Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday that the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has directed Con Edison to take significant and immediate actions to improve the New York City subway’s power reliability and prevent future service failures. Over the last 12 months alone, power-related issued have caused more than 32,000 subway delays and service […]
Supervisor Hoehmann, Town Board Adopt at Special Meeting PRESS RELEASE – Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehmann, Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski and Senator David Carlucci announced that the Governor has signed bill, S6430/A7513, into law. The bill limits the shift between classes of taxable property in the Town of Clarkstown. Every year the town adopts adjusted base proportions, and every […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman In an attempt to answer the above-stated critical question very often posed by Rockland’s homeowners in forums on managing the costs of gas and electric utilities, this Ombudsman first met with his fellow members of Senator Carlucci’s Senior Citizen Advisory Committee on Thursday, July 13 at the Nanuet Library, where […]
Originally published by http://wivb.com/2017/07/31/collins-introducing-bill-to-temper-the-safe-act/. Congressman Chris Collins announced a newly-sponsored bill that could essentially repeal the New York Safe Act on a federal level. The Safe Act is one of the strictest gun control measures in the nation and many people have voiced their wish to have it repealed. The proposed law is called SAGA or Second […]
COMMUNITY VIEW BY STEVEN WHITE On November 30, 2016, Spring Valley trustees Grossman, Fonvil and McGill voted to abolish the assessor’s office. This was done over the objections of the assessor and the mayor and Deputy Mayor Emilia White. The stated purpose was to consolidate government services for efficiency. There was no study, analysis or […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman The Town of Clarkstown has a proud history, which often included innovations that were unique to Rockland County. One such innovation was their creation of a Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) back in the 1990s. This Ombudsman was appointed by the Clarkstown Town Board to this first “CCRB” and […]