Rockland County Bits & Pieces
Rockland County has grown its Unassigned Fund Balance in the General Fund from $6.2 million in 2017 to just over $32 million in 2018,” according to the Marks Paneth Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
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By a 51-39 percent margin, New Yorkers say Andrew Cuomo has made New York a better place to live in his nine years as governor.
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It’s time for representatives from Rockland County’s business, government, and religious communities to create a taskforce to examine the mounting pressures nonprofits shoulder.
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Governor Cuomo today signed into law legislation that expands equal pay laws to prohibit unequal pay on the basis of a protected class for all substantially similar work, and forbids employers from asking prospective employees about their salary history
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Clarkstown is on the cusp of rezoning the heart of Nanuet’s business district from a pastiche of industry and fallow land into a cluster of dense residential housing and light commercial that is designed for walkability and train use.
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Nyack’s Village Board’s voted last week to tear down the distressed building.
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Rockland County legislators have proposed a law that would streamline the process for nonprofits to lease space in county buildings.
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Voters are supportive of legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, eliminating the religious exemption for vaccinating children, adding an Equal Rights Amendment to the State Constitution
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S&P raised Rockland’s long-term rating two notches from ‘A-‘ to ‘A+’ and assigned the county a positive outlook assigning an ‘A+’ outlook.
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Three county executives expressed optimism about the regional economy, citing healthy bond ratings, larger surpluses, and innovative economic development strategies to combat retail and declining office occupancy challenges.
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