STATEMENT BY ASSEMBLYMAN KEN ZEBROWSKI: “An application was recently submitted to the Rockland County Planning Department to construct a poultry processing plant in the Village of New Square. This application is by the same company that previously planned to develop a poultry processing facility in the same location a few years ago. That project was […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM ASSEMBLYMAN JAMES SKOUFIS Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) is optimistic over the announcement that a deal has been reached on legislation he sponsored to restore funding that was cut to the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) as part of the 2013-14 state budget (A.6692-C). “Since March, I have been advocating to […]
BY CLARKSTOWN COUNCILMAN GEORGE HOEHMANN Sometime later this year a portion of the former landfill for the Town of Clarkstown will take on a new use as a “Solar Field” that will save taxpayer as much as $4 million over the lifetime of the project. The project a public/private partnership is expected to be entirely […]
BY JEREMIAH WATKUHNS County Legislator Ilan Schoenberger held an official kickoff for his campaign for county executive this past weekend and he received tons of love from fellow Democrats. Clarkstown Supervisor Alex Gromack said he “yearns” for leadership in New City that will bridge the divide between county and town government and he believes wholeheartedly […]
The Ramapo Town Board was expected Wednesday night to pass a resolution sponsored by Councilman Daniel Friedman, which could help lead to lower pension contributions for local governments – a major state mandate – in the upcoming year. The New York State Comptroller determines the amount that local governments need to contribute toward the state’s […]
Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski (D-New City) and Senator David Carlucci (D-Nanuet) sent a letter to the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, Joan McDonald, concerning the recent flooding and closure of State Route 59 in West Nyack. In the letter, Zebrowski and Carlucci requested that the Department of Transportation conduct a review of the recently completed […]