Rockland County
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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CALLING ALL COLLEGE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS: DO YOUR PART TO HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19
Get your vaccine to help keep your college campus and community safe NEW CITY, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert urge college and graduate students to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before the school year begins. Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics at the Rockland County Department of Health: 3 […]
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HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM (HCVP)
SECTION 8 HOUSING WAITING LIST LOTTERY OPENING APPLY ONLINE ONLY AT:If you are under 62 years of age, disabled and homeless or risk of homeless or transitioning out of segregated settings:http://bit.ly/rocklandpublichousing If you are over 62 years of age and want to apply for Youngblood Senior Housing Building, 201 N. Main Street Spring Valleyhttp://bit.ly/rocklandsection8 July […]
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Statement from County Executive Ed Day: ‘I Support the Hudson Valley News Guild’
What has happened to local news coverage is both obvious and distressing with continuing cuts to staffing having a noticeable effect here in Rockland and around the Hudson Valley. I support the efforts of local journalists at the Journal News, Times Herald-Record and Poughkeepsie Journal in forming a union to fight for fair wages and […]