Economic Development Committee discusses bringing state awards to Rockland BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – In response to poor performance in the county’s running for the Mid-Hudson Economic Development Awards, the County Legislature’s Economic Development Committee invited Rockland Business Association president Al Samuels to discussed shortcomings in the county’s efforts to draw large business projects […]
By Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,C,I-Canandaigua) Governor Andrew Cuomo recently delivered his State of the State Speech and presented his 2013-14 Executive Budget, events that mark the beginning of the 2013 Legislative Session. Although the Gov. did offer some mandate relief proposals in his Executive Budget, we have many miles to go until […]
PRESS RELEASE The Clarkstown, NY GOP Committee Chair, Robert A. Axelrod, announced the start of a new campaign to utilize the talents, resources and efforts of our 200+ committee members to help make our community a better place. The campaign, which will be called “We Care About Clarkstown”, will identify opportunities to lend our support […]
PRESS RELEASE Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski (D-Rockland) announced today that he was appointed chair of the Administrative Regulation Review Commission (ARRC) in the New York State Assembly. The commission oversees and reviews the rules and regulations that are promulgated by New York State’s various agencies. “I am excited to get to work as chair of this […]
Comptroller to classify financial condition of local governments PRESS RELEASE State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced Monday his office has finalized plans to implement a statewide fiscal monitoring system that would publicly identify local governments experiencing financial strain. DiNapoli’s office drafted the ‘early warning’ monitoring system last September and shared details of the proposal with […]
ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES EXCLUSIVE SCOOP Mad texter gets stuck in his own Nixonian trap BY DYLAN SKRILOFF You can’t deny you’re spying when you send the evidence to your opponent. Last week at a festive gathering of Democratic insiders, Suffern mayor and county executive candidate Dagan LaCorte was schmoozing it up with one of […]