To the Editor, Because the VA didn’t test his PSA, Martin Bagrosky goes on a rant about Obamacare, and is concerned about Sarah Palin’s death panels. Richard J. Ablin discovered the PSA test in 1970 and now disowns it because its popularity “has led to a hugely expensive public health disaster.” The annual bill is […]
BY HARRIET CORNELL Chairwoman, Rockland County Legislature To the Editor, While I am loathe to get into the middle of a contentious race for Rockland County Executive, I am not a candidate and feel compelled to respond to Legislator Day’s misleading, erroneous, and mean-spirited comments regarding my relationship with the law enforcement community in Rockland […]
BY DIANE DIMOND The worldwide headlines say it all. From the United Kingdom: “Pathologist ‘Stockpiled Children’s Organs.’” In Canada, the headline: “Ontario Service Has 4,000 Autopsy Organs, Unmatched to Families.” From Las Vegas, this shocker: “Misplaced. Thrown away. Stolen. Sold? Nobody Knows What Happened to Richard Boorman’s Missing Organs.” And from New York: “Parents Shocked […]
BY STEPHANIE A. MINER Mayor of Syracuse and co-chairwoman of the New York State Democratic Committee. Originally published in the NY Times THE specter of financial collapse looms over New York State’s cities. For some the collapse is imminent, for others a few years off. Instead of confronting these realities, Gov.Andrew M. Cuomo‘s proposed state budget avoids […]
To the editor, Last night (Tuesday) I attended the Rockland County Legislature meeting dealing with Public Safety matters. In the audience were many active and retired law enforcement officers. One of the topics were the seven-round magazine limit that was recently passed into law under the NY SAFE act. Much to my dismay, there were several legislators […]
Are you getting the most out of your 401(k)? BY CHRIS HANLY Investment Consultant, Gary Goldberg Financial Services Most of us are smart enough to know that retirement will be expensive, and that the more we save and invest today, the better our chances are to live a comfortable retirement. If you’re anything like me, […]