First-In-The-Nation Law Will Require Doctors To Check Patient Prescription History And Pharmacists To Update Database In Real Time The New York State Legislature has unanimously passed the Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing Act, or I-STOP. Introduced in June of 2011 by Attorney General Schneiderman, I-STOP is an online database that enables doctors and pharmacists to […]
BY STACY SWIMP Legislative report cards that favors some politicians over others are nothing new, but the NAACP’s newest one throws the group’s nonpartisan mandate into question. Every single Republican in the 112th Congress received a failing grade from the NAACP! Of Democrats and the independents who caucus with them, the House score from the […]
Though many Democrats have posed behind the scenes as being super-angry at Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland), at last Thursday’s Democratic convention the incumbent received the unanimous endorsement of the Rockland County Democratic Party as their official nominee for the 38th State Senate District. All scowls were carefully hidden and it was nothing but cheers and […]
BY SARA GILBERT Republican Scott Walker of Wisconsin defeated Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in a recall election. This was a first in United States history, a governor winning a recall election. And this was only the third time in the nation’s history a governor faced recall. Looking forward, Walker’s win might predict good things for […]
Rumor has it that former Republican Grant Valentine is preparing to mount a Democratic Party primary challenge against incumbent Senator David Carlucci. Rockland County Democrats are livid at Carlucci for not supporting home-rule legislation for a sales-tax increase and many want him out of office. Valentine ran unsuccessfully in a 2010 Democratic primary against Carlucci. […]
Neurosurgeon and Montebello Mayor Jeff Oppeneheim has endorsed businessman and noted tax-cutting Rye Town Supervisor Joe Carvin in New York’s 17th Congressional District (Westchester-Rockland.) “Joe Carvin is the ideal Republican candidate to challenge Nita Lowey in November,” said Dr. Oppenheim, who had previously considered running for the seat. “He is a fiscal hawk and a […]