BY MICHAEL RICONDA Kaser – Three suspects were arrested by Ramapo Police on the night of August 7 for allegedly spraying two Hasidic men with paintballs in a late night attack. The event occurred at about 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday night in Kaser. Victim Josef Margaretten, 35, was standing against his car with his friend […]
RAMAPO, NY— Vladimir Leon informed the Rockland County Board of Elections that his supporters will run a “write-in” campaign in both the Democratic and Conservative Lines in the September 10 primary elections. The “write-in” campaign was the only move Leon had to make after the Supreme Court rejected Leon’s petitions and the campaign decided against […]
At courthouse hearings this week, Ilan Schoenberger’s petitions for the Independence Party were validated, giving him the line, as no other county executive candidates qualified to contest him via write-in. County executive candidate Simon Leschinsky of the Conservative Party won his battle to stay in the primary against party-endorsed candidate Tom Sullivan.
Start up or start over? Assemblyman trounces Cuomo’s “tax free” plan BY KATHY KAHN Start-Up New York–the economic program the Legislature passed it into law (S5903-2013) before it left for summer break–has Assemblyman Kieran Lalor raising a ruckus over its cost. Gov. Andrew Cuomo had been touring the state with the message that it would […]
City of Seattle is discouraging the use of offensive language few seem to find offensive BY MICHAEL RICONDA In an apparent example of political correctness taken to an extreme, the City of Seattle is now advising its public information officials against the use of the phrases “brown bag” and “citizen,” arguing they have negative connotations […]