Rockland County, NY - East Ramapo Is Only District To Vote Down School Budget
Today 09:07 PM
Rockland County, NY - Voters in New York’s lower Hudson Valley’s fifty four school districts turned out yesterday to approve proposed budgets for the upcoming school year, with one notable exception: Rockland County’s East Ramapo School District, which encompasses New Square and the greater Monsey area.
With 22,000 private school students in a district that numbers 30,000 children, East Ramapo’s demographics are unlike any other...
Albany, NY - State Proposes $199K Salary Cap for State Contractors
Today 08:58 PM
Albany, NY - The Cuomo administration has proposed regulations to limit spending by state contractors, including a $199,000 executive salary cap that can only be exceeded using money not from the state.
The proposals by 13 agencies cover contractors — many providing social services — that receive more than $500,000 in state support annually representing at least 30 percent of their total.
A contractor could pay executives more than...
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Prague - Jewish Group Suggests Ban On Far-Right Greek PartyToday 05:14 PMPrague - A major European Jewish organization is urging European governments to quickly adopt measures to tackle anti-Semitism and far-right... Read More » |
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Newark, NJ - Police: Airport Security Worker Likely Bought IDToday 02:24 PMNewark, NJ - Police believe a New Jersey airport security supervisor purchased a birth certificate and Social Security number 20 years ago from an... Read More » |
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Washington - Congress Considers Threats From Airport EmployeesToday 01:20 PMWashington - Commercial air travel is at risk from terrorists who quietly get jobs at airports so that they can attack from within sensitive areas, a senior Homeland Security Department official told lawmakers Wednesday. There has never been such an instance, but a... Read More » |
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New York - NYPD, NY AG Announce 14 Arrests & Dismantling Of An International Luxury-Vehicle Theft RingToday 11:27 AMNew York - Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, joined by New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, today announced the arrest of 14 individuals who operated a sophisticated international luxury-vehicle theft ring that stole dozens of vehicles valued at... Read More » |
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Berlin - Holocaust Survivor And Scholar Lustiger Dies At 88Today 09:44 AMBerlin - Germany's Central Council of Jews says Holocaust survivor and scholar Arno Lustiger has died at age 88. Council President Dieter Graumann... Read More » |
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New York - DA Hynes Pens Op-Ed In NY Daily News Says He Works To Protect All Brooklyn KidsToday 08:48 AMNew York - A person with knowledge of a crime should report that information to law enforcement authorities. There is no alternative. It is a civic... Read More » |
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Washington - AP IMPACT: Evacs and Drills Pared Near Nuke PlantsToday 07:52 AMWashington - Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than... Read More » |
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