- March
- 14
Legislator Joseph Meyers’ resolution requesting Congress to review and amend the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, also known as RLUIPA, will go up for a vote before the full Rockland County Legislature on Tuesday night.
The measure has passed through two committees. The resolution was Meyers’ first as a county legislator, though during election season last year he was more forceful in his campaign against RLUIPA, calling repeatedly for the law to be repealed. Meyers is a Democrat from Airmont.
People on both sides of the RLUIPA debate are expected to speak during the Legislature’s public participation session at the start of the meeting.
The meeting begins at 8 p.m. in the Legislature chambers at 11 New Hempstead Road in New City.
Posted by Sarah Netter on Friday, March 14th, 2008 at 4:23 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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