Rockland County Response to Shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand [Read More]

Statement from County Executive Day Regarding the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announced fines totaling over $70,000 to nine schools that did not comply with the Health Commissioner’s order to keep un- or under-vaccinated students home from school and provide vaccination and attendance records to the Rockland County Department of Health (RCDOH) during the measles outbreak. [Read More]

Rockland County Executive Ed Day announced today that the county has been awarded almost $4.2 million in state grants for economic development. The awards made in Rockland County include funds to expand private businesses, revitalize communities and encourage tourism. [Read More]

During a ceremony in the Library of North Rockland High School in Thiells, NY, County Executive Ed Day presented North Rockland High School student athlete Katelyn Tuohy with the Key to the County Award [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day thanked the Minority members of the Rockland County Legislature for supporting the vetoes he issued to the Legislative Majority’s amended 2019 Proposed County Budget. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day used his line-item veto power to veto 95 of the Legislative Majority’s ill-advised amendments to the 2019 County Budget. As seen in the attached document, Veto Schedule 2019. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day hosted a meeting at his office about the proposed sale of the Nyack College Campus. The Supervisors of Clarkstown and Orangetown, the Mayors of the Villages of Nyack and South Nyack, the Rockland County Planning Department and representatives of Nyack College and their commercial real estate firm CBRE all attended or sent representatives. [Read More]

The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor killed more than 2,400 and left the U.S. Pacific Fleet wounded, but not destroyed. Rockland is truly grateful to those members of the “Greatest Generation” who saved the world from fascism; many of whom shipped out through Camp Shanks in Orangeburg before fighting in World War II. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day joined dozens of residents, elected officials and members of the Rockland County Catholic Coalition and Chabad Of Rockland at the Allison-Parris County Office Building in a show of unity as the holiday season begins. [Read More]

The County of Rockland mourns with the nation at the passing of President George H.W. Bush. Wednesday, December 5th has been declared a National Day of Mourning in honor of President Bush's passing; in keeping with that declaration, I ask that all who fly the Flag join Rockland County government and lower their Flags to half-staff on that day. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day invites Rockland County residents to join him at the Allison-Parris County Office Building on Monday, December 3rd at 4:30 pm for two special events led by the Rockland County Catholic Coalition and Chabad Of Rockland. [Read More]

Rockland County will open the doors of the currently unoccupied Sain building (located at 18 New Hempstead Road, New City) to provide the shelter with space to diagnose, treat and house the affected animals while the infection is eradicated from the Hi Tor premises. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day and Rockland County STOP-DWI & Traffic Safety Coordinator Leslie Berger remind residents to celebrate safely this holiday season. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day announced that the second Rockland Repair Café was a huge success. The event took place Saturday, November 10, 2018, from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm at North Rockland High School. The event paired Repair Coaches, who are neighbors with fix-it expertise, with people who brought in items to be fixed such as lamps, computers, clothing, frames, small appliances, wooden items, toys and electronics. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day received a response letter from Metro-North (MNR) President Catherine Rinaldi (see attached) containing yet another refusal to give West of Hudson riders a ten-percent fare reduction. After much advocacy for a fare reduction by local elected officials over the summer, NJ TRANSIT (NJT) announced a ten-percent discount on NJT rail fares for travel in November, December and January in acknowledgement of disrupted service due to ongoing PTC (Positive Train Control) installation. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day took part in the dedication of the Rockland County Gulf War/War on Terror Monument on Saturday, November 10, 2018, at 12:00 PM in the afternoon at Haverstraw Bay County Park. The Monument is in honor of all those who served in the Gulf War and the War on Terror, and for those Rockland County residents that made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. [Read More]

Rockland County Executive Ed Day has signed a resolution approving funding to Catholic Charities for the operation of a warming center for homeless single adults at the Dr. Robert L. Yeager Health Center in Pomona. [Read More]

