OPEN LETTER FROM RAMAPO COUNCILMEN DANIEL FRIEDMAN AND PATRICK WITHERS TO RAMAPO TOWN ATTORNEY MICHAEL KLEIN Michael Klein Ramapo Town Attorney 237 Route 59 Suffern, NY 10901 Michael, This morning, I was very dismayed to read an article in The Journal News that indicated that personnel decisions were improperly made about two new employees hired […]
“No person turned away” breaking hospitals’ banks BY KATHY KAHN How are hospitals faring under the Affordable Care Act? Steven Kroll, vice president for governmental affairs for the Hospital Association of New York State (HANYS) on Thursday spoke with members of the Rockland Business Association at the Pearl River Hilton on the changes taking place […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN State Assemblyman James Skoufis has introduced a bill, “Tuition-Free NY,” (A.8585), to provide free tuition to New York State residents who wish to attend SUNY or CUNY schools. Last Thursday he made his first Rockland appearance to unveil his plan before an assembly of sophomores, juniors, teachers and administrators at North Rockland […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA County Legislator Harriet Cornell has once again sounded alarms on United Water New York’s proposed desalination plant in Haverstraw, specifically targeting what she says are vague and non-transparent financial projections. Cornell issued a request to the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) to deny UWNY’s planned rate hike of $56.8 million to make […]
Rockland County Executive Ed Day last week announced the appointment of Myrnia Bass-Hargrove as director of Community Relations. “The Community Relations director has emerged as a major objective in my administration’s strategic plan and I have asked Myrnia to work with us to improve upon and build those relationships.” Bass-Hargrove will serve as the liaison […]
RCT Cartoonist Ed Chorba says Gov. Cuomo is creating a whole new “class” of criminals