By Rockland County Executive Ed Day We have spent the last 4 years fighting our way back from the brink of bankruptcy. We have paid off the $138 million deficit, that existed when I took office, much faster than anyone thought possible. The renaissance of Rockland County is well underway. Today we take our next […]
Your weekly forecast by Zachary Jacomowitz Hello, Rockland County! I hope that you had a great week and that you managed the bit of snow okay. Will there be more snow in the coming days or is a warm-up in store? Let’s get to the forecast! Friday: Mix of clouds and sun. High near 32° […]
By Supervisor George Hoehmann Last week, I was proud to announce a historic agreement for the town to purchase the Rockland Country Day School campus in Congers, which will add an additional 20.5 acres of public land adjacent to the town-owned 33.5 acre Kings Park. I have made preserving, protecting and enhancing Clarkstown’s quality of […]
Reclaim New York Initiative offered the following statement on the “Fix NYC” panel’s congestion pricing report: “Congestion pricing would be yet another massive new tax on New Yorkers. It would pass the bill for the MTA’s perpetual waste and management, and the Governor’s pass-the-buck leadership, to hard-working, overburdened commuters who can’t afford it. “More money, […]
BY DIANE DIMOND How fair are criminal trials in America? How confident should we be that prosecutors have the right perpetrator, and how much weight should be put on eyewitness identification of suspects? A growing number of states are now instructing their courts to encourage jurors to ask themselves those very questions. Many studies have […]
Construction Temporarily Limited Due to Winter Weather Tappan Zee Constructors (TZC) is scheduled to re-stripe the westbound lanes near the new bridge tonight, requiring lane closures on the northbound/westbound New York State Thruway (I-87/I-287). Lane closure times and locations are listed in the chart below. LANE CLOSURES NEAR THE BRIDGE DATE: CLOSURES BEGIN: CLOSURES END: LOCATION: […]