BY MICHAEL RICONDA Nyack – New York State Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee announced her selection to chair the State Assembly’s Task Force on Food, Farm, and Nutrition Advocacy during an appearance at the Winter Farmer’s Market at the Nyack Center. Joined onstage by Rockland Meals on Wheels President Barbara Kohlhausen, writer and food policy expert Joan […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM AG AND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICES NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that former New York Senator Shirley L. Huntley has pleaded guilty to Tampering with Physical Evidence, an E Felony, for falsifying evidence in an effort to obstruct the investigation into the theft of […]
Clarkstown School District Assistant Superintendent for Business, Facilities and Fiscal Management John LaNave presented a proposed school budget for the 2013-2014 fiscal year to the Clarkstown Board of Education on Thursday. The budget would retain a $9 million gap and increase the property tax levy by 4.3 percent, while preventing cuts to current programs and […]
Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) will be holding Suffern Mobile Office Hours this Saturday, February 16 from 12- 2 p.m. The event will be held at the Suffern Library, located at 210 Lafayette Avenue, Suffern. The senator and a staff member will have a table on hand to provide direct assistance to any local and statewide […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – The Rockland County Legislature convened on February 2 to discuss various matters, paying particular attention to a contentious resolution, which fills a potentially unfair gap left by a technicality of law. Following an occasionally tense debate over the fairness of the measure, the vote was almost unanimous, with Legislator […]
BY KATHY KAHN Special to the Rockland County Times With the cost of community college “chargebacks” becoming increasingly unsustainable for New York’s 62 counties, many are now passing those costs down to local cities and towns. New York Community College Trustees’ forum, “Operating Chargebacks: A Critical Component in the Funding Partnership for New York’s Community […]