- May
- 2
In case you missed it, Rockland Editorial Page Editor Nancy Cutler has an interesting look at the politics underlying the case of Avrum David Friesel, a fugitive for 11 years before the London Metropolitan Police captured him earlier this week.
Friesel, the former New Square village clerk and a son of the village’s only mayor, fled the Rockland and United States after being charged in a far-reaching scheme that bilked thousands of dollars from the federal government.
Despite how big the case was at the time, it took on an even larger dimension back in 2000, when Hillary Clinton was first running for the U.S. Senate and her husband pardoned four of those convicted in the case just before he left the presidency.
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- May
- 2
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- August
- 27
The latest piece of campaign literature to come out of the District 12 County Legislature race contains an error that some say really isn’t an error at all.
Sent out by Preserve Ramapo in support of Airmont Trustee Joseph Meyers, the back side of the glossy mailing talks of Legislator Patrick Withers’ support from Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence, former Assemblyman Ryan Karben and Legislator Ilan Schoenberger, D-New Square.
D-New Square?
Schoenberger has never lived in New Square. He lives in Wesley Hills and has since the early 1980s. The village of New Square is included in his legislative district.
That was not a mistake on the mailing, he said.
“I think it’s an attempt on their part to appeal to the people who are anti-Semitic,” he said.
I’ve tried to reach Preserve Ramapo Chairman Robert Rhodes, but my phone message wasn’t immediately returned. I’ll update once I hear from him.
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UPDATE: Rhodes said that he knows Schoenberger lives in Wesley Hills, “but he has always been the representative from New Square.”
When I told him about Schoenberger’s comments that the mistake appealed to anti-Semitic supporters, Rhodes said he was “full of [doody.]” Except he didn’t say “doody.” Sorry- it’s a family newspaper.
Rhodes also said that Schoenberger has made a career out of calling his opponents anti-Semitic.
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Withers, D-Suffern, and Meyers are vying for the Democratic nomination for District 12. The primary is Sept. 18.
Posted by Sarah Netter on Monday, August 27th, 2007 at 3:38 pm |
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- April
- 25
The Rockland Coalition for the Future is sponsoring a public forum next week called “Understanding RLUIPA.”
The featured speaker will be Doris Ulman, who serves as village attorney for Chestnut Ridge, Grand View, New Square and Pomona.
The purpose of the forum is to give background on the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, commonly known as RLUIPA.
Here is a link to the federal Department of Justice’s explainer on the law. Here is a link to a site that supports the federal law. Here is a link to a site that opposes the law.
The forum will start at 7 p.m. May 1 (that’s next Tuesday) at the Suffern Free Library, on Route 59 in the village. Refreshments are available at the Library Café until 7:15 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Posted by Amy Vernon on Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 at 1:21 pm |
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- April
- 4
Ramapo officials today said the town supervisor met with commissioners from the Moleston Fire District and chiefs from the Hillcrest Fire Department last week (March 29, to be exact). Everyone assured everyone that fire service to New Square would continue, uninterrupted.
Everything came to a head after a fire Feb. 7, in which two residential buildings were destroyed. In March, the Moleston district asked the town to schedule a public hearing on removing the village from its jurisdiction, citing fire and safety code violations persisting for years.
According to a release issued today by Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence, the town is researching whether they could start a “public safety loan program” to help building owners install sprinkler systems, smoke alarms and other such “safety devices.”
Hillcrest Fire Chief Tim Wren said, in the release, that the town and department had “started to formulate a plan to correct some long standing issues and improve fire safety for residents and firefighters.”
Posted by Amy Vernon on Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 at 4:08 pm |
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- March
- 5
“Ah, the good life, full of fun, seems to be the ideal.”
So go the lyrics to the old standard, and that’s apparently how they feel in one Rockland village (Grand View), where even politicos think that Life’s a Party.
It’s all part of The Journal News and lohud.com’s ongoing coverage of the March 20 village elections.
Here’s the links to the articles that are available:
http://lohud.com/elections/uppernyack
http://lohud.com/elections/airmont
http://lohud.com/elections/chestnut
http://lohud.com/elections/grandview
Posted by Robert Brum on Monday, March 5th, 2007 at 4:09 pm |
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- March
- 2
It’s been said that all politics are local, and there’s nothing more local than your village election.
On March 20, voters in 10 Rockland villages (Pomona, Grand View, South Nyack, Upper Nyack, Chestnut Ridge, Kaser, New Square, Hillburn, Montebello and Airmont) will go to the polls.
Although only Pomona and Hillburn have contested elections, each race offers a chance for residents to let Village Hall know whether they think things are headed in the right direction.
And, don’t forget, in smaller villages there’s always a chance that a write-in candidate could sneak into office. (Brian Miele in Hillburn, anyone?)
This is all a way of announcing that The Journal News and LoHud.com are providing coverage in print and on the Web to keep you informed before you cast your ballot. Each article in the newspaper will contain a link to lohud.com for candidate profiles and other information. The stories will remain on LoHud.com’s Rockland page through Election Day.
Here are the links to the first three articles, which will appear this weekend:
http://lohud.com/elections/uppernyack
http://lohud.com/elections/airmont
http://lohud.com/elections/chestnut
Posted by Robert Brum on Friday, March 2nd, 2007 at 6:38 pm |
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