O&R wants to hike your rates

Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) last week filed electric and natural gas base rate increase requests with the New York State Public Service Commission (NYSPSC). The average household would see a hike in electricity rates of about $8 per month ($100 per year) if O&R’s rates are approved by the state. In addition gas […]

THE BIG DRAIN ON THE SYSTEM

THE BIG DRAIN ON THE SYSTEM

FBI arrests 14 for mortgage fraud, including some with Monsey connections FBI RELEASE Federal prosecutors led by Preet Bharara (pictured right), the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the assistant director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), arrested 14 New […]

CBP JFK Seizes Cocaine in Suitcase

CBP JFK Seizes Cocaine in Suitcase

OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS NEWS RELEASE K-9 Alerts Officers to Cocaine Hidden in Suitcase JAMAICA, N.Y. — An arriving passenger was ‘sniffed’ out by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection K-9 at John F. Kennedy International Airport trying to smuggle cocaine into the United States. On November 16, CBP officers conducted a canine examination of […]

Fraud Alert- IRS Phone Scam

Fraud Alert- IRS Phone Scam

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CLARKSTOWN POLICE DEPT. On Monday the Clarkstown Police Department responded to a large number of complaints reporting an IRS phone scam. Each person stated that they had received a phone call from a computer generated female voice stating that she was with the IRS and that the IRS was going to […]