Statement from County Executive Day: We in Rockland stand against hatred and with our brothers and sister in Pittsburgh... [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day and Commissioner of Social Services Joan Silvestri announced that the County of Rockland will recognize November of 2018 as National Adoption Month. Each November, staff from the Rockland County Department of Social Services’ (DSS) Children’s Services Unit join with local Wendy’s franchisees to celebrate National Adoption Month to increase awareness of the need for foster families. This year, for the seventh year in a row, staff will be at Wendy’s in Nanuet and West Haverstraw to answer questions from residents interested in becoming foster/adoptive parents. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day and Commissioner of Social Services Joan Silvestri announced that the Rockland County Department of Social Services (RCDSS) waiting list for the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) will be open to the public on 6:00 AM, October 29, 2018, through 8:00 PM, November 11, 2018, with an on-line application process. [Read More]

Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, Commissioner of the Rockland County Department of Health, has issued a letter to schools, that were attended by students with confirmed cases of measles, that unvaccinated students remain home. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day today announced that volunteer Repair Coaches are being sought for the 2018 Fall Repair Café, scheduled for Saturday, November 10th at North Rockland High School. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day stood on the steps of the now closed Sain Building in New City to discuss the news that National Development, the developer who offered to purchase the building for $4.5 million, can no longer move forward with their original offer. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day signed the Resolution ratifying the Memorandum of Agreement between the County of Rockland and the Rockland County Sheriff's Deputies Association for the period of January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2019. [Read More]

The Health Department is giving the quadrivalent flu vaccine which does not contain preservatives, including thimerosal. The vaccine is called quadrivalent because it offers protection against four different flu virus strains that research shows will be most common during this flu season: two influenza (flu) A virus strains and two influenza B virus strains. It is recommended that you wait for 15 minutes after being vaccinated so you can be observed for any reactions. [Read More]

Rockland County Executive Ed Day unveiled the proposed 2019 budget which stays under the New York State property tax cap while fully funding not-for-profits, investing in law enforcement and reviving the Office for People with Disabilities (OPWD). [Read More]

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released the 2017 Fiscal Stress Monitoring System report which listed Rockland County as having “Moderate Stress” an improvement from being in the “Significant Stress” category for fiscal year 2016. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day today announced that the Rockland County Youth Bureau will be in initiating its Request For Proposal (RFP) process for all not-for profit and municipal agencies who wish to apply for 2019 Youth Development Program (YDP) funding. The Youth Bureau administers NYS Office of Children & Family Services (OCFS) YDP funding to promote positive youth development, increase youth developmental assets and decrease juvenile delinquency through direct service to young people. [Read More]

In a vote of 23 Yea, 0 Nay and 1 Abstention the 2018 Shared Services Initiative Plan was approved by a quorum of the Shared Services Panel Members of Rockland County on the evening of September 12, 2018. The plan was submitted to the New York State Division of the Budget on September 17, 2018. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day signed Executive Order 6 of 2018 with Rockland County CSEA Local 844 President Chris Vogel in his office in New City. County Executive Day said, “it is extremely important to protect the privacy and safety of our public employees. This Executive Order clearly shows the steps we are taking here in Rockland to formalize what has for years been our unwritten policy, guaranteeing the privacy of our hard-working employees.” [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day signed a resolution that opens the way to a new and permanent home for the members of the Harold B. Holt-Manny Lopez American Legion Post 46. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day joined family members and residents to remember the people of Rockland County who were killed 17 years ago in the September 11 terror attacks. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day announced on behalf of the Rockland County Shared Services Panel that the proposed Health Insurance Project will be removed from the 2018 Draft Shared Services Plan. Shared Services Panel members include every Town and Village in Rockland along with several School Districts and Fire Districts. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day praised the efforts of the Rockland County Office of Fire and Emergency Services, State and Local law enforcement, the staff at Rockland Lake State Park and the other first responders and local officials involved in coordinating the preparation for Labor Day weekend. [Read More]

September is National Suicide Awareness month. Screening for suicide and awareness of the warning signs, along with knowledge of community resources is important for all of us. [Read More]

