By Keith S. Shikowitz The March 20 meeting of the West Haverstraw Village Board opened with one of the newest members of the S.W. Johnson Firehouse Christopher Babcock leading the room in the Pledge of Allegiance. Afterwards, the board adopted the minutes of the March 6, 2019 meeting and the treasurer reported there was $6,018,502.30 […]
Story and photos by Kathy Kahn Traffic was crawling by Chestnut Ridge’s Village Hall Tuesday as voters packed the polls throughout the day. The majority voted to reelect incumbent trustees Grant Valentine and Paul Van Alstyne, who had drawn strong competition due to a January vote by the Village Board of Trustees to allow houses […]
Official press release from the campaign ofJudge Thomas Walsh, candidate for district attorney of Rockland County NEW CITY, NY – The campaign of Judge Thomas Walsh (ret.) called on Kristen Zebrowski-Stavisky, the Democratic Party Chair, Rockland Commissioner of Elections, and sister to Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski – to recuse herself from all party and Board of Elections matters […]
By Joel Grossbarth A State Supreme Court Judge has removed incumbent Mayor Phillip Gigante from the upcoming village election ballot and effectively ended his tenure as Mayor of Airmont. Judge Sherri Eisenpress granted a petition filed by political newcomer Nathan Bubel which claimed Gigante’s designating petitions were replete with irregularities and violations of New York […]
Bill is in response to Kiryas Joel’s anonymous $2 million award PRESS RELEASE Newly elected state Senator James Skoufis (D-Hudson Valley) announced he will soon introduce legislation to prohibit anonymous legislative grants, calling the initiative a matter of accountability and public disclosure. Typically, every legislative grant is submitted by and attributed to a specific senator, […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE “I wanted to communicate and ensure transparency regarding union negotiations and where they stand to date. Most of our union contracts were expired as of 2017 and some as early as 2010. Understanding the magnitude of having outstanding contracts and the impact on the employees, I put aside $4 million in the […]