As some 40 FBI agents wheeled out suitcases full of documents from Ramapo Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon, longtime critics of the town’s leadership — specifically, the leadership of Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence — started speculating. In Facebook comments and email messages on a listserv, they gleefully cheered a federal… Read More →
On April 2, state Sen. and New York City mayoral hopeful Malcolm Smith, Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin and village Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret, a New York City councilman and two city GOP powerbrokers were swept into federal court; a 28-page indictment traces a twisted trail of bribes, kickbacks and… Read More →
During the 2009 election season, we interviewed the candidates for Spring Valley village mayor. Here’s a clip from that interview, which includes Noramie Jasmin, who was then deputy mayor. Jasmin subsequently won the election (although not our endorsement). Jasmin is now charged in a corruption scheme that stretches from the… Read More →
With the news that Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin has been accused by the U.S. Attorney of taking bribes in a development scam, we revisit our 2009 endorsement in the Spring Valley mayoral race. Jasmin was then deputy mayor (the job now held by Joseph Desmaret, charged with mail fraud… Read More →
A report Friday updates the status of the controversial Patrick Farm development plan in Ramapo (‘Patrick Farm gets final Ramapo approval,’ on LoHud.com) Although the town’s Planning Board gave its approval, the plan still faces myriad hurdles, including several lawsuits. The Editorial Board has weighed in, several times over several… Read More →
Certain villages in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties hold spring elections — this year on March 19 — to fill mayoral, trustee and/or village justice positions. If you are running for mayor, trustee or judge in your village, we want to hear from you. Please send your full name, home… Read More →
UPDATE (Jan. 23): Watch a replay of today’s Editorial Spotlight on New York’s levels of government and consolidation. Next on Editorial Spotlight: New York government and ‘home rule’ Join an Editorial Spotlight discussion at 1 p.m. Wednesday on New York’s layers of government and the “home rule” laws and local… Read More →
Journal News Opinion Page editor Herb Pinder talks with staff reporter Lisa Ganga about the overlapping layers of government in Westchester and Rockland counties in a Tax Watch video. Read the special report. Join our tax discussion Join a discussion at 1 p.m. Wednesday on New York’s layers of government… Read More →
LoHud.com will be reporting on the election throughout today and after the polls close at 9 p.m. Join LoHud.com/Journal News reporters and editors for a live chat on the election beginning at 8:30 tonight on LoHud.com. LoHud’s editors, photographers and reporters will also be on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram today…. Read More →