Community news and opinion for Nyack, NY
by Dave Zornow Nyack, Feb 16 -- The NYS Comptroller's Office made it official: no good deed goes unpunished. The State Comptroller has cited the Village of Nyack for insufficient oversight of the Nyack Center when it paid for a summer program for Nyack School District kids from lower income … [Read more...]
NYSDOT Green Lights DEIS; Environmentalists Fume $16 Tolls On The Way? by Dave Zornow Nyack, Jan 27 -- The New York State Department of Transportation released the Tappan Zee Bridge Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) this week and found no reason to back off Governor Cuomo's … [Read more...]
Nyack, Jan 26 -- On Saturday and Sunday mornings after the bars close, Nyack's sidewalks are a mess, covered in cigarette butts, litter -- and worse. Nyack's Village Board is considering a revised parking plan that would generate new revenue to clean up the streets while also giving the evening … [Read more...]
by Dave Zornow Nyack, Jan 25 -- When members of the Occupy Rockland movement drive home from their meeting tonight in Spring Valley, it's more likely that they will be listening to Aerosmith than Adele. Although local support for Occupy Wall Street is about equal to the national average, … [Read more...]
by Dave Zornow Nyack, Jan 19 -- This week, a pro-buses-on-the-bridge group launched a Website in response to last week's announcement by a pro-Cuomo/anti-bus group which was in response to a December pro-mass-transit-announcement by a coalition of regional politicians. Confused yet? Wait, … [Read more...]
by Dave Zornow Nyack, January 15 -- The three local families behind Gypsy Donut and Expresso Bar want their new Nyack business to be a community effort. The entrepreneurs are asking family, friends and village residents to support their efforts to open in late March in the space formerly occupied … [Read more...]
Here's a unique Back-To-The-Future idea about improving Rockland commuters' weekday trip to NYC without building a new Tappan Zee Bridge. The Pedestrian Observations blog says electrifying several of the old rail lines that cross Rockland, Orange and Bergen counties can achieve some of the goals of … [Read more...]
Political Alert: Bridge Crosses Potential Voters, Too by Dave Zornow Nyack, Jan 2 -- More than eight out of ten people living in the Nyack River Villages want a new Tappan Zee Bridge to include some form of mass transit, according to a survey conducted between Dec 22 and 28. The vast majority … [Read more...]
Nyack, Dec 31 -- Jen Laird White was sworn in as Nyack's 37th mayor on Saturday at a standing room only ceremony in Village Hall. Nyack Village Justice Rob Knoebel, Trustees Doug Foster and Marie Lorenzini also took the oath of office from Village Clerk Mary White. NYS Assemblywoman Ellen … [Read more...]
by Dave Zornow Nyack, Dec 30 -- If a picture can conjure a thousands words, here are some of the more memorable photos, illustrations and graphics in 2011. Without further ado and the thousand words, here's our look back at 2011. There was snow -- and lots of it.The first official snow of … [Read more...]
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