Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) recently joined his Hudson Valley colleagues Pat Ryan (NY-18) and Marc Molinaro (NY-19) on H.R. 6356, the Hudson River Protection Act. This bi-partisan bill will prevent the construction of additional anchorages north of the Tappan Zee Bridge. The legislation became necessary after a recent Coast Guard information bulletin redefined the Port […]
New York state’s Fourth Judicial Department has reinstated a controversial policy that empowers the state government to lawfully order people to involuntarily isolate or quarantine in order to prevent the spread of highly contagious diseases. Originally passed in February 2022, the dramatic expansion of the rights and abilities of the State Health Commissioner, collectively referred […]
The results are in. After an election season that left many key positions in county government vulnerable, but few of them contested, election night 2023 ended with major wins for county Democrats, a new mayor for Nyack, and a third term for Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehman, the only Town Supervisor to face a serious challenge […]
The current Republican and Conservative legislator for District 15 of Rockland County, James J. Foley is a lifelong Rockland County resident. He has lived in Valley Cottage and Nyack, now residing in Grand View on Hudson with his wife and daughter. Foley works as a LCSW psychotherapist at a private practice and is licensed in […]
Last Sunday, the candidates for Clarkstown Supervisor met at JCC Rockland to field questions from their constituents and pitch their vision for the future of the town as election day draws near. Current Supervisor George Hoehmann used the opportunity to tout improvements to Clarkstown’s fiscal health that have occurred under his tenure including cuts to local property taxes, […]
Following waves of public outcry against Holtec International’s controversial plans to dump radioactive waste into a major New York waterway, Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation (S.6893/A.7208) into law, formally restricting discharges of any radiological substance into the Hudson River in connection with the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant. The proposal, formally titled the […]