Senator Carlucci Hosts East Ramapo Monitor Dennis Walcott on The Albany Report

Pomona, NY – (2/17/15) – Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) will by joined in studio by East Ramapo Monitor Dennis Walcott, as well as North Rockland Full Day Kindergarten President Jennifer Teichmann on his radio show, The Albany Report, Friday morning starting at 10:10 a.m. on WRCR AM 1700. Senator Carlucci and Dennis will discuss the […]

Ed Day delivers 2016 State of the County address

Ed Day delivers 2016 State of the County address

BY JENNA HUTCHINS County Executive Ed Day detailed his strategy and plans for the future of Rockland in his third State of the County message on Tuesday night. Since taking office in January 2014, Day said his administration has labored to reduce the county’s deficit and to restore fiscal responsibility. In only two years under […]

Skoufis seeks expanded tax credit for families

STATEMENT BY ASSEMBLYMAN JAMES SKOUFIS (D) “[On February 2] the state Assembly took a step toward providing meaningful tax relief for families in the Hudson Valley and throughout our state.  Legislation I sponsored (A.9179) was announced to provide middle class New Yorkers who pay some of the highest taxes in the nation with an income […]

State’s sudden carbon monoxide regulation will cost Stony Point

BY JENNA HUTCHINS The town of Stony Point may have to find tens of thousands of dollars in their budget to pay for state mandated carbon monoxide detectors in town buildings. Town councilmen expressed their opposition to the mandate at Tuesday night’s board meeting. The unfunded mandate requires the town to install CO detectors in […]

McMahon: Thruway Toll Credit “Indefensible Gimmick”

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE EMPIRE CENTER Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to spend $340 million in budget windfall cash on a temporary state tax rebate of Thruway tolls is “an indefensible gimmick,” E.J. McMahon, president of the Empire Center, testified Feb. 2 at a Joint Legislative Budget Hearing in Albany. “This proposal does not deserve support […]

Day marks half-way point in first term with “half-time” fundraiser

Day marks half-way point in first term with “half-time” fundraiser

PHOTOS BY AL THOMPSON Capitalizing on the upcoming Super Bowl, County Executive Ed Day decided to make football a theme of his recent “half-time” fundraiser at the Nyack Seaport. It’s about half-way through Day’s first term as county executive. Day was thrilled with the turnout for the part. He said on social media the following […]