BY SALLY C. PIPES The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently gifted Obamacare’s “navigator” program an additional $13 million in funding. Navigators are supposed to help Americans purchase health coverage through the new, state-level insurance exchanges. This $13 million is on top of $54 million already allocated to the program. But both eight-figure […]
BY RAQUEL OKYAY The editor-in-chief of the Rockland County Times, Dylan G. Skriloff, has energetically answered the call to action to run for Stony Point supervisor in 2013. “We have the right team of candidates in place with a concrete plan to expand our commercial tax base and help our economy grow,” said the 34-year-old supervisor candidate who is running alongside council […]
BY LEGAL LARRY This week, a State Supreme Court judge ordered the Rockland County Board of Elections to comply with the Election Law and process and count certain absentee ballots. In Matter of Perrotta, et al v. The Rockland County Board of Elections, Supreme Court Judge Robert M. Berliner found the County Board of Elections […]
County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef today unveiled commemorative plaques in honor of the 2011 and 2012 inductees to the Rockland County Civil Rights Hall of Fame. The 2011 honorees include: the late Bernard L. Charles and Eleanor “Ellie” Charles, the late William “Bill” Darden, the late Bernice C. Glass and the late Laurence H. Holland. […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM GEORGE PATAKI Former New York Governor George E. Pataki today endorsed Ed Day for Rockland County Executive. “I am proud to endorse Ed Day for Rockland County Executive. Ed has advanced an innovative agenda to promote the job creation and economic growth that Rockland County desperately needs to move forward,” said Pataki. […]
The Clarkstown Taxpayers Group will host a candidates meet and greet and debate on Monday, October 21 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Valley Cottage Library. Clarkstown Town Justice seats will be discussed in the first hour and town highway superintendent in the second hour. A candidates debate for Clarkstown Supervisor and two seats […]