New Direction for Ramapo coalition candidates Bill Weber (for Supervisor) and Shani Bechhofer (for Town Council) and Grant Valentine (for Town Council) won convincing victories Tuesday night in the Reform and Green primaries. “Last night’s results are another indication of how eager Ramapo residents are for a new direction in town government,” Bill Weber, the […]
A Ramapo town police officer who collected nearly $442,000 was New York State’s highest paid local government employee outside New York City during the 12 months ending March 31, according to the 2017 edition of “What They Make,” the Empire Center’s annual analysis of local government pay. The report features the average pay and number […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Over 15,000 Rockanders turned out to the polls on primary election day Tuesday, September 12. Voter turn out was highest among Democrats, largely drawn out by the contest for Surrogate Court justice between Legislator Alden Wolfe and Keith Cornell. The New City lawyer, Cornell, won the race handily, 5,549 votes to 4,314, […]
Most candidates would be disqualified but politicians get away with it STAFF EDITORIAL ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES This year’s Democratic primary for Rockland County Surrogate Court justice has exposed an obscure but real flaw in the rule book that governs New York State judicial campaigns. It is well known that judicial candidates are restricted in their campaign activities because their position […]
ED DAY – CONSERVATIVE PARTY PRIMARY, COUNTY EXECUTIVE Most Conservative Party members support Ed Day’s regime, but if party members don’t get out to vote on Tuesday a renegade candidate supported by a Ramapo faction of the party could take the line. Conservative Party Chairman Bill Beckmann and the Committee endorsed Ed Day, giving him […]
BY GEORGE HOEHMANN, Supervisor, Town of Clarkstown Every year since September 11, 2001, the Town of Clarkstown has held a remembrance ceremony at Town Hall. The ceremony gives us the opportunity to honor our friends, neighbors and loved ones who perished on September 11, 2001. The more years that go by, the more important it is […]