To the Editor, After yesterday’s news, it really hits home how bad our local government has become. I am not condemning all of our leaders, but enough have condemned themselves recently to cast our local government in a very dim light. All of the accused were voted into office by people who trusted them, believed […]
The informant reported to be in the center of the Rockland County/New York City corruption fiasco currently rocking the political universe recently pled guilty to charges pertaining to a default on a loan of over $100 million to Citigroup. Morris Stern of Monsey, also known as Moshe and Mark Stern, was in the center of […]
STATEMENT FROM TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN On April 2, 2013, the Clarkstown Town Board held a special Town Board meeting to discuss the continued retention of the Law Office of Joseph J. Savino to represent the Town in tax certiorari matters, in light of the recent charges filed against Mr. Savino. After a brief executive session, […]
COUNTY EXECUTIVE CANDIDATE AND FORMER SPRING VALLEY JUSTICE DAVID FRIED (D-SPRING VALLEY) “I sincerely hope these allegations aren’t true but if they prove to be true, it is a violation of public trust. I have complete trust the Justice Department will throughly look into the allegations made against Noramie Jasmin and Joseph Desmaret.” COUNCILMAN GEORGE […]
“That’s politics, that’s politics, it’s all about how much. Not about whether or will, it’s about how much, and that’s our politicians in New York, they’re all like that, all like that. “And they get like that because of the drive that the money does for everything else. You can’t do anything without the f**king money. “Money is what […]
Several Rockland County and New York City-based lawmakers were arrested by federal authorities on corruption charges today. Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin (D) and Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret (D) were among those arrested. The Spring Valley pair are being hit with charges for allegedly taking bribes on sales of village property and asking for a […]