Rockland and NJ Legislators Announce Passage of Rockland Bergen Flood Mitigation Task Force

JOINT LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester), Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski (D-New City), Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern), and Suffern Mayor Trish Abato held a press conference with a coalition of New Jersey legislators, Assemblyman Eustace and Assemblywoman Schepisi, to announce the inclusion of the Rockland-Bergen Flood Mitigation Task Force in the 2014-15 New York State […]

Castricone: Federal Bureaucrats Erecting Another Economic Roadblock on Hudson Valley

Tuxedo-Assembly candidate Dan Castricone this blasted a decision by federal bureaucrats that will soon impose a 10 percent electricity rate increase on Orange and Rockland County consumers and businesses. The rate hikes are the consequence of a decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to create a ‘new capacity zone,’ in the Hudson Valley. […]

Statement from Ed Cox on public campaign finance in the Comptroller’s race

ALBANY…NYGOP Chair Ed Cox released the following statement after Comptroller Tom DiNapoli stated that he will no opt-in to public campaign financing: “After Comptroller DiNapoli did his job by pointing out that the Governor’s sham projected budget surplus is actually a $3.4 billion deficit, and that the Governor used $700 million in one-shot budget gimmicks […]

“Smart on Crime” Advocates Applaud Governor’s Appointment of Raise the Age Commission Members

Cuomo-appointed commission will develop legislation by end of year to raise minimum age of criminal responsibility FROM RAISE THE AGE ALBANY – Supporters of ‘Raise the Age NY,’ the statewide campaign pushing New York state to be “smart on crime” by raising the state’s minimum age of criminal responsibility, applauded Governor Cuomo’s announcement of the […]

NYS Ethics Commission denies pro-life group critical exemption; pro-choice group has better luck

FROM NYCF Albany, NY – Earlier this year, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) rejected New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms’ application to protect its large donors from public disclosure. New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms (NYCF), a statewide pro-life, pro-family organization that lobbies on behalf of the evangelical Christian community, had applied for an exemption […]