Town of Stony Point

BY: Keith S. Shikowitz, Investigative Reporter Being a political figure, especially when you are the incumbent, carries a lot of weight and takes up much of your day. Your time is always in demand from many different agencies and organizations. Sometimes scheduling conflicts prevent you from attending an event that you were informed of after you already have another event … [Read more...] about WEBER SEEKS 2ND TERM IN THE 38TH SENATE DISTRICT part 1

BY: Keith S. Shikowitz, Investigative Reporter Factors that go into winning an election range from personality, good advertising of the candidate, knowledge of the issues which the constituents feel are important and which way the political winds are blowing at the time. In 2020 the political winds favored Elijah Reichlin Melnick over Bill Weber. After the redistricting … [Read more...] about MELNICK SEEKS TO RETAKE 38TH DISTRICT SENATE SEAT PART 1

BY: Keith S. Shikowitz, Investigative Reporter He also said that he introduced legislation along with Ken Zebrowski in the Assembly that was going to give them some relief and allow the state to renegotiate that so that we were not putting businesses on the hook due to the fact that inflation has occurred, and things have gone up and unfortunately after we passed that … [Read more...] about MELNICK SEEKS TO RETAKE 38TH DISTRICT SENATE SEAT PART 2

BY: Keith S. Shikowitz, Investigative Reporter Let's look at the No Bail laws now, which is creating a lot of the lack of safety in New York State, not just in your district. There's been band aids put on it and this is what other outlets and people in the media said, that they put band aids on the No Bail Law was as a way to make it look like they were reforming it and you … [Read more...] about WEBER SEEKS 2ND TERM IN THE 38TH SENATE DISTRICT part 2

BY: Keith S. Shikowitz, Investigative Reporter I’m with Tom Lapolla who is running for the 99th Assembly District, covering Stony Point and mostly Orange County. Lapolla was born in the Bronx and is a retired New York City fireman having served 38 years achieving the rank of Battalion Chief who always paid attention to the political world but never considered running for … [Read more...] about LAPOLLA TAKING AIM AT 99TH DISTRICT ASSEMBLY SEAT Part 1