Ramapo Town Clerk Chris Sampson has formally announced that he will challenge Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee, D-Suffern, in the Democratic primary for Jaffee’s seat this fall.

Sampson was one of several area Democrats who said this winter they were interested in the seat. The others were County Legislature Vice Chairman William Darden, Suffern Mayor John Keegan, [...]

The state Board of Elections has a brand new Web site as of today. It looks nice—nothing flashy—but there’s still some kinks to be worked out.

When I tried to access a campaign committee’s financial disclosure I was taken to a search based on contributors. Oops. Then my Safari browser timed out. Ditto for Firefox. Oops [...]

U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel’s office announced today that the Internal Revenue Service would open sites and be available by phone to assist residents who are eligible for the upcoming economic stimulus payment, but who don’t regularly file an income tax return.

On Saturday, the IRS will assist residents with the 1040A form that residents are filing [...]

Minutes after Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned over his purported role in a pricey prostitution ring, Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef, a Republican, issued the following statement:

“This is a very sad day, but it marks a new beginning for New York state,” he said. “The Spitzer tenure is now over, and the Paterson tenure [...]

And she’s supporting Barack Obama.

Casey Knowles, now 17, is the little girl in Hillary Clinton’s television ad that depicts sleeping children as viewers are left to question who they’d want in the White House if there were a national emergency at 3 a.m.

Knowles was interviewed by Matt Lauer on “The Today Show” this morning and [...]

U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, energetic and seemingly humbled by the attention her fainting spell earned her earlier this month, reassured reporters today that she was back to normal.

Lowey, who was in Congers to call for an end to the freeze of medical benefits on Priority Group 8 veterans, attributed her fall at a Clinton rally [...]

One day after Rockland for Obama opened its Rockland headquarters in Spring Valley, elected officials and community members are planning a gathering to show their support for U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential run.

The group will meet at 4 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday)  on the steps of the Allison-Parris County Office Building at 11 New Hempstead Road [...]

Okay so he personally won’t be working out of the Spring Valley location, but Barack Obama’s supporters say having a headquarters will allow them to reach more people before Tuesday’s primary.

The official opening of the Rockland for Obama will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday at 250 Route 59 in the village.

In a news [...]

Clinton’s Rockland supporters will be rooting for their candidate during the Jan. 31 debate and raising money to put her in the top spot on Super Tuesday.
Doors to the debate watch party open at 7 p.m. at Riverspace Arts in Nyack, an hour ahead of the 8 p.m. start of the Democratic debate. Tickets, which [...]

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, visited the U.S. Military Academy at West Point today to tour the campus and eat lunch with nine of the cadets he sponsored for entry into the academy.

When he arrived (45 minutes late) he was ushered into the superintendent’s conference room, where he requested Sweet’N Low for his coffee. [...]