Rockland County’s Fiscal Health Better; Clarkstown’s Declining
Rockland County got an improved health checkup on the New York State Comptroller’s 2018 Fiscal Stress Monitoring System report.
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Category: Other News
Rockland County Bits & Pieces
Rockland’s Landscapers Pitch In At Dutch Gardens
The scene today at the Dutch Gardens aside the Rockland County Courthouse was a property owner’s fantasy: More than 40 gardeners were pulling weeds, cleaning flower beds, carting away brush, planting, and spreading mulch.
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Give Palisades Center Its Unused Space, Says Clarkstown Report
The 10-page report, which is more a prescriptive than a specific road map, broadly touches on ways to enhance Clarkstown’s potential as a place to do business.
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Ed Day Proposes $729 million Budget Under Tax Cap
Rockland County Executive Ed Day unveiled the proposed 2020 budget which stays under the New York State property tax cap.
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New Yorkers Weigh In On License Plates, Election Consolidations, Cuomo and Trump
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s favorability and job performance ratings improved from all-time lows last month and his favorability rating is now back in positive territory.
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CVS Pharmacy Still Tied Up In Court Over Proposed Route 303 Site
The fate of a proposed CVS Pharmacy on Route 303 in Valley Cottage next to Lake Ridge Plaza could soon be determined by a Westchester court following more than three years of litigation that hinges on access to a right-of-way or “paper road” adjacent to the former Cefola oil change site.
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9/11: Serve & Remember Is A Good Way For Businesses To Mark The Day
Volunteer New York! is organizing its ninth annual 9/11: Serve + Remember to give people living and working in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties a way and a place to come together, to complete at least one single act of volunteering.
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Good Samaritan Hospital Opens New Orthopedic Surgery Center
Good Samaritan Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), has opened an orthopedic surgery center that upgrades the patient experience and specializes in a patient-centric approach to orthopedic care.
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Mark Davidoff Replaces David Kimmel At RCC’s Culinary Center In Nyack
David Kimmel, the visionary for RCC’s Culinary Arts Center in Nyack and its interim director, has left the college. He has been replaced by Mark Davidoff, a longtime consultant for the food and beverage industry.
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Does Clarkstown Need To Hold A Referendum To Resolve Mall Impasse?
In the upcoming report, several members of the economic committee are calling for Clarkstown’s leadership to find a way to allow the Palisades Center to expand its unoccupied fourth floor without the need for a public referendum.
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