PISTOL PERMITS UP OVER 200 PERCENT IN ROCKLAND

PISTOL PERMITS UP OVER 200 PERCENT IN ROCKLAND

Rockland County Clerk Paul Piperato (above) told the Rockland County Times that since the Journal News published their now infamous interactive gun map two weeks ago, pistol permit applications have more than tripled in his office. He said about 50 persons have applied in the last two weeks. Normally in that span he might receive […]

Armed and Dangerous Update—Guards Also Posted at Executive Editors’ Homes

Armed and Dangerous Update—Guards Also Posted at Executive Editors’ Homes

The Rockland County Times confirms that guards were hired and remain posted in front of the homes of Journal News President Janet Hasson and Journal News Executive Editor Cynthia Lambert, alias CynDee Royle. The home of a lower level editor visited by the Rockland County Times did not have a guard posted. Previously the presence of […]

FAIL of the Day—-Twenty-five Percent of the Journal News’ Rockland County Gun-Map not Accurate

FAIL of the Day—-Twenty-five Percent of the Journal News’ Rockland County Gun-Map not Accurate

  REPORT BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The intentions of the Journal News’ editorial board in publishing a highly controversial “interactive gun map” are further occluded by an inconvenient fact. According to Rockland County Clerk Paul Piperato, in Rockland County a large number of the names and addresses on the map are not even correct. Piperato said, […]

“CONDEMNED” — Journal News Excoriated by Rockland Officials

“CONDEMNED” — Journal News Excoriated by Rockland Officials

 Support also vowed for tighter restrictions on gun permit information BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The Journal News editorial board and publisher Janet Hasson were condemned today by law enforcement, a bipartisan group of legislators, County Clerk Paul Piperato and the five major political parties of Rockland County, for their publication of an interactive map exposing the […]

Legislators to Announce Actions Surrounding Confidentiality for Pistol Permit Applicants on Friday

Rockland County Legislator Frank Sparaco will announce a resolution to condemn the decision by the Journal News to post the names and addresses of lawful pistol permit holders in Rockland and Westchester Counties. Legislators Jay Hood, Jr., Aron Wieder, Toney Earl and Christopher Carey will join Sparaco to condemn the action. Legislators Sparaco, Schoenberger, Hood, […]

Letter to Editor

MAY YOU INHERIT ALL THEIR SANE READERS To the editor, The New York Journal News believes knowing where guns are is in the public’s interest. In full disclosure that paper should now provide a layout of its business showing where each armed guard is located, plus additional information such as what they are packing and […]