Rockland County

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • THIS SUMMER BE TICK-FREE TO PREVENT TICK-BORNE ILLNESSES

    NEW CITY, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert remind residents that as you spend time outside this summer, be sure to protect yourself from tick bites. The risk and incidence of Lyme and other tickborne diseases persist and will rise, as it does every summer. “A bite […]

  • National Night Out to take place August 3rd

    National Night Out will take place on Tuesday, August 3rd, from 4 to 7pm at Palisades Credit Union Park. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. National Night Out enhances the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement […]