By Michael Pointing, vice president and general manager of United Water New York I am compelled to respond to recent calls for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to hold an issues conference for United Water’s Haverstraw Water Supply Project (HWSP). Rockland needs more water—and soon. In 2006, because of a history of […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Anyone out there live in a haunted house? It might seem like a silly question, but as home sales pick up you should know there are laws against selling a house without full disclosure. A seller is required to reveal a number of things about their home. Like the condition of roof […]
By MIKE LONG Lord Acton, the great English statesman, famously observed that “power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” After almost 30 months as New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo has left no doubt that his most important governing principle is acquiring more political power, not advancing the public good. The overriding issue for […]
BY ROBERT GOLDBERG Advances in cancer treatment are saving lives and cutting health-care costs. But because many health-insurance plans haven’t caught up with the times, nearly half of all cancer patients are forced to choose between the treatment that could save their lives — or one that’s paid for. John Rykert had been battling advanced […]
To the Editor, On April 1 the Suffern Village Board unanimously adopted our budget for the 2013-2014 budget year beginning June 1. I brought up the fact that there was no provision in the capital budget for the proposed emergency crossing of the railroad at Orange Avenue connecting Orange with the West Ward community at […]
Statement on Gov. Cuomo’s Women’s Equality Act from Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I – Fishkill) “The first point in Governor Cuomos 10-point Womens Equality Act should have been removing Sheldon Silver. Silver has enabled and covered for a series of serial sexual predators in the Assembly. He enabled Vito Lopez and was going to allow […]