Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law December 17 a bill that would provide benefits to volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers when they are injured in the line of duty while assisting at an emergency before an officer in command arrives at the scene. Previous to the passage of the law, volunteers who provided emergency […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN There’s a segment of ninth grade students who are in college and who carry IDs: meet the P-TECH class of 2020. The New York State Pathways in Technology Early College High School program — a partnership of Rockland BOCES, Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES, Southern Westchester BOCES, State University of New York Institute […]
BY STEPHANIE DOLCE Online dating is good for one thing, and one thing only: it knows how to dupe its users into thinking that they truly will find their “perfect match” but what they really are doing is making you pay for something that you can find ANYWHERE: and that is love. Here are fifteen […]
BY ALEXANDRA KEZEK Sony Pictures decided to cancel the premiere of the new film “The Interview” after a hacker group threatened terror attacks on moviegoers and numerous chains began dropping out of distribution. The film, starring James Frano and Seth Rogen, is a comedic story about an assassination attempt on North Korean Premiere Kim Jong-Un. […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA After a grand jury opted not to indict the police officer accused of killing a Staten Island man with an illegal chokehold, not only police but the grand jury system have become targets of reform. As one of the epicenters of recent debates over police misconduct, New York City has seen some […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN In his November 17, 2014 report, State Education Department investigator Hank Greenberg found that the East Ramapo School Board had badly failed in its fiscal and educational responsibilities to the public school children it was charged to serve. Greenberg characterized the district’s finances as “teetering on the edge of disaster,” and criticized the […]