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Rockland County Human Rights
Commission Achieves Full HUD Certification
February 4, 2010 - County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef
announced that the Rockland County Human Rights Commission received
certification for an additional five-year term with full powers to
act as an Agency of the United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) to investigate housing discrimination claims
in Rockland County.
County to Help Employ
Out-of-Work Residents
February 3, 2010 - County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef and the
Rockland County Youth Bureau’s AmeriCorps program are seeking
professionals who are currently out of work for a part-time
opportunity with a new program, Rockland Employment Connections (REC).
Vezzetti Appointed to State
Highway Superintendents Association
February 1, 2010 - Rockland County’s Superintendent of Highways,
Charles “Skip” Vezzetti, has been appointed to the New York State
County Highway Superintendents Association’s Executive Committee.
Nyack Resident Receives 2010
Buffalo Soldier Award
January 29, 2010 - County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef
presented the 2010 Buffalo Soldier Award to Nyack resident and
former US Army Sergeant John P. Vasser.
County to Observe Solidarity Day
with Haiti Friday
January 27, 2010 - County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef invites
all County residents and employees to join in an observation of
Solidarity Day with Haiti on Friday, January 29, 2010, to remember
the victims and show Rockland’s support for the survivors of the
country's recent massive earthquake.
Chair of Legislature Joins
Vanderhoef on County Executive’s Forum
January 26, 2010 -
Harriet Cornell, Chair of the
Rockland County Legislature, sits down with County Executive C.
Scott Vanderhoef on the next edition of County Executive’s Forum,
which will begin airing Wednesday on Cablevision channel 78.
Local Activist to Receive State
Environmental Award
January 26, 2010 - County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef
announced that Pomona resident Betty Hedges would receive the 2009
New York State Association of Environmental Management Council’s
Ramona Barton Award for Outstanding EMC Member.
County Seeks Employers to Help
Out-of-Work Rocklanders
January 22, 2010 - County
Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef and Rockland County AmeriCorps, part
of the Rockland County Youth Bureau, are seeking non-profit
organizations and municipalities in need of free, temporary help as
part of the new Rockland Employment Connections (REC) program. T
Vanderhoef Calls Supreme Court’s
Dismissal of FAA Appeal “Disappointing”
January 20, 2010 - County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef called
the dismissal by United States Supreme Court’s of Rockland County’s
lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s flawed
airspace redesign plan “disappointing,” but vowed to continue the
fight through the political process.
Grants Available Through County
Youth Bureau
January 13, 2010 - The Rockland County Youth Bureau is offering
a training session for local groups interested in applying for
funding through the New York State Office of Children and Family
Services Local Assistance Resource Allocation Package.
County Youth Employment Program
Seeks Employers
January 5, 2010 - The Rockland County Youth Bureau is seeking
employers from the private sector, local government and
not-for-profit agencies to participate in the 2010 Youth Employment
Program.
Summit Park Hospital Opens New
Acute Renal Dialysis Center
December 09, 2009 - Rockland County Executive C. Scott
Vanderhoef and Hospitals Commissioner, Richard Maloney today
announced the official opening of Summit Park Hospital’s new Acute
Renal Dialysis Unit.
New Bus Center to Open at Palisades Center
November 20, 2009 -
A
new Bus Center has been established at the Palisades Center Mall
near the southeast mall entrance facing Route 59 (near the Macy’s
first floor entrance). The facility was unveiled during a grand
opening event and buses will begin serving the new Bus Center
Saturday, November 21. The project was a joint effort between the
Rockland County Department of Public Transportation and the
Palisades Center Mall.
County Executive Unveils First
of County’s New Hybrid Electric Transit Buses
October 30, 2009 - Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef
unveiled the first low-floor, hybrid electric bus to enter the
Transport of Rockland (TOR) fleet.
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