ROCKLAND COUNTY PRESS RELEASE NEW CITY, NY — Local residents are invited to join members of the Rockland Conservation & Service Corps (formerly Rockland County AmeriCorps) to celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of the 2014 Corps summer program. As part of the event, the 21 Conservation Corps participants will offer interactive presentations detailing their […]
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D, NY17) urged the IRS to exempt from taxable income grants for noise reduction related to construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge. “A construction project of this size is not without its hardships, and homeowners who reside close to the project will be negatively affected by the substantial construction […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Ever since its abrupt end in April, the Moreland Commission rose eyebrows not only with its investigations of high-profile Albany corruption, but also its sudden demise, the product of significant interference from the governor himself. A recent New York Times expose written by Susanne Craig, William K. Rashbaum and Thomas Kaplan highlights […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Peter Vitro, president of the New City-based residential association group the Little Tor Neighborhood Association — and a recipient of the Rockland County Distinguished Service Award — believes in having things “done the right way so that nothing negative happens to the neighborhood.” Several years ago, the county wanted to redo New […]
Thruway Authority Chair Howard Milstein raised eyebrows with comments made at a business conference on Monday, stating tolls could double on the new Tappan Zee Bridge. Milstein quickly backtracked from the comments, stating the Thruway Authority does not know the final numbers. Thruway Executive Director Thomas Madison, similarly argued there was no way to know […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – The details are out and it is now all but certain: Summit Park’s hospital and nursing care center will have a new owner sometime within the next few years. County Executive Ed Day joined Sympaticare Health LLC President Shalom Braunstein, County Legislative Chairman Alden Wolfe, and a number of […]