Rockland County Government/Regulations
Clarkstown Increased Its Outstanding Debt To About $160 Million; Up From $112 Million In 2021 At nine o’clock on a Tuesday morning in May, Clarkstown’s town board held a special meeting and voted on a resolution to buy St. Paul’s Convent at the corner of Gilchrest and Kings Highway for $930,000. A second resolution authorized […]
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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 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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Opposition To Flock, ALPR Cameras Bubbling Up In Rockland County; Led By Faction of Working Families Party; Working Families Party Jumps On De-Flock Wagon; To Hold Rally in Spring Valley Aug. 18
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Midtown Kingston Receives Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) Designation Midtown Kingston has been approved for the Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) designation by New York’s Department of State. Designation gives development in the area priority and preference for State programs, eligibility for pre-development funding, and unlocks tax credits for property owners and developers for brownfield cleanup and […]
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Fiscal Stress Scores Evaluate Financial Stability & Management; Moody’s “AA” Credit Ratings Issued On New Clarkstown Debt ANALYSIS Orangetown, Stony Point, Clarkstown and Haverstraw are not fiscally stressed, according to The New York State Comptroller’s Office’s annual report released last week. In contrast, Ramapo was designated as being moderately fiscally stressed due to diminished fund balances […]
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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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