LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES STRUGGLE WITH RELIGIOUS LAND USE APPLICATIONS

By Legal Larry Ask any local elected official about their concerns for their municipality. Chances are that beside the overwhelming issue surrounding local budgets, the biggest concern is what to do with the religious land use applications. Recent litigations in Rockland have sent shock waves throughout the communities where applications for religious uses of land […]

Vladimir Leon, write-in candidate for Rockland County executive on Democratic and Conservative Party lines

Vladimir Leon, write-in candidate for Rockland County executive on Democratic and Conservative Party lines

00Biography Summary of Education and Credentials: • SUNY Rockland, AS in Math & Science. • Binghamton University, BS in Molecular Biology. • Columbia University, MS in Sustainability Management and Economic Development. • Independent Study: Science: Soybean Proteins, Equisetin HIV Inhibitor. • Independent Study: Economics: Rockland County Budget Deficit Crisis. • Publication: High-Sensitivity C – Reactive […]

Haverstraw Highway Superintendents Election Will be Determined by Villagers Who Barely Use the Department

Haverstraw Highway Superintendents Election Will be Determined by Villagers Who Barely Use the Department

It’s taxation without representation! Most voters electing candidate scantly use town Highway Department, as villages and unincorporated Pomona have separate highway services.   BY MARC MOSS There’s something funny about the Town of Haverstraw highway superintendents election that nobody is talking about. That funny thing is the fact that the election is likely to be […]

Local Governments Say “Alleluia” — Employer Pension Contributions Decrease by 1 percent

Increase had been anticipated Employer contribution rates for the New York State and Local Retirement System will decline slightly in Fiscal Year 2014-15, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced this week. The average contribution rate for the Employee Retirement System (ERS) will decrease by 0.8 percent of payroll, from 20.9 percent to 20.1 […]