The state legislature unanimously passed legislation that would allow local officials to extend property tax payment deadlines for furloughed federal employees. North Rockland state senator James Skoufis says it’s a small measure that could provide families some help, when they’re left with trying to choose which bills to pay…
Skoufis sponsored the Senate bill while Rockland assemblyman Ken Zebrowski sponsored the lower house’s version, both of which passed unanimously. Zebrowski says even if a temporary settlement is reached, these bills still have merit…
Ramapo’s Deputy Supervisor Brendel Logan says the government shutdown reaches beyond the obvious…
Rockland Congresswoman Nita Lowey echoed those sentiments yesterday on the House Floor…
Indeed, the pain of the shutdown has been seen first-hand by Mirna Perez, who volunteers with, and has been helped by, the Rockland Center for Safety and Change…
Two bills aiming to reopen the government fell short in the Senate yesterday.