• Property taxpayers win as Governor Cuomo signs Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick’s shared services bill into law

    NEW CITY, NY – Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick announced that Governor Cuomo  signed his shared services bill, S6445A, into law. The new law will save property taxpayer dollars through enhanced efficiency by expanding and extending the “County-Wide Shared Services Initiative” (CWSSI) which was first created as part of the 2018-19 NYS Budget. Senator Reichlin-Melnick’s new law […]

  • S&P Upgrades Rockland’s Bond Ratings

    Second Double Rating Upgrade of July New City, NY, – County Executive Ed Day and Commissioner of Finance Stephen DeGroat announced that S&P Global Ratings raised the County’s long-term, underlying ratings two notches to AA from A+ noting that Rockland’s outlook remains stable. This is the second double rating upgrade in July after Moody’s Investors Service upgraded […]

  • HEALTH DEPARTMENT CELEBRATES WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK

    New City, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce that Rockland County will celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, August 1-7, 2021. Join the Rockland community for the “Global Big Latch On!” virtual event on Saturday, August 7th, from 10:00 am to 11:15 am EST, hosted by Montefiore Nyack Hospital via Zoom Healthcare in […]

  • Mid-Hudson Economic Development Updates From ESD

    Economic Development Opportunity Highlights: Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) Deadline to Apply is 4pm on July 30th! Round XI of the CFA is open with over $750 million in funding available through more than 30 state programs. All of the 2021 guidelines and resources documents can be found on the MHREDC website at https://regionalcouncils.ny.gov/mid-hudson. CFA Deadline for […]

  • St. Thomas Aquinas College Celebrated the Class of 2020 In-Person at New York Boulders Stadium

    (SPARKILL, N.Y. — July 20, 2021) — St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC) was finally able to honor the Class of 2020 in-person at the Palisades Credit Union Park on Friday, July 16, 2021. The Class of 2020 was previously celebrated virtually at the 63rd Commencement Exercises last year because of social distancing and safety-based protocols brought about by […]

  • Metro-North Railroad Announces Resumption of Ferry Service

    Haverstraw-Ossining and Newburgh-Beacon Ferries to Resume Service Beginning August 30, Connecting with Morning and Afternoon Peak Trains  Ferry Resumption to Coincide With Train Service Increase to 83% of Pre-Pandemic Levels Just Before Labor Day  MTA Metro-North Railroad President Catherine Rinaldi today announced the Haverstraw-Ossining and Newburgh-Beacon ferry services will resume on Monday, August 30. The changes will coincide with Metro-North’s upcoming service increase, to take effect with the August 29 timetables, which will increase train […]