BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – New legislation which recently passed both the State Assembly and Senate might soon update current internet privacy laws to protect victims of “revenge porn” whose explicit photos are posted online without their consent. The legislation, sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Phil Boyle (R-C-I, Suffolk County), was endorsed at […]
Now that the state Division of Homeland Security (DHS) has ruled crude oil shipment information must be made available to the public through the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), the criticism surrounding oil shipments in New York can get directed back to where it belongs: the federal government’s continued lack of enhanced oil train safety […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM COUNCILMAN DANIEL FRIEDMAN This week, Ramapo Town Councilman Daniel Friedman released the 2013 financial audit of the Ramapo Local Development Corporation. Friedman also released the Annual Report of the LDC as well as a “Failure to File” notice that the LDC was given for the second year in a row. “The public […]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this week signed legislation that will increase the maximum fine from $200 to $1,000 for those who attempt to steal, harm, or transport a dog, cat or other pet that is not their own. “For many New Yorkers, a pet can be an extension of their family – which is why […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day As most of you know, Rockland County formed a Local Development Corporation (LDC) in 2013 for the purpose of selling Summit Park Hospital and Nursing Care Center. Last week, the LDC board unanimously passed a resolution to enter into a Purchase Sale Agreement, which allows for the eventual transfer […]
ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES POLITICAL COMMENTARY Is the government doing a good enough job protecting you from the hazards of outdated sunscreen? Not according to State Senator David Carlucci. The sophomore senator thinks New Yorkers are in danger of from sunscreen over three years old and he is working to pass a new law that mandates expiration […]