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BRABENEC ANNOUNCES RUN FOR THIRD TERM TO ASSEMBLY
New York State Assemblyman Karl A. Brabenec (R, TCN – Westbrookville) announced to a crowd of 80 this past Saturday that he will be seeking a third term. Brabenec said his goals and priorities in the next few years are meaningful property tax relief for New York residents and small businesses, along with controlling state […]
Carlucci Hires New Communications Director
PRESS RELEASE Former Verizon FiOS1 News TV reporter Mary Mueller has been named Sen. David Carlucci’s new communications director. “We are thrilled to have Mary on our team,” Senator Carlucci said. “Her years of network news experience, writing and producing for CNN and Fox News Channel made her an easy choice. She’s also a talented news […]
Upstate New York sees spike in sales tax revenue; Rockland has modest increase
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced this week that overall local sales tax collections for calendar year 2017. Rockland County’s sales tax revenue increased 2 percent from $205 to $209 million. Sales tax totaled $16.6 billion across New York State, an increase of $620 million, or 3.9 percent over the previous year, marking the highest year-over-year growth statewide since 2013. New […]
OMBUDSMAN-ALERT: Assemblyman Zebrowski Co-Sponsors Bills to Broaden Primary Seat Belt Laws to Include All Passengers in Both Front and Rear Seats
BY Dr. Louis Alpert Ombudsman As stated in last week’s Ombudsman-Alert article, “Keeping a hawk eye on auto safety”, New York State recently had their Highway Safety Laws downgraded by the “Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety” from Green (best) to Yellow (caution) for lack of a primary seat belt Law in place that covered […]
TOWN AND VILLAGE OFFICIALS RELEASE STATEMENTS OF HIGH PRAISE FOR CHPE AGREEMENT
Memorandum of understanding sealed between local municipalities and Transmission Developers, Inc. Last week, five Rockland localities signed off on a memorandum of understanding with Transmission Developers Inc. (TDI), developer of the Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE), “a completely buried, high voltage direct current transmission line proposed to extend from the Canadian border to New York […]