NYC-tabloid Daily News chose to play up an embarrassing email conveniently omitted from the state Senate’s Ethics Committee investigation into Vito Lopez, which seemed to suggest Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver not only had worked against a full investigation of Lopez’s misbehavior, but also had a flirtatious relationship of his own with his top aide. In […]
Bill advances to increase teen pre-enrollment The Democratic Party continues to be successful nationwide and in New York with efforts to change electoral laws so that enrollment and voter participating by sympathetic demographics increase. Republicans have failed to keep pace with their liberal counterparts on these vote-positive efforts, such as by passing laws to encourage […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – The County Legislature unanimously passed a resolution on June 4 barring the processing and use of wastewater produced by hydrofracking within the county. The passage elicited strong support from attendant environmental activists and organizations, who spoke in favor of the law in a public hearing prior to the vote. […]
LACORTE PRESS RELEASE Mayor Dagan Lacorte, Democratic Party candidate for Rockland County Executive, said the Rockland County Legislature must block outgoing County Executive Scott Vanderhoef from installing his political consultant Sean Mathews as the county’s real property director at a salary $23,900 higher than the previous occupant and for years into the next County Executive’s […]
Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert has been appointed the new Rockland County Commissioner of Health. She will fill the position held by Dr. Joan Facelle, who retired five months ago, after 12 years of service. Board certified in Family Medicine with extensive experience in primary care, rehabilitation care and specialty medicine in private offices, clinics and […]
Statement from Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee “I commend the students of East Ramapo for their non-violent demonstration to bring attention to their concerns and frustrations regarding the poor building conditions and severe spending cuts, which have negatively impacted their access to classes and programs essential to the quality education our state constitution guarantees them. “With maturity […]