LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE BY ASSEMBLYWOMAN ANNIE RABBITT Assemblywoman Annie Rabbitt (R,I,C-Greenwood Lake) today voted against the first 2013-14 state budget bill, known as the debt service bill. Citing the $57.6 billion in current outstanding state debt for fiscal year 2013-14 and no sign yet of the total 2013-14 budget proposal, the Assemblywoman said she could […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM CONGRESSWOMAN NITA LOWEY – Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland), the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, on Tuesday outlined what she says would be the devastating impact of the House Republican budget. “This budget is wildly out of step with the fair and balanced approach that Americans expect and deserve,” said Congresswoman […]
Kristen Stavisky loses her marbles defending Coe’s feelings; recruits Dem soldiers to sign hostile petition BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Dear readers, apparently my editorial in the Rockland County Times portraying Rockland Democrats as being crazed for attending a fundraiser named after the notorious “Fifty Shades” erotica masterpiece didn’t go over too well…with some Democrats. This despite […]
EJ McMahon, director of the Manhattan Institute, and noted columnist in many major newspapers, will be the guest speaker at next month’s meeting of the Clarkstown Taxpayers group. The Taxpayers will be handing out a copy of the town’s overtime report. so residents can learn which town employees make over $30,000 in overtime. The meeting […]
Stealth – unelected – accountable to no one EDITORIAL BY LYNN TEGER Founder, Citizens for Protection of Property Rights in Rockland County The United Nations is working towards global disarmament through their US Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (“ATT”) which is being held this week in New York. Many UN Member Nations have already […]
Police revealed that Assemblyman Steve Katz (R-Yorktown) was ticketed for marijuana possession on Thursday morning. Police found the herb when Katz was pulled over for speeding. Possession of less than an ounce of marijuana is a minor violation in New York State.