BY DYLAN SKRILOFF This monster mystery bug with scorpion-style fangs was spotted behind the Rockland County Times office in Nanuet on Wednesday. A photo of the bug was shared to RCT’s Facebook page with the query “What kind of bug?” The most popular answer was stink bug, with one reader suggesting the photo […]
SAFE Act supporter gives a little to local permit holders BY DYLAN SKRILOFF When the White Plains-based daily newspaper the Journal News published a list of legal pistol permit holders on an interactive website map back in December 2012, it stirred a local and national hornets’ nest. Amazingly, fallout continues 15 months later. The Rockland […]
Pistol permit holders who wish to apply for privacy from public records searches may now fill out a form found at the Rockland County Clerk’s website: http://www.rocklandcountyclerk.com/ Rockland County Clerk Paul Piperato told the Rockland County Times he hopes the state ultimately makes pistol permit privacy automatic so the state and counties needn’t waste time on […]
ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES STAFF EDITORIAL The Journal News finally acknowledged this week how badly outdated the information posted on their Rockland County gun map was. Back in early January, Rockland County Clerk Paul Piperato said the “historic” (as in old) permits listed on the map were as much as 25 percent outdated. This news was […]
Dear RC Times Editor, I needed to take the time to write you and thank you for your continued support regarding the irresponsible journalism and extremely poor decision the Journal News made in making public the interactive map of pistol permits holders in Rockland County. I am a retired NYPD officer and currently the president […]
Updated at 6:30, 7:15 & 11:30 p.m. REPORT BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Journal News publisher Janet Hasson announced Friday evening that her newspaper is removing the infamous interactive gun-map from its website, in order to follow “the spirit” of New York’s new gun control law, which restricts the public availability of gun license data. Friday afternoon […]