This is why they overtax us: East side access project 10 years late and $4.4 billion over budget PRESS RELEASE FROM COMPTROLLER DiNAPOLI’S OFFICE The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA’s) East Side Access project, which will bring Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) service to Grand Central Terminal for the first time, is expected to cost nearly […]
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE ROCKLAND DEPT. OF HEALTH Daylight savings time begins on Sunday, March 10, and the Rockland County Department of Health reminds you to change your clocks and take time to check your emergency supply kit. Is it missing any items? Is anything out-of-date, leaking or damaged? If you haven’t created an […]
PRESS RELEASE ALBANY, NY – Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) today introduced legislation in the State Senate that would suspend hydrofracking in New York State for a period of 24 months to accommodate three ongoing and major public health studies. The proposal would require the Commissioner of Health to take these outside, independent studies into consideration. […]
PRESS RELEASE Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Ossining) was joined by fellow lawmakers and baseball slugger Jose Canseco in calling for a ban on the over-the-counter sale of DMAA. In the wake of two military deaths linked to the use of a risky over the counter dietary supplement, New York State Senate Majority Coalition Leader Jeff Klein […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE NY ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today that his office has filed a lawsuit against two companies for illegally selling contraband cigarettes without paying the required state excise taxes. The lawsuit, which is the result of an ongoing investigation into contraband cigarette sales across […]
PRESS RELEASE Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recognized the nine Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers and the dispatcher involved in the rescue of three men whose plane crashed in the Adirondack Mountains last week. Governor Cuomo commended the men and woman for their heroic efforts to save the lives of the survivors in sub-zero […]