The Rockland County Legislature last week honored Clarkstown legislator Harriet Cornell on her upcoming retirement. She has served in the legislature since 1984, and her term comes to an end January first. Clarkstown legislator and minority leader Lon Hofstein told “The Morning Show” last week that he can’t say enough about Cornell’s career…
A pink Dogwood tree was planted in Kennedy Dells County Park in New City last year in honor of Cornell as the County Executive’s 25th anniversary Outstanding Environmental Volunteer. Cornell called the gesture meaningful and unexpected…
Among her accomplishments, she is the first and ONLY woman to have served as chair of the County Legislature, which she did from 2005 to 2013; she founded the Legislature’s Commission on Women’s Issues, and she also proposed the “Arts in Public Places” law, which required art to be included in county construction projects.