Members of the New York Assembly and Senate met for a panel discussion and reviewed their priorities at the Rockland Business Association’s monthly luncheon last week in New City. Rockland Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee told the crowd at the Paramount Country Club that childcare is essential to New York’s economy and growth…
State Senator and former Assemblyman James Skoufis said fixing the Mirant debt issue is a key priority for him in North Rockland, and he thinks the Senate and the Assembly have a solution…
12 years ago the Lovett plant closed and the Bowline plant cut back to a peaker plant, turning $47 million in property taxes to the school district to about $2 million. And Bowline’s tax certiorari made the situation even worse. Tomorrow we’ll hear from the Republican representatives who addressed the same luncheon.