PRESS RELEASE Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) honored Diane Serratore, executive director of People to People Food Pantry as a 2017 Woman of Distinction. Serratore will be in Albany for an event with honorees from each of the Senate’s 63 districts. People to People is Rockland County’s largest food pantry working to help struggling Rocklanders through […]
FROM WRCR He gave it a go in 2013, now Spring Valley’s Vladimir Leon is going to try again. Leon will be announcing his candidacy for Rockland County Executive at a campaign launch event at Finkelstein Library on Friday. He’ll be trying to get on the ballot as a Democrat. Leon will unveil what he’s […]
Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R-Deerpark) issued a statement on Tax Freedom Day, May 9 “Taxes are a form of legal theft- plain and simple. New York’s Tax Freedom Day is shamefully third-to-last in the country, meaning that it takes our families over four months each year to pay off their collective tax burden. New York doesn’t […]
Since November, 19 US states have introduced bills that activists are concerned would curb freedom of expression and the right to protest in what civil liberties experts are calling “an attack on protest rights throughout the states.” Further, Donald Trump has commented that mainstream media is “the enemy of the people.” Join Community Action Network’s […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT RCT Ombudsman In a series of five articles published November 24, 2016 though February 23, 2017 by this ombudsman, I discussed the vital importance of the Gateway Project to the economic vitality of our region, including its promise to deliver a “one-seat train ride” from Rockland right into Penn Station. The […]
BY CHRIS DAY, Republican candidate for Orangetown supervisor PHOTOS BY SARA WALDRON (Taken at May 2 Chris Day fundraiser) Orangetown is known as a friendly, diverse, and welcoming place. We enjoy our suburban lifestyle and welcome all who share those characteristics and values to join us here. However, there are some who want things like high […]