Bill Weber believes he is best suited to deal with New York State’s budget crisis. Weber, a certified public accountant who has worked for a Rockland-based accountant’s firm for more than a decade, said the state spends too much money
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Shortly after Maureen McArdle Schulman retired from the New York City Fire Department in 2003, she would spend about a decade helping to watch over her young grandchildren. Afterwards, when she had the time to focus on the news and
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By Joan Gaylord After losing by 688 votes to Republican state Sen. Sue Serino in 2018, Democrat Karen Smythe returns to the political fray in this year’s 41st Senate District race. Smythe said it was her frustration with how government
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Lawrence Chiulli is vying for the opportunity to further help his community if he’s elected to represent the 95th Assembly District. The 23-year-old Cortlandt resident and Army National Guard member, returns to challenge incumbent Sandy Galef, a Democrat, after failing
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Chris Burdick is running for the 93rd Assembly District because it is an opportunity that comes around once in a generation. “You have a Democratic governor, a democratic state senate and assembly. The old boy’s network has been swept away,”
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Virtually everyone is facing extreme challenges in 2020. State Sen. Shelley Mayer knows that if she is re-elected to a second full term to represent the 37th Senate District next week, her job and that of her legislative colleagues won’t
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With New York State hit hard by COVID-19, Assemblywoman Sandy Galef is encouraging voters to rely on her experience to turn things around. “I know people want all this turnover, but when you have someone with so much experience, to
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In June, Mondaire Jones turned the eight-candidate 17th Congressional District Democratic primary that some observers thought would be a nail-biter would into a rout. Now, he’s looking to complete his political ascent with a victory in the general election and
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Republican Assemblyman Kevin Byrne is running for a third two-year term in the 94th Assembly District against Stephanie Keegan, a Democrat from Heritage Hills in Somers who has advocated for veterans’ issues on the federal level. Byrne, 35, a Carmel
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Michael Parietti knows all about long shot campaigns. He’s run six of them before this year, all in Rockland County, either for county legislator or for municipal office. He registered as a Republican when he was 18, graduated from West
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