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Rockland County, New York, Has Rating Lowered Three Levels
Thu, 10 May 2012 13:07:54 -0700

Rockland County, New York, had the rating on its general-obligation bonds cut three levels to the lowest investment grade by Moody’s Investors Service because it hasn’t closed a deficit of more than $40 million.

Rockland will lay off 150, impose fees and program cuts
Thu, 17 May 2012 11:44:55 -0700

Rockland County will lay off 150 workers, cut funding to programs and begin charging new fees to residents and businesses under a plan announced today by County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef.

Rockland plans fees, layoffs, cutbacks; workers protest at Carlucci's office
Fri, 18 May 2012 23:48:54 -0700

Rockland County government workers, members of the CSEA and their supporters protest layoffs and cuts to programs Thursday in front of Sen. David Carlucci’s office in Nanuet.

Moody's sinks Rockland's credit rating, now lowest-rated in New York
Thu, 10 May 2012 23:44:12 -0700

Rockland County government officials will unveil a vastly revamped 2012 county budget early next week to address a $40 million revenue shortfall and to fend off a further downgrading of the county's credit rating, now the lowest credit rating of all New York counties rated by Moody's Investors Service.

Police gather Sunday in Rockland to honor 28 officers killed on duty
Fri, 18 May 2012 23:41:40 -0700

Dozens of police officers wearing their dress uniforms and the public will gather Sunday around the long granite memorial outside the Rockland County Courthouse to honor the men and women killed in the line of duty.

Ulster job growth among most robust in New York over last 12 months
Fri, 18 May 2012 10:19:06 -0700

Ulster County, with a 4.6 percent increase, had the second-highest rate of private-sector job growth of all 13 metropolitan regions in the state from April 2011 to April 2012.

Consultants: Rockland should sell Summit Park, perhaps county hospital, too
Tue, 15 May 2012 23:48:16 -0700

Consultants hired by Rockland County are recommending that the Summit Park Nursing Care Center and possibly its hospital be sold to a public-benefit corporation. They also suggest that the services offered by the county Department of Mental Health be shifted to community-based nonprofit providers, a trend already under way, and that Summit Park's inpatient psychiatric unit be transferred to ...

Community View: Tax hike won't save Rockland
Thu, 17 May 2012 06:30:32 -0700

Rockland County’s Summit Park nursing home and hospital complex in Pomona has been identified as a major driver of the county’s growing deficit. / JOURNAL NEWS FILE PHOTO

Kenneth Zebrowski pitches new Rockland sales-tax plan, deficit task force
Fri, 11 May 2012 23:43:32 -0700

Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski told The Journal News exclusively Friday that he is pitching a new plan to help Rockland County avoid a further downgrading of its credit rating to junk status.

Moody's drops credit rating for suburban NY county
Fri, 11 May 2012 11:01:10 -0700

A credit-rating service acted too soon when it dropped Rockland County's investment status to just above junk level, the county executive said Friday.