Rockland County voices from our editors and guest columnists
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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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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Rockland County Should Join Westchester County, Ulster County and Dutchess Counties And Adopt A Strong “By-Request-Only” Law On Food Containers, Plastic Utensils & Condiment Pouches We’re all familiar with this restaurant take-out ritual: we place the take-out bag on the counter and peer inside. On top of our food containers, lies bundled plastic utensil packages […]
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Cait Conley Is A Leader In CD17 With The Skills That Good Public Service Demands Dear Editor: We need someone in Congress with ethics, empathy, intelligence, a commitment to the rule of law, and the ability to think for themself. Cait Conley has spent her life developing and demonstrating those skills. At a time when […]
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Pocket Neighborhoods Can Help Alleviate A Housing Shortage, But First Zoning & Building Codes Need To Change By Mike Oates Every week, I hear a version of the same story from employers across our nine counties. A hospital can’t fill nursing shifts because the candidates can’t afford to live within a reasonable drive. A school […]
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Diesel Prices Are At An All-time High, And Empire State Farmers Are Feeling The Pain By David Carlucci How Bad Is It? Their situation was already precarious. In 2025, New York lost farms at double the national average rate and farmland five times faster. For many farm families struggling to stay afloat, the price of […]
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The Understory Provides Important Year-Round Habitat, Even After Deciduous Plants Have Dropped Their Leaves By Christine Toth Riding along Seven Lakes Drive, the lush, green forest on either side of the road can be deceptively reassuring. A closer look reveals that, in some sections, a critical layer of a healthy forest—the understory—is noticeably missing. The […]
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Change Is Coming To Your Community. The Only Question Is Who Gets To Steer. By Mike Oates I have a saying that I trot out at nearly every public meeting, and it has never once failed to get a knowing laugh: people like change, as long as everything stays the same. We all do it. […]
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