New City, NY (June 24, 2013) โ Rockland County Legislator Ed Day (New City-Pomona) is encouraging residents to attend a ceremony on Thursday, July 4, 2013, 12:30 p.m. in support of Legislator Dayโs resolution to make Rockland a โPurple Heart County.โ The ceremony will be officiated by the Rockland Chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and will [โฆ]
Statement from Assemblyman Zebrowski: I am completely opposed to the proposed United Water surcharge and I plan to submit comment to the Public Service Commission to that effect. It is inappropriate for United Water to seek approval for funds to build the desalination plant when the approval process has not yet concluded; especially when there [โฆ]
Press Release from Legislator Ilan Schoenberger New City, NY (June 21, 2013) County Legislator Ilan Schoenberger urged that any money that comes to the County of Rockland as a result of the deficit bond which was approved by the Senate last night and the Assembly earlier this month, should be put in a โlock-boxโ so [โฆ]
Mt. Vernon, NYโJune 22ndโฆ.A coalition of prominent African-American ministers, led by the president of the United Black Clergy of Westchester, on Saturday endorsed Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino for re-election. The announcement was made in Mount Vernon where the county executive was surrounded by several African-American supporters. The clergy members include: Bishop C. Nathan Edwers, [โฆ]
Rockland Democrats are attacking Senator David Carlucci for the state Senate Independent Democratic Conferenceโs unwillingness to push for an abortion plank as part of the โWomenโs Equality Act.โ The Conference agreed, instead, to split the Womenโs Act into 10 separate votes. Most of the GOP and some Democrats have contested the abortion language Governor Cuomo [โฆ]
Elected officials & community members gather in support of Schoenbergerโs proposal PRESS RELEASE FROM SCHOENBERGER FOR COUNTY EXECUTIVE CAMPAIGN In a press conference on Tuesday morning, Ilan Schoenberger announced his proposal for the creation of an elected county comptroller as a financial reform measure for Rockland County government. Ilan also announced his support of establishing a [โฆ]