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Governor: Now’s the Time to Make Pot Legal in NY

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Make it legal! In his State of the State address Monday, governor Andrew Cuomo said the time has come to join the 15 other states that have already legalized marijuana…

Rockland state senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick says we need to do this, carefully regulating and taxing it…

But Rockland assemblyman Michael Lawler says he’s not in favor of the push to make it legal, but he says he is willing to listen to those arguments in favor of it…

Rockland Business Association CEO Al Samuels says police and medical organizations are all lined up against it, and he sides with them…

Cuomo says a Department of Health multi-agency study found that decades of keeping pot illegal have failed to achieve public health and safety goals and, particularly in communities of color, have led to unjust arrests and convictions.

Orangetown Seeks Buyers for HNA Conference Center in Palisades

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The town of Orangetown has put out an official request for inquiries into a struggling property in Palisades. The China-based owners of the huge HNA Conference Center are looking to unload the place, which includes lots of land and the conference center facilities. Orangetown supervisor Teresa Kenny says the 106-acre site has lots of potential…

Tina Traster runs business website RCBizJournal.com, and she says whatever comes there next could be a game-changer…

The former IBM Conference Center features 206 guest rooms, dozens of meeting rooms, two restaurants, and a helicopter landing pad. Kenny says they’ve gotten a few proposals already. The town is accepting ideas until March.

Area Lawmaker “Has Seen Enough” of the 1-b COVID Vaccine Roll-out, Wants a Central Vaccination Center in Rockland

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Thanks to computer glitches and a lack of phone assistance, a local lawmaker says the 1-b roll-out of the COVID vaccine is not working. This part of the process includes people 75 and older, first responders, public safety, transit and education workers. Rockland Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski says he’s seen enough, noting many are frustrated and confused about what to do. Zebrowski is calling on the State Health Department to establish a Rockland County vaccination center to take control of the local vaccination logistics…

In his State of the State address yesterday, New York governor Andrew Cuomo said we have about one million doses in the state but around four million eligible people, and the federal government only gives us 300,000 doses each week. Cuomo implored New Yorkers to hang in there…

The Rockland County Department of Health ran out of their 1,000 dosage allotment of the Moderna vaccine on Friday, and could get more by tomorrow.

COVID-19 by the numbers now, here in Rockland, we lost three more to COVID, the total count stands at 793. We’ve got 107 hospitalized confirmed with coronavirus, and 2,854 active cases. Overall, we’ve had 30,015 reported cases, 571 more than Monday.

Rockland’s New State Senator Welcomed by Majority Leader

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New York’s legislature went back to work on Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Westchester welcomed new members to Albany, including Rockland’s new state senator, Nyack’s Elijah Reichlin-Melnick…

Reichlin-Melnick told “The Morning Show” last week the criminal justice reform that went into effect last year needs to be re-examined so the laws are fair to the general public and the accused…

Reichlin-Melnick was elected in November after former state senator David Carlucci made an unsuccessful bid for Congress last year.

Spring Valley Police Cleared of Wrongdoing in Woman’s Death Last January

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The New York State Attorney General’s Office has cleared Spring Valley police officers of criminal wrongdoing in the death of a woman last year. The Journal News reported last January that numerous 9-1-1 callers said 53 year-old Tina Davis was “busting people’s car windows and going crazy” and had attacked another woman. When they arrived at Fred Hecht Drive in the village’s Hill section, police had to Tase Davis to subdue her. The Associated Press says an investigation found her death was caused by a combination of cocaine and alcohol in her system, a preexisting heart condition and a seizure she suffered before resisting arrest. While a 16-page report cleared the officers involved, it was suggested the department offer better training for handling people with mental health issues. Attorney General Letitia James called Davis’ death a tragedy, not a crime. Spring Valley Police Chief Paul Modica didn’t respond to the AP’s request for comment.