Rockland sheriff condemns county executive’s proposed police cuts BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco III offered sharp words for County Executive Ed Day’s draft 2015 budget on Friday, arguing the cuts to the sheriff’s office would reverberate throughout the county, impact taxpayers and undermine public safety. Speaking to a crowd […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NYACK – Hoping to alleviate anticipated toll hikes which are expected to follow the construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge, State Sen. David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Ossining) publicly announced a four point plan for toll relief at Nyack’s Memorial Park on Tuesday. The toll controls include a 60 percent resident discount for Rockland […]
On Sunday, October 26, 2014 for Assembly Districts 96th, 97th and 98th and Senate districts 38th and 39th at the JCC Rockland, 450 West Nyack Road, West Nyack, from 2 – 4 p.m. The program is free and open to the public and is co-sponsored by the following groups: JCC Rockland Rockland Chapter of AARP Rockland Chapter of the American Association of University Women Rockland League […]
In a story that has captivated New York City tabloids, high profile lawyer and former Rockland County legislator representing Ramapo, Sanford Rubenstein, has been accused of raping a woman who is a key adviser to Rev. Al Sharpton-led National Action Network Sanford Rubenstein, 70, is currently under investigation by the NYPD for what the 42-year-old […]
Senator Bill Larkin (R-C, Cornwall-on-Hudson) announced that he has secured $343,500 in anti-crime and domestic violence prevention funding for seven local law enforcement agencies, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, the Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Newburgh Enlarged City School District. Only one of the grants will assist Rocklanders, as the Town of […]
STORY & PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN Nothing could upstage the massive I Lift NY crane that traveled north from lower Manhattan to the project site earlier this week save for one word: tolls. Governor Andrew Cuomo addressed that straight on when he joined community leaders, reporters and project officials in Piermont Monday to welcome the massive crane. […]