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Rockland’s Congressman voted for the COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act passed Tuesday in a 364 to 62 vote in the House of Representatives. The bill seeks to curb the increase in hate crimes against Asian-Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. Congressman Mondaire Jones says he knows what it is like to be marginalized and harassed…
The Senate approved the legislation last month.
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A potential $43 billion merger of media giants Discovery and AT&T’s WarnerMedia could see a Rockland high school graduate at the very top of the combined mega-company. Discovery CEO David Zaslav graduated Ramapo High School in the late 70s. The deal is expected to close next year.
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Rocklanders went to the polls in 6 of 8 area school districts yesterday. Budgets passed easily in Clarkstown, Nanuet, North Rockland, Nyack, Pearl River and South Orangetown.
· Clarkstown – Board of Education members Christine Alia, Tammy Bierker and Irene Tagaris were re-elected
· Nanuet – Christine Camillieri and Stephanie Lee were elected to 3-year terms.
· North Rockland – Voters approved a proposition letting the district set up a capital reserve fund for facility upgrades. Richard Fernandez and Mary Romano were elected to the board.
· Nyack – A proposition to allow the district use reserve funds for a new parking lot easily passed. Karen Hughes and John Duval were elected to the Board of Education
· Pearl River – A proposition over the district’s energy performance contract easily passed. Thomas DePrisco and Jackie Dubil Craig were elected to the school board.
· South Orangetown – Dana Stilley was elected to the school board.
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There’s just a little more than three weeks left in the legislative session here in New York and local representatives have a list of things they’d like to get accomplished before it’s over. Stony Point and Orange county assemblyman Colin Schmitt says the bills that get handled now generally focus on specific localities across the state…
Rockland state senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick says among his priorities is a bill that would bring a monitor with veto power to the East Ramapo school district…
The legislative session ends June 10th.
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Here in New York new rules go into effect regarding mask wearing. Following new CDC guidelines if you are vaccinated, you don’t need to wear a mask or social distance, in most areas. Some places, including public transportation, nursing homes, schools and other places, still will require mask-wearing. Private venues and stores can still require mask-wearing as well. Fully-vaccinated Palisades Center shoppers, for example, won’t need to wear a mask. However, mall officials do encourage ALL guests to wear a mask anyway, as individual venues within the mall may have different requirements. Those who are not fully-vaccinated will be required to wear a mask.
COVID-19 by the numbers now, here in Rockland, no new deaths, the total unchanged since yesterday at 957. We’ve got six hospitalized confirmed with coronavirus, and 234 active cases. Our total case count is 46,704, that’s seven more than Tuesday.