"Senator John McCain was a man without equal and his legacy will never be forgotten. His heroism, honesty, independence and integrity were the cornerstones on which he built his lifetime of service to our country..." [Read More]

Metro-North(MNR) is finally standing up to New Jersey Transit(NJT) for our Pascack Valley Line and West of Hudson commuters. I am extremely pleased that MNR has taken seriously our request to review its operating agreement with NJT. [Read More]

Travelers spent three percent more in Rockland County in 2017 than they did a year earlier; an estimated $480,015. That money is being spent in Rockland’s restaurants, hotels, shops and attractions leading to a four percent increase in tourism related employment; 9,060 jobs in 2017 compared to 8,673 in 2016. Tourism accounts for 7.3 percent of all employment in Rockland. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day announced today that Moody’s Investors Service released a Sector Comment Report on local government and deficit financing legislation. The Report references two New York municipalities who received deficit financing, Rockland County and the City of Long Beach, and how New York requires increased financial reporting to the New York State Comptroller’s Office. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day held a press conference today with State and local elected officials to discuss the plight of Rockland County and other West of Hudson rail commuters who continue to suffer during the crisis at NJ Transit (NJT). [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day joined with Shared Services Panel Members from Towns, Villages, School Districts and Fire Districts to unveil the draft Shared Services Initiative Plan. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day held a meeting with high level personnel from Metro-North Railroad (MNR) and New Jersey Transit (NJT) at the County Executive’s office in New City to discuss challenges and concerns relating to train cancellations on the Pascack Valley Line (PVL). This meeting was convened on June 12, 2018, in an effort to respond to commuter concerns after NJT announced system-wide temporary train cancellations to facilitate Positive Train Control improvements. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day announced positive news relating to the soon to be released Comprehensive Annual Financial Report on Rockland County’s finances from 2017. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day, Rockland Commissioner of Mental Health Michael Leitzes, District Attorney Tom Zugibe and leaders from Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Helen Hayes Hospital, Crystal Run Healthcare, Refuah Health Center, Rockland Paramedic Services and the Rockland County Medical Society announced a new initiative to combat the opioid crisis. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day, District Attorney Tom Zugibe and County Attorney Tom Humbach presented a $10,000 check from the Nyack Motor Lodge to the Center for Safety and Change. This check is the result of a settlement between the Nyack Motor Lodge and the County of Rockland. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day presented Cole Donnellan, founder of not-for-profit Pegleg22, with the Key to the County award. The Key is presented to a person who makes a tangible, positive impact on the county as a whole and the citizens who live here. Cole started Pegleg22 in honor of his great uncle Jerry Donnellan. The mission of Pegleg22 is to raise awareness about the 22 veterans who succumb to suicide every day in the United States and raise money to perform service projects that benefit combat veterans in Rockland County and around the Hudson Valley. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day, Acting Director of Fire and Emergency Services Chris Jensen, town supervisors, village mayors and representatives of Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. met at the Fire Training Center in Pomona to discuss concerns with O&R’s coordination and response strategies. This meeting had been planned since the March nor’easters that left Rockland residents in the dark for days. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day announced that the first ever Rockland Repair Café was a huge success. The event took place Sunday, May 6th, 2018 from 10 am – 1 pm at the Nyack Center. The event paired Repair Coaches, who are neighbors with fix-it expertise, with people who brought in items to be fixed such as lamps, computers, clothing, frames, small appliances, wooden items, toys and electronics. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day announced that the first Drug Take Back Day of 2018, held Saturday, April 28th, was extremely successful. Prescription drugs were collected at five locations throughout Rockland County and many more unwanted prescriptions were dropped off than in previous years. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day joined with Hi Tor Animal Care Center’s Board of Directors President, Debbie DiBernardo to denounce the actions of the Village of Spring Valley Government. On April 18th, the Village of Spring Valley failed to pass a resolution executing the Inter-Municipal greement between the Village and the County of Rockland for Hi Tor animal control. By failing to pass this agreement the Village of Spring Valley is refusing to pay their fair share of costs related to animal control. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day presented the County Executive’s Outstanding Environmental Volunteer Award to New City resident Laurie Seeman. For nearly 2 decades Laurie Seeman has been advocating for Rockland’s environment and educating our youth about how they can help. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day and the County's Veterans Service Agency Acting Director Susan Branam presented Nanuet resident Karen Ross with the sixth annual Rockland County Freedom Award for her outstanding service to our nation as a Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy. [Read More]

