This is Anthony Aleman’s essay based on his self-published memoir Barless: A Bronx Memoir. RCBJ is not able to independently verify the content of the memoir, but we have published it because we believe this Rockland County resident’s maiden memoir has artistic value and provides insight into the journey from dire poverty to a more […]
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Developer Returns With A Second Proposal For A Zoning Overlay To Facilitate Apartments In Proximity To Pearl River Transit Station The developer of Jefferson Arms, a proposed 88-unit residential project in Pearl River’s CO (Commercial) zone, returned to the Orangetown Town Board last week asking the town board to advance a proposal that would create […]
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Mike Melton, Along With Town Attorneys and CSEA Leadership, Negotiate Stipulation That Bars Melton From Entering Department of Facilities & Management at Clarkstown Town Hall
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The Region’s Economy (And Your Career) Are Enhanced By Participation On A Non-Profit Board By Mike Oates The best investment I have ever made in the Hudson Valley economy never cost me a dollar. It cost me a few Tuesday nights. We usually talk about economic development in terms of sites, incentives and shovels in […]
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The Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act and the FAIR News Act Are Intended To Curb AI Abuses and Compel Disclosure In The News By David Carlucci Every morning, people across Rockland open a local news site to check a school closing, a zoning vote, or a traffic alert. On some of those same sites, a large […]
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Rockland County Democratic Committee Elects New Chair; Rift Continues To Plague Party; Pearl River Jim Riley Named New Chair; Ramapo & Haverstraw Sit Out Vote In Protest
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Dozens of Changes, Large & Small, Will Impact How Both The Legislature And The County Executive Branches Function While voters are focused on the bigger races, Lawler vs. Conley, Hochul vs. Blakeman, and in Clarkstown, Hoehmann vs. Bondar, the County Legislature has passed a local law that would make substantive and substantial changes to the […]
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Arts And Culture, In All Their Forms, Are As Important To A Community As Its Sidewalks In this month’s column Paul Adler is joined by Dorothy Atzl, Executive Director of the Arts Council of Rockland. By Paul Adler, Esq. For nearly 50 years, I have walked our region’s main streets, toured its industrial parks, and […]
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SWIMPLY Dangers Include Rejection By Homeowner’s Insurance Company Dear Editor: Regarding SWIMPLY, the County and towns must reject this business for at least the following reasons: (1) INSURANCE: It is highly unlikely that the individual home owners have liability insurance to cover this business activity of leasing out their pools. So, if someone is injured […]
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