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The state Senate and Assembly both passed the Jose Peralta New York State DREAM Act Wednesday, which gives undocumented children who are already students in the state the chance to qualify for state aid for college. Rockland state Senator David Carlucci called it a small investment that will pay dividends…
Senate Republicans said the bill would reward law-breaking, illegal immigrants with free college tuition.
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Drawings made by inmates at the maximum-security Sullivan Correctional Facility will be on display and part of a discussion at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill tomorrow. STAC offers a bachelor’s degree program at the Correctional Facility. STAC’s adjunct professor of art, Sharon Lindenfeld, says the exhibit will also feature the stories behind the students in the May 2019 graduating class who produced the artwork…
The exhibit, reception and discussion get underway tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 at STAC. In May the first STAC commencement at the Sullivan Prison will be held for twenty graduates.
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The village of Haverstraw is looking to update their comprehensive plan. Town supervisor Howard Phillips says the move could help the village bring in new ratables…
The village is scheduled to start a series of meetings on January 30th to get feedback from residents, business owners and other interested parties.
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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.
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A pharmaceutical company is planning to move to the former Lederle Labs site in Pearl River. Orangetown supervisor Chris Day says RK Pharma plans to create about 100 jobs at the campus now owned by IRG, which took it over from Pfizer in 2015…
Day says the move is encouraging and expects other companies to utilize space at the site in the future. RK Pharma specializes in developing injectable and oral medicines.