Ed Day Clarifies Gun Position, Expresses Opposition to Cornell’s Resolution

STATEMENT FROM LEGISLATOR AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE CANDIDATE ED DAY (R) Legislator Ed Day (New City-Pomona), is issuing a call for support for his proposed measures to correct the overreaches and irregularities in Governor Cuomo’s gun bill, while simultaneously expressing his opposition to the resolution proposed by Chairwoman Harriet Cornell. “As a retired member of the law enforcement […]

RABBITT BLASTS MTA’S LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY

FROM ASSEMBLYWOMAN ANNIE RABBITT Assemblywoman Annie Rabbitt (R-Greenwood Lake) this past week blasted the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) for “extremely poor financial management” in the wake of a new audit conducted by the State Comptroller. It was revealed that the authority sat on $90 million in funds, failed to put together a financial plan, and […]

NY SAFE Act has spawned several debates; Rockland Legislature to vote on gun resolutions Tuesday

BY DYLAN SKRILOFF At Tuesday’s Public Safety Committee hearing a resolution introduced by Leg. Chair Harriet Cornell (D) urging the state and federal government to support numerous gun control and mental health provisions was passed unanimously. It will be discussed at the full Legislature on Tuesday. The most controversial points in Cornell’s resolution are support for […]

COPS FOR THE SECOND

COPS FOR THE SECOND

Law enforcement among those who seek to change Cuomo’s NY SAFE gun control law; County Legislature to vote on resolution soon                             Law enforcement associations have been out front blasting Governor Cuomo’s hastily passed NY SAFE Act that makes New York the […]

GOP BOSS ACCUSES CUOMO OF BEING LIMP NOODLE ON MEDICAID FRAUD

NYGOP Chairman Ed Cox has called on Governor Cuomo to launch a Moreland Act Commission to investigate “waste, fraud and abuse” in New York’s Medicaid system. Cox criticized Cuomo for firing a year ago what he deemed a “qualified Medicaid inspector general” who’d recouped over $1.5 billion in wasteful spending, and replacing him with a […]

HUDSON VALLEY STATE LEGISLATORS TO HOST JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET HEARING

New York State Senators and Assemblymembers will co-host a joint legislative budget hearing in Rockland County to discuss Governor Cuomo’s 2013-2014 Executive Budget. The event will take place this Thursday, February 14 from 3 – 6 p.m. at Valley Cottage Library, located at 110 Route 303. “This hearing will provide an opportunity for residents to […]