BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – In a unanimous decision, the county legislature’s budget & finance committee approved a memorializing resolution calling on the state legislature and governor to resolve problems with the state’s chargeback system for community colleges at its March 12 meeting. The resolution came in response to Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) […]
Young Democrats to hold “Fifty Shades of Blue”-themed fundraiser BY DYLAN SKRILOFF We’ve heard it said that power is the greatest aphrodisiac, but in politics, perhaps discretion should be named a close second. The Rockland County Young Democrats have chosen to ignore the discrete path, and are holding a fundraiser this evening, March 14, under […]
Assemblyman pushes for study to develop plan to create a new public school district PRESS RELEASE FROM ASSEMBLYMAN KENNETH ZEBROWSKI Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski (D-Rockland) announced today that he is proposing a redistricting of the current East Ramapo School District that will partition territory to create a new public school district that better represents public school […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM CUOMO Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced Thursday that a $1.5 billion TIFIA loan for the bridge project to replace the Tappan Zee will move to next stage of the U.S. Department of Transportation loan process. This financing will lower tolls on the bridge below all prior projections, though the state continues to […]
Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) announced that he will be holding monthly mobile office hours in Stony Point on March 19. The evening hour-long sessions will give Hudson Valley families the opportunity to make their voices heard and bring local issues to his attention. “My duty as an Assemblyman is to represent the needs of local families in Albany,” Assemblyman […]
Statement of Tri-State Transportation Campaign Executive Director Veronica Vanterpool on the report of New York State’s federal loan application moving forward: “New York State’s taxpayers will be paying more money in taxes and tolls for a Tappan Zee Bridge that does little to reduce traffic congestion, improve transit or strengthen the Hudson Valley economy in the […]