Small Businesses Deserve More from Healthcare Reform

BY JANET TRAUTWEIN President Obama marked the recent conclusion of open enrollment in the federal healthcare law’s insurance exchanges with a celebration at the White House. The administration exceeded its goal of signing 7 million Americans up for insurance coverage. Many small business owners are in a less festive mood. They’re dealing with burdensome new […]

United Water fan responds to Harriet Cornell’s June 25th letter

To the Editor, I’d like to respond to the June 25 letter from Legislator Harriet Cornell titled, “Was United Water’s Desalination Plant a Prudent Decision?” First of all, the recent New York State Public Service Commission (“NYC PSC”) staff report on need confirms that more water is needed although just a few years later than […]

“The Investigation Continues”

“The Investigation Continues”

BY MICHAEL CASTELLUCCIO PRESERVE RAMAPO Charged with two felonies which placed him at the center of a scheme to sell the Hillcrest Elementary School at up to $6 million under its appraised value, Avi Vardi walked out of a Clarkstown courtroom yesterday with a three-year probation and a small fine. The felonies had been kicked […]

OP-ED: U.S. is heading towards military disaster

By Frank Vernuccio, Jr., J.D. The announced dismissal of 550 U.S. Army majors is the latest move in what can only be seen as a concerted effort on the part of the White House to diminish America’s armed forces as much and as rapidly as the public will tolerate and the press will willingly overlook. […]

“DR. CUOMO” SENDS LETTER TO STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY

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 […]

Liberating the White House from the Political Money Game

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 […]