BY DIANE DIMOND Let’s face it. We have too many antiquated laws on the books. Our laws often fail to keep up with the times. I mean, do we really need a statute that prohibits rams from trespassing as they have in New Jersey? Or a law that makes it a crime to carry fruit […]
OPEN LETTER FROM GOVERNOR CUOMO TO THE STATE HEALTH COMMISSIONER To Acting Health Commissioner Zucker, The deaths this month of 9-year-old Anna Conte and 3-year-old Olivia Marie Newton of Western New York were tragic reminders of the urgent help children with epilepsy desperately need. As a father, I can only imagine the pain Anna and […]
Marc Maturo’s official sports column No luck just pluck for Ireland at World Lacrosse Games How bad could it be to place ninth against a record number of 38 high-quality international teams that competed at the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championships, held over the course of 10 days? “Not bad at all, we […]
Penguin Rep Theatre (Joe Brancato, founding artistic director, and Andrew M. Horn, executive director) presents the New York premiere of “The Fabulous Lipitones,” a musical comedy by John Markus (head writer for “The Cosby Show”) and Mark St. Germain (“Freud’s Last Session,” “Becoming Dr. Ruth”), directed by Peter Flynn, and starring Broadway veterans P.J. Benjamin […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Till this point, the Rockland County Legislature had thrown its support behind County Executive Ed Day’s efforts to consolidate and trim county operations. However, at their July 29 meeting, they decided some of those efforts were too risky to warrant approval. Faced with six resolutions which reclassify or abolish […]
COCCHIARA PRESS RELEASE Responding to a blockbuster New York Times investigation and a Wall Street Journal report that said Governor Cuomo ‘obstructed’ an anti-corruption commission he created, NY Assembly Candidate Rich Cocchiara today called for a special prosecutor to finish the job the Moreland Commission was not allowed to do. Cocchiara challenged his opponent, Democrat […]