County of Rockland, New York :: Jay Hood's Press Releases

Mar 10, 2023

Court Dismisses Challenges To New County Legislative Districts

Mar 07, 2023

Former County Legislator Sam Colman Remembered

Feb 23, 2023

Statement By Rockland County Legislature Chairman Jay Hood Jr. On Today’s Truck-Train Accident In Haverstraw Village

Jan 19, 2023

Joel Friedman Appointed To Rockland County Legislature

Jan 11, 2023

LGBTQ+ Hate Slur Condemned

Jan 06, 2023

Remembering Former County Legislator Peter Ramundo

Jan 05, 2023

Legislature Fills 2023 Leadership Positions

Dec 13, 2022

County Legislators Support Property Tax Break For Local Volunteer Firefighters And Ambulance Corps Workers

Dec 02, 2022

In Bipartisan Vote, Legislators Approve 2023 County Budget: No County Property Tax Increases, Program Cuts Or Layoffs

Nov 30, 2022

Remembering Former County Legislator Philip Bosco

Nov 29, 2022

Residential Energy Sales Tax Eliminated - Equivalent To An 8.4% County Property Tax Reduction

Nov 02, 2022

In Bipartisan 13-1 Vote, Legislature Adopts New District Boundaries

Oct 27, 2022

County Legislature Celebrates Hispanic Heritage And Filipino American Heritage Months

Oct 23, 2022

October Proclaimed Domestic Violence Awareness Month In Rockland County

Oct 03, 2022

‘Rockland County Legislature Ready For Budget Review’

Sep 15, 2022

Legislators Vote 14-0 To Eliminate Residential Energy Sales Tax; Measure Next Goes To County Executive

Sep 15, 2022

County Legislators & Executive Work To Eliminate Residential Energy Sales Tax

Jun 27, 2022

Legislature Offers Condolences On Passing Of Former County Finance Commissioner & Dedicated Community Supporter Harold J. Peterson

May 27, 2022

County Gas Sales Tax Cap to Take Effect June 1: Gasoline Sales Tax Capped at $2 Through February 2023

May 08, 2022

Legislature Proclamation Backs Need For Lung Cancer Awareness, Education & Early Detection

May 04, 2022

Legislator Paul Presents Distinguished Service Awards To Sara Ambatt, Rochelle Kepes And Bianca Lubin As Part Of National Nurses’ Week Celebration

Apr 28, 2022

Legislators Join in Proclamation Designating April 27-28 As Holocaust Remembrance Day In Rockland County As New Statistics Show Dramatic Increase In Number of Anti-Semitic Incidents In Past Year

Apr 07, 2022

Legislators Hood, Paul, Wolfe, Soskin, Grant, Yeger, Earl & Wieder Praise Confirmation Of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, First Black Woman Seated On Nation's Highest Bench

Mar 23, 2022

Remembering Jared Lloyd And Oliver Hueston

Mar 01, 2022

Rockland County Legislature Votes Unanimously To Condemn Invasion Of Ukraine

Feb 24, 2022

Statement From Rockland County Legislators On The Russian Invasion Of The Independent Nation Of Ukraine

Feb 09, 2022

Legislature Approves Budget & Director For New County Office Of Buildings & Codes

Feb 02, 2022

Legislature Adopts Law To Create County Office Of Buildings & Codes; County Ordered By State To Conduct Safety Inspections In Village Of Spring Valley

Jan 27, 2022

In Observance Of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Jan 19, 2022

Public Hearing On Proposed Law To Create County ‘Office Of Buildings & Codes’ Continues At 7 P.M. Tuesday, On Feb. 1

Jan 07, 2022

Reviving and Rebuilding Rockland: Grant Programs Announced; Applications Now Open

Jan 04, 2022

Hood Elected Chairman Of Rockland County Legislature; Paul Returned As Vice Chairwoman; Democrats Elect Wolfe As Majority Leader; Republicans Elect Hofstein As Minority Leader; Soskin Appointed Deputy Majority Leader; Tyer Appointed Deputy Minority Leader

Nov 12, 2021

County Legislators Grant & Hood Condemn Hateful Remarks, Back Probe By DA, Attorney General

Oct 21, 2021

Hood Praises New Animal Shelter During Ceremonial Groundbreaking Event

Oct 07, 2021

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Legislators Wolfe, Grant & Hood Present Distinguished Service Awards To Vilma Lopez, Nancy Genova And Carlos Martinez

Aug 10, 2021

Statement from Rockland County Legislators Alden Wolfe, Aney Paul, Jay Hood Jr., Phil Soskin, Michael Grant, Itamar Yeger, Toney Earl, Harriet Cornell, and Aron Wieder

Aug 03, 2021

Legislature Statement Regarding Governor & Attorney General’s Investigation Report

Apr 21, 2021

Legislator Hood Encourages All To Visit Harriet Tubman Sculpture & Learn More About Successful Efforts To Free Slaves

