Bill is in response to Kiryas Joel’s anonymous $2 million award PRESS RELEASE Newly elected state Senator James Skoufis (D-Hudson Valley) announced he will soon introduce legislation to prohibit anonymous legislative grants, calling the initiative a matter of accountability and public disclosure. Typically, every legislative grant is submitted by and attributed to a specific senator, […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE “I wanted to communicate and ensure transparency regarding union negotiations and where they stand to date. Most of our union contracts were expired as of 2017 and some as early as 2010. Understanding the magnitude of having outstanding contracts and the impact on the employees, I put aside $4 million in the […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF While County Legislature elections are coming this November 2019 and hanging in the balance is County Executive Ed Day’s ability to steer the agenda of county government without hindrance of a hostile majority party. At his annual marathon fundraiser at Nyack Seaport last week, Day told the crowd he is committed to […]
Good evening, Rockland. Greetings to the members of the Legislature, elected officials, community and business leaders, county department heads, employees and citizens who have joined us tonight to hear about the state of our county. And I welcome those of you watching this live coverage on News 12 or FiOS 1, or on Facebook live […]
By Ed Chorba
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