PRESS RELEASE– Earlier today, the New York State Senate passed a bill by Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) to make the provisions of “Lauren’s Law” permanent. Lauren’s Law was originally passed in 2012 and required applicants for driver’s licenses to complete the organ donor registry section instead leaving it blank. The bill’s chief advocate was Stony […]
Police Chief Michael Sullivan’s displinary hearings took an interesting turn when Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehmann stated the reason his administration took steps to secure the town’s computer networks-include the police network-was the FBI had been investigating whether his predecessor Alex Gromack’s regime had destroyed documents and date. Hoehmann brought up the FBI investigation Tuesday while […]
Spring Valley Democratic Committee Members Betty Carmand and Steven White called a press conference this week to alert the community of “an attempt by the Ramapo Democratic Committee to take over and control the Spring Valley Committee.” Carmand and White said, “Committee members – appointed by the Ramapo Town Chair – illegally called a […]
BY KATHY KAHN Persistent realtors intent on buying into Stony Point have made residents nervous. In response to the many complaints Supervisor Jim Monaghan and the Town Board have received, the board set a public hearing to amend its code to “Prohibit Improper Real Estate Solicitations in the Town of Stony Point.” The town will […]
To the Editor, I am writing on behalf of the Town Board and myself to respond to an inaccurate and inflammatory front page article that appeared in the March 2, 2017 issue of the Rockland County Times. The authors failed to consult anyone in the Town of Haverstraw before publishing the article. Contrary to the […]
‘Turning On One Another Is Not The Answer’ PRESS RELEASE– Legislator Lon M. Hofstein is strongly condemning an alarming uptick in the number of acts of hate occurring in Rockland and across the nation. “These attacks are completely unacceptable and I condemn each one of them,” Hofstein said. “No person should have to live in fear […]