Submitted by SPACE At its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 14, the Town of Stony Point Town Board unanimously adopted a resolution that the State of New York grant Rockland County an Issues Conference for the proposed Haverstraw Water Supply Project so that disputed issues of need and real costs can be more independently examined […]
Legislative press release from the Office of Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern ) helped the Assembly pass the New York State Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act (A.2597). In addition to creating a private scholarship fund (the DREAM Fund), this legislation would, for the first time ever, allow undocumented immigrant […]
BY HEATHER BARR In order to bring farming back into Rockland, which would provide many benefits to the community such as reducing our carbon footprint, there first needs to be a change in agricultural laws and the way agriculture is perceived, experts say. On Thursday, May 16, a Suburban Agriculture District Roundtable was held with […]
BY YURI VANETIK The Cyprus bailout deal is now official. Together with the International Monetary Fund, representatives from the European Central Bank and the European Commission just ratified a final rescue package totaling about $13 billion. In return, Cyprian officials are now obligated to install a broad variety of austerity measures, including financial industry reforms […]
Assemblyman Lalor and Senator Gipson announce bipartisan term limits bill In a bipartisan effort to end corruption in Albany, State Senator Terry Gipson (D-Rhinebeck) and Assemblyman Kieran Lalor (R,C,I-Fishkill) this week joined in front of the Wappinger Town Hall to introduce joint legislation that creates term limits in both the New York State Senate and […]
Though Spring Valley mayoral candidate Bernard Charles has not seen much action in the public arena as an elected official, his few actions have come under significant scrutiny. During his unusually brief tenure with the Town of Ramapo Planning Board, Charles voted on only one resolution, approving the Patrick Farm development provided it survives current […]