To the Editor, In recent news articles, I have been reading with disgust of the shameful, petty and selfish political tactics that several Democratic legislators are engaged in with regard to the 2017 county budget proceedings. The legislator for my district in Haverstraw, Michael Grant, has unfortunately been a leader in practicing such tactics. In […]
BY JERRY DONNELLAN Director, Veterans Service Agency of Rockland County As the writing of this, the Shuttle Bus that runs between the New City Clinic and the Montrose VA Hospital is due to stop running as of January 30, 2017. Despite all the reasons to keep it – like the fact that those who use […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Upon the birth of a new year, let’s talk about death, shall we? Or the death penalty, to be precise. The topic loomed over a courtroom in Charleston, South Carolina, this week, where the self-proclaimed white supremacist Dylann Roof undertook a fool’s errand. After a jury quickly found him guilty of the […]
BY ROCKLAND COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY Critics have been calling for years for the shutdown of the Indian Point nuclear power plant right across from Stony Point in Northern Westchester. Now they have gotten their wish in the form of an announcement from Gov. Cuomo that he and Entergy have brokered a deal to close […]
To the Editor, In light of the proposed plans by the Orangetown Town Council to replace the existing Town Hall and its recent Request for Proposals concerning Architectural and Space Planning Services, the Town Council should consider incorporating viable space for an Orangetown senior citizen center. Throughout my thirteen years of living in Orangetown, I […]
BY SUPERVISOR GEORGE HOEHMANN Everyone agrees that killing a police officer is so abhorrent that it warrants the toughest penalties allowed by our criminal justice system — including the death penalty. Everyone, it seems, except for Governor Cuomo. As supervisor of Clarkstown, the town where the Brinks robbery and murders took place, I am outraged over […]