BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA The monthly luncheon for the Rockland Business Association was held last Thursday, July 19 at the Rockland Country Club in Sparkill, N.Y. Guest speaker Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef touched upon areas of concern, such as the possible closing of the Summit Park nursing home, and the constructions of the new […]
BY SARA GILBERT The Rockland Business Association and Federal Bureau of Investigation hosted a special training session to help prevent and deter losses associated with online hacking and espionage on Wednesday, June 13 at Rockland Community College in Suffern. “The issue here is real,” said RBA President Al Samuel. “On an elementary level there are […]
Samuels: Rockland needs total overhaul of its fiscal management program RBA Press Release The Rockland Business Association (RBA) board of directors voted unanimously Tuesday to endorse Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski’s Deficit Reduction Plan, but without its proposed sales tax component. Zebrowski’s plan establishes a Rockland County Deficit Reduction Taskforce with significant oversight and enforcement powers over […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL The action coalition group Build The Bridge Now NY met Wednesday at the River Club in Nyack to show their support for the building of a the new Tappan Zee Bridge. “We’re here today because we need to replace that crossing to your right,” said Al Samuels, President of the Rockland Business […]
At Wednesday’s meeting of the Rockland County Legislature’s Economic Development Committee, legislators spoke of reports out of Orange County that Michael DiTullo would be the new CEO of the Rockland County Economic Development Corporation. It seems the lawmakers are the last to know. Al Samuels, CEO of the Rockland Business Association, and Dr. Cliff Wood, president of […]