PRESS RELEASE Former Orangetown Supervisor Thom Kleiner announced Sunday that he is running as the Democratic candidate for Orangetown Supervisor in 2017. Kleiner, a Sparkill resident, won seven previous elections for supervisor and served in the position from 1996-2009. Speaking before a crowd of supporters at the Knights of Columbus hall in Blauvelt, he laid out his vision for […]
FROM EIR President Donald Trump directly reaffirmed his support for a “21st Century Glass-Steagall” bill in a Bloomberg News interview this week, saying, “I’m looking into that right now. There’s some people that want to go back to the old system, right? So we’re going to look at that.” Financial press in New York and […]
Local councilman served as senior press advisor to US coalition BY KATHY KAHN To those who follow national and state politics closely, they know Stony Pointer Tom Basile is more than just a councilman on the Town Board. He has been in the federal, state and local arena for more than two decades and written […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH Last week, Michael Sullivan, the suspended Clarkstown Police Chief, announced his candidacy for supervisor of the Town of Clarkstown. If elected to the position by voters in November, Chief Sullivan stands to score a huge payday. Chief Sullivan currently earns a salary of $278,161 per year, which he still receives while the […]
NEW CITY, NY– Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) announced that the State budget sends nearly $4 million to Rockland County and local governments, including Ossining in Westchester, for road repairs, specifically for potholes and other damage resulting from extreme winter weather. “This is where the rubber meets the road as far as getting results that make […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY WHITE PLAINS- Four days into the long awaited trial of Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence and several witnesses have already taken the stand for the prosecution. Key witnesses such as Ned Flynn, managing director of Jefferies LLC, the underwriter of a $25 million bond for a stadium project in Pomona, and […]