BY MICHAEL RICONDA Though Republicans will dominate Congress in 2015 and provide a significant counter to President Barack Obama during his last two years in the White House, they must still weather inter-party conflict before the end of the current legislative session and the beginning of GOP dominance. Republican Party leadership have indicated that though […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Since my first day in office, I’ve been working to return Rockland County to fiscal responsibility. Without decisive action, the County’s severe budget problems will persist, threatening economic recovery, job growth and our quality of life. The people elected me to fix our money problems. Unfortunately, it’s become clear […]
To overturn the jury’s decision now would be a cruel and unjust slap in the face to the families of Sergeant Edward O’Grady, Officer Waverly “Chipper” Brown and Brinks guard Peter Paige. Nine children were left without fathers in the wake of this brutal and morally reprehensible crime. The conduct of Judith Clark – and […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Democratic leadership in the County Legislature is hoping to reduce the annual payments on the county’s deficit to $4 million in order to fully restore proposed cuts to the Sheriff’s Dept. in County Executive Ed Day’s proposed budget, the Rockland County Times has learned. The original budget contained a $10 million payment […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Thanksgiving is a time for family and friends to gather together and express gratitude for all that we have been given, the freedoms we enjoy and the loved ones who enrich our lives each day. Nearly 400 years after the Pilgrims came to America in search of a better […]
BY ADAM LUCENTE Last week, President Obama announced several executive actions pertaining to illegal immigration. In short, the president granted several million people the ability to stay in the United States legally. While supporters argue that this move provides a partial solution to the issue in the face of Congressional failure to pass reform, others […]