How a social media post became a public spat over the deficit premium and the first ideological battle of the Ed Day-era in county government BY MICHAEL RICONDA Questions over an $11 million deficit premium earned from the sale of deficit financing bonds have provoked some contentiousness between County Executive Ed Day (R) and Legislator […]
BY ROCKLAND COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY As my Administration moves toward the second half of 2014, I’m taking a few moments this week to reflect on all that we’ve accomplished during our first six months. My team and I have spent each day focusing on common sense, intelligent solutions to the County’s challenges. Our efforts […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – In an occasionally heated session, the County Legislature’s Budget & Finance Committee declined to approve a repeal of the county’s four percent residential energy tax on June 10. Though bipartisan support initially appeared to push the bill into the realm of possibility, the Budget & Finance Committee was split […]
LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE Assemblymembers Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) and Kenneth Zebrowski (D-New City) both applaud the announcement by Governor Cuomo that he supports the efforts of the State Education Department to install attorney Hank Greenberg as the fiscal monitor for the East Ramapo Central School District. The announcement comes after years of meetings, conversations and requests […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 Residents Demand State to Rescind Chicken Slaughterhouse Grant Zebrowski sends new letter with thousands of residents and local elected officials to Empire State Development Assemblyman Zebrowski sent a letter this week to the Empire State Development Board of Directors asking that they take immediate action to rescind the $1.6 […]
I have numerous concerns about the proposed Heritage Park Poultry Plant, which is intended to replace the former facility that was shut down by federal prosecutors because of a number of violations. I wholeheartedly supported the decision to close that facility, which put the public’s health and safety at risk. I have had numerous discussions […]