Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert inform residents that the New York State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Howard Zucker, has declared that influenza (flu) is now widespread in New York, with many flu cases reported in Rockland County. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day signed the Resolution adopting Rockland County’s 2020 Budget which contained amendments from the Legislature. These amendments did not result in any additional increase in taxes from the County Executive’s Proposed Budget. The Budget was adopted by a 15-2, bipartisan vote of the Legislature on Tuesday, December 3. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day and Highway Superintendent Charles "Skip" Vezzetti remind residents to stay safe and stay off the roads, if possible, during today's Winter Storm. [Read More]

Rockland County Executive Ed Day, Sheriff Louis Falco, STOP-DWI Coordinator Leslie Berger and local law enforcement agencies announced Rockland County’s participation in the Statewide STOP-DWI Thanksgiving Crackdown Enforcement Effort. Research shows that high-visibility enforcement can reduce impaired driving fatalities by as much as 20 percent. [Read More]

The Rockland County Youth Bureau is accepting applications from youth who want to serve on the New York State Youth Council. First announced in Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s State of the State address this past January, the Youth Council will increase participatory democracy by involving 62 young people – one from each New York State county – to advise the Governor and state and local policy makers on key issues facing young people and on outreach and communication strategies. [Read More]

Hoping to spread holiday spirit to all of Rockland County’s foster children and children served by the Department of Social Services (DSS), Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Commissioner Joan Silvestri of DSS announced that the County will be accepting new, unwrapped toys, gifts and clothing during its 3rd Annual Toy and Clothing Drive to begin November 25th. [Read More]

Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul presented Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Director of the Rockland County Office for the Aging (RCOFA) Tina Cardoza-Izquierdo with the New York State Office for the Aging’s (NYSOFA) Age-Friendly Planning Grant and the designation of an Age-Friendly Center of Excellence. The $100,000 grant will be used to develop and improve Rockland’s Age-Friendly and Livable Communities. [Read More]

Prosecutors, Sheriffs, Police Chiefs, Police Unions and Local Elected Officials joined together to urge New York State Lawmakers to authorize a moratorium on the Criminal Justice Laws Set to Take Effect January 1, 2020, in order to carefully examine the full impacts of these laws. This was just one of numerous events held across New York State. [Read More]

Rockland County and Rockland Community College are announcing the transfer of services of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program or RSVP from the College to the County’s Office for the Aging. The program has been under the auspices of RCC since 1973 when it received approval to operate a Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, the first community college in the country to sponsor the program. The County will assume full management of the services beginning January 1, 2020. [Read More]

Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Shared Services Panel Members from Towns, Villages, School Districts and Fire Districts invite residents to attend any of three upcoming public meetings on the Draft 2019 Rockland County Shared Services Plan. [Read More]

The New York State Comptroller's Office has given its approval to County Executive Ed Day’s 2020 Proposed Budget. [Read More]

Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Commissioner of Social Services Joan Silvestri announced that beginning on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, Rockland County families with low incomes can apply for grants to help pay for their heating bills under New York State's Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP). [Read More]

Rockland County Executive Ed Day, Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehmann, Rockland Farm Alliance President John McDowell and other local officials and citizens cut the ribbon on the renovated New World Dutch Barn at the Cropsey Farm property. The total project cost of the renovation was $1.55 million with Clarkstown contributing $604,000 of the cost and the rest coming from the County’s Capital Projects Budget. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day, Commissioner of Social Services Joan Silvestri and Director of Facilities Management Robert Gruffi cut the ribbon at the newly constructed Family Visitation Playground located at the rear of Building C at the Robert L. Yeager Health Center in Pomona. This playground equipment replaces a 25-year old facility that had outlasted its useful life. [Read More]

Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Commissioner of Social Services Joan Silvestri announced the opening of the Rockland County Warming Center. Catholic Charities will once again be operating the Warming Center, known as The Inn, for homeless single adults at the Dr. Robert L. Yeager Health Center in Pomona. [Read More]

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

Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Commissioner of Human Rights Constance Frazier announced that three individuals have been inducted into the Civil and Human Rights Hall of Fame during the Civil Rights Hall of Fame luncheon in Nyack. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day and Director of Purchasing Paul Brennan announced that the County’s Purchasing Division has identified a scam in which fraudulent purchase orders are being sent to businesses, which appear to come from government agencies. [Read More]

County Executive Day disapproved (vetoed) Resolution No. 422 of 2019 – Calling For A Rockland’s Future Summit in 2020. [Read More]

County Executive Ed Day and Director of Purchasing Paul Brennan announced that the County’s Procurement Center for Excellence and Purchasing Division will host a MWBE, DBE, SDVOB and Small Business Forum on Thursday November 8, 2019 from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM, at the Rockland County Procurement Center for Excellence in Pomona, for Rockland County firms certified as MWBE, DBE, SDVOB or Small Businesses. [Read More]