CARLUCCI WANTS GUN MAP REMOVED

Statement by NYS Senator David Carlucci (D) Calling on the Journal News to Remove their Map Lawful gun owners and all citizens have been outraged by the mass shootings around our country.  However, the timing of the disclosure of individuals possessing pistol permits by The Journal News when families are reeling from the tragedies in […]

EVEN HARRIET CORNELL IS MAD AT THE JOURNAL NEWS

PRESS RELEASE AND LETTER FROM HARRIET CORNELL, CHAIR OF ROCKLAND COUNTY LEGISLATURE   In a letter to the publisher and the editor of the Journal News, Chairwoman of the Rockland County Legislature Harriet Cornell has recommended the corporate office take positive action to regain the confidence lost by scores of Rockland and Westchester residents as a result of […]

PISTOL PERMITS UP OVER 200 PERCENT IN ROCKLAND

PISTOL PERMITS UP OVER 200 PERCENT IN ROCKLAND

Rockland County Clerk Paul Piperato (above) told the Rockland County Times that since the Journal News published their now infamous interactive gun map two weeks ago, pistol permit applications have more than tripled in his office. He said about 50 persons have applied in the last two weeks. Normally in that span he might receive […]

Armed and Dangerous Update—Guards Also Posted at Executive Editors’ Homes

Armed and Dangerous Update—Guards Also Posted at Executive Editors’ Homes

The Rockland County Times confirms that guards were hired and remain posted in front of the homes of Journal News President Janet Hasson and Journal News Executive Editor Cynthia Lambert, alias CynDee Royle. The home of a lower level editor visited by the Rockland County Times did not have a guard posted. Previously the presence of […]

“CONDEMNED” — Journal News Excoriated by Rockland Officials

“CONDEMNED” — Journal News Excoriated by Rockland Officials

 Support also vowed for tighter restrictions on gun permit information BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The Journal News editorial board and publisher Janet Hasson were condemned today by law enforcement, a bipartisan group of legislators, County Clerk Paul Piperato and the five major political parties of Rockland County, for their publication of an interactive map exposing the […]