$137 Billion, 1.7 percent over last year BY KATHY KAHN Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday unveiled his proposed 2014-2015 budget, which contains, among many other proposals, a property tax freeze for homeowners and a call to the over 1,000 towns and villages to consolidate services to save taxpayer dollars. Cuomo initially introduced the new budget […]
Approximately 2 percent of Wyoming’s population reside in the small city of Riverton in the heart of the state. That’s about 10.5K residents. Now, if a mandate of the Environment Protection Agency goes forward, those residents, along with others within a 1 million acre area, will officially be living on an Indian reservation. In a […]
At the monthly meeting of the Orange County Democratic Committee, Krystal Serrano officially announced her candidacy for the 98th Assembly District seat vacated by Annie Rabbitt when she was inaugurated as Orange County clerk. Serrano has a background in economic development, job creation, and managed healthcare.
BY CHERYL SLAVIN Did the Department of Justice dictate last week that educators base discipline on racial quotas, as Foxnews and other outlets suggested, or didn’t they? As supporters of the controversial memo would have it, in an effort to reduce drop-out rates, recidivism and long-term legal problems experienced disproportionately by minority students nationwide, the […]
They’re mad as hell and they’re not going to take bloggers anymore! County GOP Chairman Vincent Reda, Legislator/Clarkstown Highway Dept. Assistant Frank Sparaco, Clarkstown Highways Superintendent Wayne Ballard and a local businessman are all suing “Mad Blogger” Michael Hull and former GOP candidate and Rockland Times columnist turned political blogger Anthony Mele, claiming the pair […]
GOVERNOR CUOMO’S BUDGET SPEECH: Thank you very much. Thank you all, thank you very much. Thank you all for being here today. First let me begin by thanking and acknowledging probably the hardest working man and most effective working man in state government, Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy. Let’s give him a round of applause. We […]