BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – In spite of a requirement outlined in the county charter, the County has been without an auditor since 2007. However, his department is crunching numbers again and exploring new avenues out of the county’s fiscal slump. Bob Bergman, a temporarily-contracted county auditor who is expected to be appointed to […]
American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 14, 2014 – Justice Department officials announced an enforcement action yesterday against the nation’s largest servicer of federal and private student loans, which was found to be systematically violating the legal rights of U.S. service members. Sallie Mae — also known as Sallie Mae Bank and Navient Solutions — […]
Release from the New York State School Boards Association Schools statewide are proposing an average tax levy increase of just 1.98 percent, the lowest in five years, according to an analysis of state property tax report card data by the New York State School Boards Association. Ninety-six percent of school districts are proposing tax levy […]
BY ROCKLAND COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY I shared my lunchtime on Monday with two extraordinary young women. Lauren Shields of Stony Point is 14. A heart transplant saved her life five years ago. Malkie Brandler of Spring Valley is 21. She is hoping to receive the gift of a new heart later this spring. As […]
DAILY NEWS Aides to Rob Astorino, the Republican Westchester County executive running for governor, say he was blocked from prime seating Wednesday at President Obama’s Tappan Zee Bridge event by Gov. Cuomo staffers. Astorino aides say he was originally slated to be seated within the first three rows but ended up standing with no seat […]