“No person turned away” breaking hospitals’ banks BY KATHY KAHN How are hospitals faring under the Affordable Care Act? Steven Kroll, vice president for governmental affairs for the Hospital Association of New York State (HANYS) on Thursday spoke with members of the Rockland Business Association at the Pearl River Hilton on the changes taking place […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN State Assemblyman James Skoufis has introduced a bill, “Tuition-Free NY,” (A.8585), to provide free tuition to New York State residents who wish to attend SUNY or CUNY schools. Last Thursday he made his first Rockland appearance to unveil his plan before an assembly of sophomores, juniors, teachers and administrators at North Rockland […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA County Legislator Harriet Cornell has once again sounded alarms on United Water New York’s proposed desalination plant in Haverstraw, specifically targeting what she says are vague and non-transparent financial projections. Cornell issued a request to the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) to deny UWNY’s planned rate hike of $56.8 million to make […]
Rockland County Executive Ed Day last week announced the appointment of Myrnia Bass-Hargrove as director of Community Relations. “The Community Relations director has emerged as a major objective in my administration’s strategic plan and I have asked Myrnia to work with us to improve upon and build those relationships.” Bass-Hargrove will serve as the liaison […]
RCT Cartoonist Ed Chorba says Gov. Cuomo is creating a whole new “class” of criminals
PRESS RELEASE FROM KIERAN LALOR Democratic Senator Terry Gipson and Republican Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor have announced a bipartisan legislative initiative that would give judges in New York State the discretion to allow the sentencing for two or more crimes through a single act to run consecutively when one of the crimes results in a […]