BY JONATHAN GRADESS A half century has passed since the Supreme Court’s Gideon v. Wainwright decision directed states to provide counsel for the poor in criminal cases. New York continues to renege on this duty. Responding to Gideon, New York set up a patchwork system of county-based providers, a “system” without meaningful oversight, appropriate funding, […]
Kristen Stavisky loses her marbles defending Coe’s feelings; recruits Dem soldiers to sign hostile petition BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Dear readers, apparently my editorial in the Rockland County Times portraying Rockland Democrats as being crazed for attending a fundraiser named after the notorious “Fifty Shades” erotica masterpiece didn’t go over too well…with some Democrats. This despite […]
Stealth – unelected – accountable to no one EDITORIAL BY LYNN TEGER Founder, Citizens for Protection of Property Rights in Rockland County The United Nations is working towards global disarmament through their US Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (“ATT”) which is being held this week in New York. Many UN Member Nations have already […]
To the Editor, I saw nothing edgy about RCT’s satirical expose of the Young Democrats “Fifty Shades” fundraiser. You merely pointed out how inappropriate it was to name a fundraiser after a piece of literary trash – rubbish that only saw traction because of the breakdown of morality that is being championed by this Rockland […]
COMMENTARY BY ADAM LOMBARDI www.queens-politics.com Irish eyes are not smiling on Christine Quinn. Last week, as we celebrated St. Patrick and Irish American Catholic culture, it is interesting to note how each of the candidates for public office often go to St. Patrick’s Day parties and march in St. Patrick’s Day parades, but one candidate […]
COMMUNITY VIEW BY ROBERT I. RHODES, PRESERVE RAMAPO Politicians hate to take positions on anything that is likely to alienate any of their constituents. They prefer to attack the usual whipping boys who don’t vote. Thus, for example, Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence gets on his white horse whenever a utility company goes to the […]