Rockland County

  • HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFERS FREE RABIES SHOTS FOR CATS, DOGS, AND FERRETS OCTOBER 2nd

    BY APPOINTMENT ONLY NEW CITY, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce free rabies shots (vaccinations) are available for cats, dogs, and ferrets belonging to Rockland residents by appointment only on Sunday, October 2, 2022, from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm at the Robert Yeager Health Complex, 50 […]

  • Medicare 2023 open enrollment October 15th – December 7th

    Rockland County Office for the Aging HIICAP is gearing up for the Medicare Open Enrollment.  We are happy to announce several informational seminars to bring you the most up-to-date Medicare information.

  • County Lifts Stage II Water Emergency

    Families Urged to Continue Reducing Water Usage New City, NY – County Executive Ed Day and Commissioner of Health Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert have lifted the Modified Stage II Water Emergency, effective immediately, that has been in effect since Thursday 8/18/2022 in Rockland County and instead shift restrictions from mandatory to voluntary. Dry conditions have led […]

  • RCC offers EMT Training Class; graduates to be hired by Rockland Paramedic Services

    ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. (September, 2022) – Rockland Community College Emergency Medical Technician Training Program was created last year in partnership with Rockland Paramedics, the Rockland Workforce Board and Rockland Career Center to help alleviate an ongoing Emergency Medical Technician and paramedic shortage in the region while helping unemployed and underemployed workers on a new career path. The first class […]

  • 5,000+ Polio Vaccines Administered Countywide

    New Flyers Being Distributed New City, NY – As of Tuesday, 5,064 polio vaccines have been administered in Rockland since a confirmed case of Polio was detected in a local resident, signaling work by the Rockland County Department of Health (RCDOH), New York State Health Department (NYSDOH) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to boost immunizations […]

  • ARE YOU PREPARED? EMERGENCIES CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME!

    NEW CITY, NY – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce that September is National Preparedness Month and urge residents to take action and be ready! When preparing for disasters, one of the most helpful things you can do is create an emergency plan and talk about it with […]