Fomer Rockland BOE commish suit to keep job dismissed in NY Supreme Court

Fomer Rockland BOE commish suit to keep job dismissed in NY Supreme Court

NY Supreme Court Justice Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman dismissed Former Rockland County Board of Elections Commissioner Lou Babcock’s suit seeking court intervention on his ouster as BOE commissioner. Babcock claimed the Republican Party inappropriately removed him via dictate of the Executive Committee instead of allowing the full Republican Committee to vote. Hon. Scheinkman said the […]

ULLMAN TO REPLACE WITHERS AS RAMAPO’S DEPUTY SUPERVISOR

ULLMAN TO REPLACE WITHERS AS RAMAPO’S  DEPUTY SUPERVISOR

At Wednesday’s board meeting Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence and the town board voted Councilman Yitzchok Ullman as deputy supervisor, ending Councilman Patrick Withers two-year stint in the position. Withers has butted heads with St. Lawrence at times. He stood alongside former Ramapo Councilman Daniel Friedman, who passed away in an apparent suicide Friday, in calling […]

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Schwartz to Westchester?

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Schwartz to Westchester?

BY CAROL MCILMURRAY According to legal insiders and www.nycourts.gov, newly-elected County Court Justice Larry Schwartz will not serve in Rockland County. Court overseers have chosen to place Schwartz across the river in Westchester instead. Judge Rolf Thorsen, who had previously been transferred from Rockland to Westchester, apparently has been transferred back as he is listed […]

ROCKLAND OFFICALS TELL GOV. CUOMO NO: Universal outrage over commutation of Brinks terrorist Judith Clarke’s sentence

BY CAROL MCILMURRAY NEW CITY- Rockland PBA President Chris Tiernan stood on the steps of Rockland Superior Court and blasted NY Governor Andrew Cuomo at a Wednesday afternoon rally against the governor’s commutation of Judith Clark’s life sentence. “Andrew Cuomo got it wrong when he said [1981 Brinks Robbery co-conspirator and convicted cop killer Judith […]