BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – The Rockland County Legislature approved on Tuesday a resolution which they argue will press county agencies into more timely payments of their obligations. The law, which passed unanimously, requires the county to pay for vouchers, requisitions, purchase orders, debt, contractual and legal obligations within 60 days of any agreement. […]
STONY POINT – A minor zoning dispute has blown up into a drama between Stony Point Town Engineer Kevin Maher, Chief Building & Zoning Inspector William Sheehan, and the Town’s Zoning Board, with Maher claiming the Zoning Board is ignoring a safety hazard in the town. In an Article 78 filing submitted to the NY […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Talking among friends last week, our discussion turned to the latest job numbers. One person remarked, “Rockland’s unemployment rate is down almost a point from the same time last year. This is great news!” True, it’s a big improvement over where we were. But, great news? Not if […]
Sale of Summit Park on front burner BY KATHY KAHN If Rocklanders have been in a daze over the state of the county’s finances, their new county executive has been working his way through the daze and the haze to get the county on a positive track. Former Legislator Ed Day, who won by a […]
Senator Bill Larkin (R-C, Cornwall-on-Hudson) announced that the New York State Senate has unanimously passed legislation (S3992) which would allow towns with a population of more than 25,000 to set speed limits on their own roads and highways. “Municipalities know their roads best and are in the best position to determine if speed limits need […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Faced with similar challenges, Rockland County Executive Ed Day joined Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino and Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell for a panel discussion on ways to address their counties’ difficultes and inprove the economic outlook for the Lower Hudson Valley. The panel, held at the Crowne Plaza […]