took place on […]
Parietti and Romanowski seek to preserve ward vote invalidation BY MICHAEL RICONDA RAMAPO – Activists in the Town of Ramapo have launched another legal push toward their goal of authorizing a second vote on the question of whether or not wards should be established in Ramapo’s local elections. Ramapo Residents Robert Romanowski and Michael Parietti […]