President plans to expand early education with tobacco tax increase NEW YORK, NY– President Obama has proposed to expand early childhood education and fund it with an increase in federal tobacco taxes. In New York State, this initiative would provide 16,453 more children from low- and moderate-income families with access to high-quality preschool in the […]
A court case brought by Democratic candidate Dennis Malone against Republican Clarkstown Highway Superintendent candidate Wayne Ballard has left a dozen or so Clarkstowners claiming that their votes were unfairly disqualified and asking the question: is this really America? BY DYLAN SKRILOFF This week Wayne Ballard won Round One of his court case with Dennis […]
From Thomas Dinapoli’s Office Fourteen local governments, including Rockland, Suffolk, Nassau and Erie counties, have been designated as fiscally stressed in the latest update of State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System. The update was issued in conjunction with a report highlighting the similarities among localities listed in fiscal stress. “The increased number […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM LEG. DAY The Rockland County Legislature passed two resolutions at its September 17Â meeting in support of State Assembly bills that call for the phasing out of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Payroll Mobility Tax in the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk by the year 2017 (A.1442), and in […]
Sources from within county executive candidate David Fried’s camp have assured the Rockland County Times that the Democratic nominee expects to receive the official endorsement of the Independence Party on Monday, and not Suffern Mayor Dagan LaCorte, as was speculated in the Rockland County Times this week. Fried said the official endorsement is being handed down […]
Day, Fried differ on ways new county exec can improve business climate NEW CITY – Ed Day and David Fried differ on how to get the job done, but they both agree that Rockland’s next county executive must do a better job at bolstering the county’s business climate and improving its image as a shopping […]