Jan 06, 2021

Legislature Fills 2021 Leadership Posts

Oct 29, 2020

Legislators Call For Extended Early Voting Hours

Aug 04, 2020

Legislator Hood: ‘This Is An Opportunity To Install A Safe, New Bridge At Little Cost To Rockland Taxpayers’

Feb 14, 2020

Legislators To NRC: Reject Sale Of Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant

Jan 03, 2020

Wolfe Elected Chair; Paul Gets Nod For Vice Chair; Hood Elected Majority Leader; Soskin Appointed Deputy Majority Leader; Hofstein Elected Minority Leader; Tyer Appointed Deputy Minority Leader

Dec 13, 2019

Legislators Call On State Reps To Halt New Criminal Justice Reform Laws Until Changes Are Made

Oct 03, 2019

Legislators Earl, Grant & Hood Formally Recognize Joseph Silverio and Julia Ureña For Community Contributions During Rockland County Legislature’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration

Oct 02, 2019

Legislature Budget Review Will Include Input From Department Heads, Consultants & State Comptroller As Legislature Scrutinizes Proposed 2020 Spending Plan

Sep 18, 2019

Legislators Grant & Hood: Haverstraw/Nanuet Teams Make All Of Rockland Proud

Apr 17, 2019

Statement by Rockland County Legislators Toney Earl, Nancy Low-Hogan, Aney Paul, Alden Wolfe, Harriet Cornell, Michael Grant, Jay Hood, Phil Soskin, Aron Wieder and Itamar Yeger On Parole Of Brinks' Get-Away Driver Judith Clark

Oct 01, 2018

Legislature Gears Up For 2019 County Budget Review

Jan 25, 2018

County Representatives Invited To Meeting To Provide Information About County Executive’s Proposed Change To Retirees’ Health Insurance Coverage

Dec 20, 2017

Katelyn Tuohy Day In Rockland County: Legislators Grant, Earl, Carey & Hood Commend North Rockland High School Runner For Becoming National Cross-Country Champ

Dec 06, 2017

Bipartisan Support As Legislature Votes 17-0 To Adopt 2018 County Budget

Oct 02, 2017

Earl & Hood: Legislature Prepared For Detailed Review Of 2018 Proposed County Budget

Aug 04, 2017

Falciglia: Tighten Campaign Donation Rules For LLCs & Other Corporations

Jun 19, 2017

Low-Hogan, Earl & Hood: Program Benefitting Haitians Must Be Extended

Dec 02, 2016

Hood First County Legislator To Hit The Digital Airwaves

Nov 09, 2016

Hood & Wolfe Praise Bipartisan Support For Youth Employment Program

Oct 11, 2016

Legislature Weighs In On Proposed Hudson River Anchorages

Apr 13, 2016

Hood: Info Session Needed As Public Demands More Information About Drinking Water Violations

Jan 05, 2016

Wolfe Elected Chairman, Hood Returned As Vice Chairman; Third Consecutive Year Legislators Named To Leadership Posts

Dec 10, 2015

Legislature Appoints Educator To Rockland Community College Board Of Trustees

Dec 03, 2015

Amended 2016 County Budget Adopted; Bipartisan Effort Leads To 9-8 Approval

Oct 08, 2015

Hood & Grant Honor Organizers Of The Flavors Of Haverstraw Food Crawl

Aug 24, 2015

Hood: New Law Sends Clear Message To Think Twice About Illegally Using Drones In Rockland

Jun 18, 2015

County Legislature Passes Drone Regulation Law - Law Introduced by Vice Chairman Hood Includes Public Input

Apr 23, 2015

County Legislature Unanimously Approves $500,000 Capital Project to Build New Hi-Tor Animal Shelter Facility

Apr 09, 2015

Legislators Wolfe and Hood Support Funding to Build New Hi-Tor Animal Shelter Facility

Apr 02, 2015

Legislature to Hold Public Hearing on Local Law Proposed to Regulate Use of Drones in Rockland County

Mar 12, 2015

Legislature Committee Holds Discussion on Medicaid/Legislators Commit to Strengthen Fraud Investigations and Seek System-wide Changes

Mar 06, 2015

Legislature Committee to Hold Discussion on Medicaid and Welfare Programs

Mar 02, 2015

Anemone Tells Legislature He Never Proposed Sheriff Cuts/County Executive's Involvement In Analysis Questioned

Jan 30, 2015

Hood Condemns Day's Unlawful "Power Grab" Will Propose Resolution Rejecting Chargebacks to Towns County Executive's Statements Reveal Flip-Flopping

Nov 24, 2014

County Consultant Louis Anemone Refuses to Attend Legislative Meeting to Answer Questions About His Sheriff Study

Nov 08, 2012

Legislators Plan Hearing to Assess and Evaluate Emergency Response to Hurricane Sandy

Oct 25, 2012

Legislators Jobson, Hood and Day Support State Bill Limiting Benefits to Foreign Energy Suppliers

Jun 25, 2012

Legislators Call for More Information Concerning Proposed Canadian-American Power Transmission Line

Jun 11, 2012

Legislators Hood and Day Announce Noise Remediation Project Approved For Police Firing Range