In advance of the local elections, the Rockland County Times sent out a series of questions to both incumbents and challengers, asking them to share their responses with our readers. Incumbents and challengers received slightly different questions regarding their campaign to best highlight their work. The profiles have been very lightly edited (grammar, spelling, length). […]
Will a Parietti and Day debate see the light of day? Mike Parietti, Independent Candidate set to run against previously unchallenged incumbent Ed Day, is alleging Day has refused multiple invitations to debate him. According to Day, these accusations are unfounded. According to The League of Women Voters of Rockland County, the League invited both […]
New York’s voting laws lag behind much of the country, and due to unfair and burdensome restrictions, some cannot exercise their constitutional right to vote. We must do more to eliminate these obstacles, and it starts with major voting reforms. Historically, voter turnout among young people is far lower than for other age groups. According […]
To the Editor, New York is stuck. Free New York. New York needs voting reform to bring voting procedures into the 21st century. Once we were mostly farmers and stayed in one place. Now we are away from home often for reasons beyond our control–employment, education, child care, care of an ill friend or relative, […]
The Board of Trustees of the Pearl River Public Library announces that the annual Budget Vote and Trustee Election is scheduled to be held at the Pearl River Public Library on Tuesday, June 5, 2018. There will be a Budget Hearing on Tuesday, May 29 at 7:15 p.m. The Pearl River Public Library Board of […]
By County Executive Ed Day When I reviewed the proposed Governor’s Executive Budget, it included, among other items, an Early Voting initiative. Given the fact that some years back when this was last proposed, the proposed cost of implementation would have occupied approximately three quarters of the entirety of a 2% property tax increase, I […]