SUBMITTED BY RAMAPO COUNCILMAN DANIEL FRIEDMAN Unedited In the wake of several actions taken by Ramapo Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence, Ramapo Councilman Daniel Friedman initiated an investigation into the mishandling of governmental business in Ramapo Town Hall. The results of that inquiry demonstrated that there were multiple incidents in which Ramapo officials took inappropriate […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – County Executive Ed Day announced on March 24 that the position of Economic Development director has been filled with business and marketing specialist and 2013 Spring Valley mayoral candidate Calherbe Monel, a man now charged with bringing business back to the county. Monel, who ran for mayor on the […]
Website contains millions of state and local government financial records State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that financial information for more than 500 state and local public authorities is now available at Open Book New York http://www.openbooknewyork.com/, a transparency website launched by DiNapoli in 2008. The database, going back to 2007, can be downloaded in an […]
LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE On Tuesday night, the Rockland County Legislature unanimously approved a proposal initiated by County Legislator and Minority Leader Christopher J. Carey (R-Bardonia) calling on the state to develop a reduced toll schedule for residents of Rockland and Orange Counties. Legislator Carey introduced the proposal after Governor Cuomo announced that Staten Island residents would pay a reduced […]
COMMENTARY BY CHRIS DAY GOP Candidate for the 17th Congressional District Tuesday’s annexation of Crimea is an unacceptable example of an authoritarian using raw force to expand his power. It’s a simple concept: no free and fair elections regarding whether to be annexed by a neighbor can be held in an area that was just […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – County Finance Commissioner Stephen DeGroat presented encouraging news to the legislature last Tuesday, March 11, relating that the credit outlook and sale of the county’s $96 million in deficit financing bonds looked promising enough to set the county on a more even fiscal footing. According to DeGroat, county finances […]