BY MARC MOSS A long-held rivalry between fellow Clarkstown Republicans Ed Day, the current Rockland County executive, and Frank Sparaco, a Rockland legislator, Clarkstown town employee and influential political organizer within party circles, has turned into a general conflagration and power struggle within the Republican Party. The result of the power struggle may have an […]
Sources say St. Lawrence will not challenge ward referendum Rumor in Ramapo is that Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence has no intention to challenge Bob Romanowski and Michael Parietti’s legal victory validating their call for a referendum on ward voting for the town council. Currently five council members-four councilman and the supervisor-are voted on by the […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day A vinyl swimming pool slashed at Camp Shalom in Chestnut Ridge. Swastikas and racist graffiti scrawled on vehicles outside a secluded home in Pearl River. Anti-Semitic phrases and profanity spray-painted across the greenhouses at Van Houten Farms in Pearl River. While the Summer of 2014 will go down as […]
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo last week signed legislation to strengthen the vetting process for volunteer firefighter organizations, requiring applicants to submit to a background check for sex offense convictions. “Firefighters are often in a position where they serve and protect vulnerable members of their communities – which is why it is imperative that […]
After three years of getting nearly shut out of regional grants, County Executive Ed Day this week announced that the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council (MHREDC) endorsed five Rockland County projects as regional priorities for Round IV of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Regional Council initiative. Endorsements are not final grants and at least one of the […]
Schneiderman and AGs of 29 states join together in effort to regulate e-cigs Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, together with the attorneys general of Illinois, Indiana, and Massachussetts, co-sponsored a letter submitted to the Food and Drug Administration last week that was signed by 29 state attorneys general. The letter urges the FDA to strengthen […]