Statement By Rockland County Legislator Harriet Cornell On The Passing of New York State Board of Regents’ Judith Johnson

Statement By Rockland County Legislator Harriet Cornell On The Passing of New York State Board of Regents’ Judith Johnson

“I am so deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my friend, Regent Judith Johnson. We have lost an educator who devoted her life to the truest of causes – the betterment of children – all children everywhere. She developed policies and programs to guide comprehensive school reform and improve student achievement. She was […]

Legislature Calls For Bridge Toll Discount

Legislature Calls For Bridge Toll Discount

Rockland County legislators voted 10-0 Tuesday to urge the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge Toll Advisory Panel to recommend discounted tolls for Rockland bridge users. The resolution followed a public input meeting held by the toll advisory panel. Legislators Harriet Cornell and Nancy Low-Hogan both addressed the toll advisory panel and submitted written comments. They […]

Legislature Backs Passage of Federal Law To Reduce Deaths & Injuries Of Women During And After Childbirth

Legislature Backs Passage of Federal Law To Reduce Deaths & Injuries Of Women During And After Childbirth

Cornell: Shocking Statistics Show Need For Solutions 50,000 Women Severely Injured; 700 Die Annually The shocking numbers of deaths and injuries among women during childbirth led the Rockland County Legislature to vote 15-1 Tuesday in favor of a federal bill that takes aim at the crisis. Legislator Harriet Cornell, who introduced the memorializing resolution, said […]

What’s Bugging You?

What’s Bugging You?

Legislators set to discuss increase in ticks, mosquitos and fleas Rockland County Legislator Harriet Cornell will hold a meeting of the Environmental Committee to discuss the increase in populations of ticks and other insects and the ways people can protect themselves from the diseases insects such as ticks, mosquitos and fleas spread. The meeting is […]

Vanderhoef and Cornell to Announce Appointment of Rockland’s Poet Laureate

Vanderhoef and Cornell to Announce Appointment of Rockland’s Poet Laureate

(NEW CITY, NY) Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef and County Legislature Chairwoman Harriet Cornell will hold a press conference to announce the reappointment of Dan Masterson as Poet Laureate of Rockland County and the posthumous appointments of revered Rockland poets, Marya Zaturenska (1902-1982) and her husband Horace Gregory (1898-1982) as honorary Poets Laureate. Dan […]