Skoufis Calls For Reform Of Public Agencies
New York’s reliance on public authorities is problematic due to lack of transparency and oversight for its financial and operational functions.
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Category: Other News
Rockland County Bits & Pieces
Rockland Is Fastest Growing Suburban County For Business Growth In State
Rockland County in 2018 ranked third among New York’s 62 counties for the fastest pace of business growth, according to Smart Asset, a financial tech company that bases rankings on business growth, GDP, new building permits and federal funding.
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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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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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