Court Rejects Republican Appeal, Upholds 2-Vote Victory by Stewart in Orangetown BY BILL DEMAREST NYACK – The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court on Friday supported a Rockland judge’s ruling that gives Orangetown town Supervisor Andy Stewart, D-Nyack, a two-vote victory in his 2013 bid for re-election. The court, based in Brooklyn, rejected an appeal […]
Liberal media blasts Obama’s “Orwellian” policy toward journalists Op-ed Originally Published Dec. 11 in the NY Times BY SANTIAGO LYON THE Internet has been abuzz over the spectacle of President Obama and the prime ministers of Britain and Denmark snapping a photo of themselves — a “selfie,” to use the mot du jour — with […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – County Executive elect Ed Day formally announced Army Lieutenant Colonel Guillermo Rosa as his future Chief of Staff on Monday. Rosa said he accepted the offer to work in Day’s administration because he has seen and felt the financial and political changes occurring in the county and was inspired […]
The Rockland GOP has confirmed candidate Walter Wettje is appealing Judge Victor Alfieri’s ruling that discarded six absentee ballots in the Orangetown supervisor’s election. The GOP is filing its appeal in the NYS Court of Appeals Friday and the court anticipates it will decide whether to hear the case next week. Currently the incumbent Andy […]
Retired police are making a big impact in Rockland County politics these days. Photographed here at the most recent meeting of the Rockland County Shields, an organization for retired or active police officers, are members County Executive-elect Ed Day (l) and Stony Point Councilman-elect Jim Monaghan (r). In the center is Stony Pointer John Pinto, […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Suffern – The Village of Suffern on Monday evening swore in its new mayor Patricia Abato, along with a number of other officials. Abato, who replaced former Mayor Dagan LaCorte, was sworn in along with fellow trustees Matthew Byrne and Frank Hagen. Fellow trustee Jo Meegan-Corrigan was appointed deputy mayor, while Virginia […]