Reda out, Garvey in, Gravagna challenges, Axelrod makes stuff up RCT POLITICAL ANALYSIS Wednesday night’s Clarkstown GOP reorganization meeting was filled with fireworks in the wake of last week’s committee election super-landslide and the announcement that 22-year Rockland GOP Chairman Vincent Reda would be retiring after the county convention later this month. Reda is now […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day I spent some time this week talking with Suffern lawyer Michael Zall. Though tears, Mr. Zall described the unique experience of grieving an overdose death. Along with the pain and sadness, there’sguilt and shame, stigma and isolation. Mr. Zall talked about the challenges of loving and supporting a drug […]
New City, NY (September 16, 2014)) – Rockland County Legislature Chairman Alden H. Wolfe and Legislator Harriet Cornell, Chairwoman of the Environmental Committee have invited the environmental advocate organizations Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson to a public forum to present information about the rise in rail and river transport of volatile crude oil through the Hudson […]
JOINT RELEASE FROM JAFFEE AND ZEBROWSKI On September 30 residents of the Town of Ramapo will have the opportunity to vote on how its town board is elected. There will be two questions on the ballot. Question 1: “Shall the ward system be established for the election of councilmen in Ramapo?” and Question 2: “Shall […]
Tonight the Rockland County Legislature will revisit a bus wash resolution passed in August that proposed daily washes of TOR busses at a rate of $45 per wash, potentially costing the county hundreds of thousands per year. The exact expenses are undetermined, but according to the math put forward, washing busses daily at $45 per […]
PRESS RELEASE EPA Decision on State of New York’s Proposal to Use Clean Water Funding for Projects Related to Replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge Each year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides millions of dollars to the State of New York, which in turn provides funding to local governments for various clean water purposes, including […]