Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) blasted the recent news that New York’s economic development arm awarded $21 million in incentives to NBC’s “The Tonight Show” under the illusion that it was needed to keep the show hosted in the state. In reality, producers had already decided to relocate the show to New York without the tax […]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this week announced the official launch of the Work for Success Pledge, an online pledge in which businesses commit to consider hiring qualified individuals with criminal convictions. New York is the first state in the nation to develop such a pledge. More than 80 companies who do business in New York, including […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Constance L. Frazier, a Rockland resident with an extensive resume as an educator and longtime member of the Nyack NAACP, will be announced as Rockland County’s new commissioner of Human Rights today, Thursday, July 13 at 11 a.m. A press conference will be held by County Executive Ed Day in the County Office Building. Frazier has served as assistant superintendent for Curriculum […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH Recently, Village of Suffern Mayor Edward Markunas sat down with the Rockland Times for a no-limit interview to discuss the Village’s past, present and future. Mayor Markunas is completing his first term as mayor after serving as a Village Trustee. When taking the oath of office as mayor, the Village of Suffern […]
Goodyear and Nisource Inc. Join Nearly Three Dozen Other Corporations That Have Reached Disclosure Agreements New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, as trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund), announced last Friday that Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and Nisource Inc. have agreed to the Fund’s request that they publicly report […]