The Westchester and Rockland Republican Committees unanimously nominated Rye Town Supervisor and businessman Joe Carvin as their candidate in the 17th congressional district at the convention held last night. Mr. Carvin will face 24-year career politician Nita Lowey in the newly-drawn district that encompasses parts of Westchester and all of Rockland County. “I’m deeply honored […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL CIA admits new technologies are aiding its efforts At a press conference earlier this month General David Petraeus, director of the CIA, said that the CIA is now employing sophisticated new spying techniques. These techniques could allow them to spy on you by hacking into your apps, your Netflix account or simply […]
BY EVAN WECHMAN In 2010, Republican Tea Party candidate Anthony Mele defeated the local GOP machine in a primary and then ran against incumbent Democrat Eliot Engel for his 17th District Congressional seat. Although he lost handily to the longtime incumbent, Mele had stated he planned to run for the seat again, once again battling […]
Schneiderman calls ‘Operation OGK’ the largest take down in the history of NY Attorney General Office’s Organized Crime Task Force New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman Tuesday announced the arrests and 261 count indictment of 52 members of a violent narcotics network who allegedly were distributing massive quantities of cocaine, heroin and various illegal […]
Stony Point officials were thrilled to receive $50,000 from the federal government in this year’s Community Development Block Grant after being totally shut out in 2011. Said Councilwoman Luanne Konopko, who made aggressive pursuit of block grants one of her original campaign promises in 2009, “I can’t tell you how pleased and grateful I am. […]
Day supports passing small share of probation costs to crime-doers County Legislator Ed Day (R-New City-Pomona) introduced a resolution to the Rockland County Legislature last week in support of state legislation that would allow counties to charge persons on probation a $20 monthly fee for services rendered. The legislation day is supporting was introduced by […]