Theodore to run for Ramapo Justice

Christine Theodore, a Spring Valley village judge, announced recently that she is seeking the position of Ramapo Town Justice. Theodore has been a village judge for seven years. She said her campaign will put an emphasis on her experience and qualifications. Theodore said she is “innovative and fair” as justice.

DiNapoli suggests better practices for local governments

FROM NYS COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli this week announced the introduction of a legislative proposal aimed at helping local governments across New York improve their long-term budget planning. The bill would provide reimbursement from the state to municipalities for costs incurred for hiring financial advisors to assist in the development of multi-year […]

The County Executive’s Corner: Sixty Years Is Long Enough

The County Executive’s Corner: Sixty Years Is Long Enough

By Rockland County Executive Ed Day As both sides continue to lobby and firm up positions on United Water New York’s proposed rate hike and the company’s plan to build a desalination plant in West Haverstraw, our County lawyers have quietly targeted a separate issue involving our local water supply. Separate, but just as important […]

Supreme Court upholds state bans on affirmative action

BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Michigan’s voter-approved ban on affirmative action was constitutional, voting 6-to-2 in favor of upholding the law. The decision in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action focused on the court’s authority to overrule the law, which 58 percent of Michigan voters approved in 2006. In […]

Castricone Issues Warning about Recent Decision by Judge Francis Nicolai ‘Home Rule, Local Zoning will become a thing of the past if decision is upheld by Appellate Court’

PRESS RELEASE FROM ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE DAN CASTRICONE (R-TUXEDO) Tuxedo-Calling a recent decision by State Supreme Court Justice Francis Nicolai ‘short sighted, ill-advised and just plain wrong,’ NY Assembly candidate Dan Castricone today warned that local zoning and home rule will become a relic if the Judge’s decision is upheld. “The Judge basically invalidated the zoning […]