Rockland County Executive Ed Day announced today that Moody’s Investors Service rated Rockland's Tax Anticipation Notes (TANs) MIG 1, a clear sign that the fiscal policies he put into place are paying off for taxpayers. The MIG 1 rating is the highest short-term rating assigned by Moody’s to Notes. This is a first for Rockland County since it’s severe deficit position in 2011 and comes on the heels of its seventh consecutive bond rating increase in March. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day joined with Legislative Chairman Toney Earl and other members of the Legislature to sign a recently passed bond resolution for $29.5 million for the construction of new Highway Department facilities and three other bond resolutions to continue the methodical rebuilding of county government. [Read More]

Rockland County Executive Ed Day signed a resolution authorizing the county to bond $2,300,000 to be expended towards the replacement of the Samsondale Avenue Bridge over the CSX Railroad in the Village of West Haverstraw. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day stood with Sheriff Louis Falco, County Clerk Paul Piperato, District Attorney Tom Zugibe, members of Donate Life Rockland and Live On NY in front of Building A at the Robert L. Yeager Health Complex to declare April Donate Life Month in Rockland County. [Read More]

Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco recognized 24 police officers who have made a significant impact in supporting local efforts to eliminate drunk driving. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day today announced that volunteer Repair Coaches are being sought for the 2018 Repair Café, scheduled for Sunday, May 6th at the Nyack Center. [Read More]

Ed Day announced changes to the Rocklandgov.com website to make it easier for residents to access information about public hearings and legal announcements. A link to the “Legal Announcements” page is now included under the “Find” Tab on the frontpage of the website and is also now at the bottom of every page of the site. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day announced an agreement with Robert Sanchez, CEO and President, of Orange & Rockland Utilities to meet with local municipal leaders to discuss concerns with O&R’s coordination and response strategies that have been brought to light by the latest nor’easters. [Read More]

Press Release: New City, NY – County Executive Ed Day announced that Rockland County has been communicating with the Governor’s office and the process of deploying the NY National Guard to Rockland has begun. The primary mission of the Guard will be to assist with the removal of downed trees. The efforts of the Guard will be coordinated by the Rockland County Office of Fire and Emergency Services. [Read More]

Rockland County Executive Press Release: ROCKLAND COUNTY GOVERNMENT DOES THE RIGHT THING FOR VETERANS [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day announced that Rockland County will re-evaluate the proposed retiree health insurance plan change to Aetna Insurance from the New York State Health Insurance Plan provided by the Empire Plan. [Read More]

Press Release: County Executive Ed Day Unveils Plan to Continue Rockland’s Renaissance [Read More]

Rockland welcomed 155 new Americans today in a touching Naturalization Ceremony held at the Fire Training Center. Rockland County Executive Ed Day spoke during the ceremony about the importance of getting involved in the local community. [Read More]

Rockland County Executive Ed Day announced today that Standard and Poor’s rated Rockland's bonds in the A category, a clear sign that fiscal policies he put into place are paying off for taxpayers. The A- rating by Standard and Poor’s is the county's sixth consecutive bond upgrade since 2014, when Rockland's bonds were rated just above junk and the county had a $138 million deficit. [Read More]

Rockland County to Hold Seminar for Retirees about Health Insurance Changes [Read More]

Rockland’s First Baby of the Year Visits County Executive Ed Day [Read More]

Rockland County Files Lawsuit Against Phony Landlords [Read More]

Applications Available for Summer 2018 Conservation Corps Program [Read More]

Rockland County Prevails in Legal Challenge to Sewer Salaries [Read More]

Rockland County Executive Ed Day Sworn In for Second Term [Read More]