PRESS RELEASE – Rockland County Executive Ed Day has delivered a Shared Services Initiative report to the Rockland County Legislature as required by state law. The report identifies possible areas to explore to achieve savings through sharing services and was developed in cooperation with towns, villages and other taxing entities. Rockland County was among the […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – After months of talks and consulting with both private accounting firms and State Comptroller’s office, the Rockland County Legislature adopted an amended budget proposal for the 2014 fiscal year, including a 9.9 percent property tax increase. The $760.9 million budget is buttressed by the Rockland County Deficit Financing Act, […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – After an often emotional public hearing on the future of the financially-troubled Summit Park Nursing Home, the Rockland County Legislature voted to establish a local development corporation (LDC) for the facility. The public hearing was packed with attendees representing not only facility residents and their families but also public […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – The Rockland County Legislature convened on February 2 to discuss various matters, paying particular attention to a contentious resolution, which fills a potentially unfair gap left by a technicality of law. Following an occasionally tense debate over the fairness of the measure, the vote was almost unanimous, with Legislator […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – Amid debate, the Rockland County Legislature’s Planning & Public Works and Budget & Finance committees approved an extension of their agreement with the law firm of Harris Beach, PLLC to continue litigation stemming from a particularly difficult lawsuit filed against the county by West Gate Landscaping, Inc. The suit, […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Tarrytown – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is holding evidentiary hearings on the safety of the Indian Point nuclear power plant. The hearings, which are chaired by an adjudicatory panel, will examine evidence and make recommendations in anticipation of a decision on the renewal of Indian Point’s license. Among the groups which presented […]