They were supposed to journey to the annual Right to Life march in Washington D.C. that coincides with the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, but Governor Andrew Cuomo closed the roads due to Tuesday night’s snowstorm. So, as fate would have it, the decision of the governor stopped the pro-life protesters […]
“The company’s decision to close operations in Rockland County is a direct result of patent expiration of one of Novartis’s key medications, Diovan. As patent rights expire on once highly lucrative drugs, generic competition increases, leading to an excess of manufacturing capacity globally. The move to leave Ramapo is in no way reflective of local […]
Governor Cuomo, I write you today to express my disappointment upon hearing the comments you made Friday, January 17 on the Capitol Pressroom. Specifically, I am referring to your statement regarding those who you deem to be “extreme conservatives” having “no place in the state of New York.” Demagogic rhetoric like that has no place […]
Chairman of the Rockland County GOP Vincent Reda has been replaced as the state GOP’s first vice chairman by Chairman Thomas V. Dadey, Jr. of Onondaga County, NYGOP announced this week. Reda had held the position–the second highest ranking party position in the state–since 2006. Party leaders cited a desire to balance upstate and downstate voices […]
Statement from Assembly candidate Dan Castricone: The announcement by Novartis that it will be closing its Rockland County plant in Suffern is yet another wakeup call to New York. We are now losing nearly 300 good paying New York jobs. And while the company partially attributes the decision to the loss of exclusivity of the drug […]
Ignoring the current trend in Albany of leaving vacated Assembly seats open until this year’s November election, Rockland County Legislature Chairman Alden H. Wolfe has urged Governor Andrew Cuomo to direct a special election be held for State Assembly District 98 to fill the seat formerly held by Annie Rabbitt, who stepped down in early […]