(New City, NY) The Workforce Investment Board (WIB) of Rockland County today announced a contest to stimulate greater participation by Rockland County businesses in Round 3 of funding by the New York State Governor’s Regional Economic Development Council’s (REDC) Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) process. “I encourage the business community in Rockland County to apply early,” […]
Press release from NY unions Today, unions representing workers all across the state panned Start Up NY (formerly Tax Free NY) as bad policy that lacks any semblance of basic fairness. Among the provisions included in Start Up NY is a misguided exemption from state income taxes for workers employed by entities covered under the […]
Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I – Fishkill) is calling on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to apologize for his anti-gun group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, including Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev among a list of victims of gun violence. “Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a terrorist, not a victim,” said Lalor. “He murdered three innocent people and injured scores more. […]
Press Release from Ed Day County Executive Candidate and County Legislator Ed Day has announced a plan aimed at increasing independent advice and oversight over the fiscal and budgetary process in Rockland County. “Rockland County currently has an appointed position of county auditor authorized, but the county executive and the legislative majority have failed to […]
Meet Calherbe Monel, a native of Haiti and a resident of Spring Valley for 22 years, and now officially a candidate for the mayoral seat in the Village of Spring Valley. Monel has experience with community service that began at Ramapo High School and stems from his desire to assist his fellow compatriots and his […]
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 […]