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Guest editorial by Ian Diamond

For everyone who cares about education and the safety of children, the state Senate flip to Democratic control brings a new day in New York.

For years the Republican majority, led by Sen. John Flanagan of Long Island, has stalled important progressive bills. Flanagan and the Republican majority have been catering to powerful voting blocs and wealthy political contributors to the detriment of some of the most vulnerable and aggrieved people in our state. [Read more…]

With 100% of the ballots counted, the following are the unofficial winners reported by the Board of Elections:

Ellen Jaffee  State Assembly District 97
Kenneth Zebrowski  State Assembly District 96
David Carlucci  State Senator  District 38
James Skoufis  State Senator  District 39
Yehuda Weismandl  Ramapo Town Council
David Fried  Ramapo Town Justice
Paul Girard  Suffern Trustee
Steven Alpert  Suffern Trustee
Ernest Buonocore  Suffern Village Justice
The seven winners of Justice of the Supreme Court include Kathie Davidson, Thomas Zugibe, Joan Lefkowitz, Barry Warhit, William Giacomo, Hal Greenwald, David Everett

Governor Andrew Cuomo easily won re-election
Thomas DiNapoli won the Comptroller seat
Letitia James won the Attorney General position
Stephanie Miner and Michael Volpe of the SAM Party have won a place on the ballots for the next four years with a qualifying 51,323 votes.

For the most current list of vote totals for all the candidates, click here for the Lohud summary.

For a PDF copy of the ballot you can print
click here. 

We Endorse and Ask that You Support the Following Candidates 

OFFICE                          CANDIDATE           LINE

Governor                        Stephanie Miner        SAM
Attorney General           Keith Wofford.            REP
NYS Senate 39th Dist     James Skoufis           DEM
NYS Senate 38th Dist     David Carlucci           DEM
NYS Assembly 97th        Ellen Jaffee                DEM
NYS Assembly 96th        Ken Zebrowski          DEM
NYS Assembly 98th        Scott Martens           DEM
NYS Assembly 99th        Colin Schmidt           REP
Ramapo Town Board.      Robert Romanowski WRITE IN
Ramapo Town Justice     David Fried               DEM
Suffern Village Trustee    Steve Alpert             DEM
Suffern Village Trustee    Paul Girard               DEM
Suffern Village Justice     Ernest Buonocore     REP

Supreme Court Justices:  Richard Reitz, Kathie Davidson, Philip Grimaldi,
Robert Freehill, William Giacomo, David Everett, Joan Lefkowitz

To look up your polling place CLICK HERE

Endorsements for the Candidates: [Read more…]

The following candidates were winners of the Primary here in Rockland:

David Carlucci    NYS Senate
Ernest Buonocore  Suffern Village Justice
David Fried         Ramapo  Village Justice
Andrew Cuomo  Governor
Kathy Hochul      Lieutenant Governor
Letitia James       Attorney General
For specific counts, visit the LoHud returns list here.

Also read Steve Lieberman’s coverage in LoHod in his story
Carlucci defeats Goldberg in Democratic primary for 38th Senate District.

Julie Goldberg
First and Foremost we are endorsing Julie Goldberg for New York State Senate in the 38th District. (Our endorsement follows below, and Julie’s website is Juliefornysenate.com.

Cynthia Nixon
We are endorsing Cynthia Nixon who is challenging the incumbent Governor Cuomo for the Democratic nomination in the primary. (Our endorsement follows below, and the candidate’s website is Cynthiafornewyork.com.

Zephyr Teachout
We are endorsing Zephyr for Attorney General for the State of New York. She is in a four-way contested primary for the Democratic nomination. (Our endorsement follows below, and the candidate’s website is Zephyrforny.com.

Vivian Street
There is also a contested race for the female Member of the State Committee of the Democrat Party in the 97th Assembly District. We are backing Vivian Street of Spring Valley for that position. If Ellen Jaffee is your Assemblywoman then you can vote for Vivian Street in the Democratic primary at your regular polling place.

ROBERT ROMANOWSKI FOR RAMAPO TOWN COUNCIL
Bob is conducting a opportunity to ballot write in campaign for Ramapo Town Council in the Green and Reform Party primaries. If you are a member of the Green or Reform Party you can vote for Robert in your party primary on Thursday September 13^th by filling in the oval on the Write In box on the ballot and then writing Robert Romanowski inside the space provided.

It is important to point out that registered voters who have no party affiliation, designated “NOP” by the board of elections, and generally known as “independents”, are permitted to cast ballots in the Reform Party primary.  This being the case, “NOP” s, aka independents, can vote for Robert Romanowski in the Reform Party primary on Thursday, September 13^th, again by filling in the oval on the Write In box on the ballot and then writing Robert Romanowski inside the space provided in that same Write In box.

ERNEST BUONOCORE FOR SUFFERN VILLAGE JUSTICE.
We are endorsing Ernest Buonocore for Suffern Village Justice. Candidates for judicial office are permitted to run in any party primary they wish regardless of their own party affiliation. Ernest and his opponent have a contested primary for every party ballot line including Republican, Democrat, Conservative, Green, Working Families, Independence, Women’s Equality and Reform Party.
Again, it is important to note that registered voters who have no party affiliation, designated “NOP”s by the board of elections, and generally known as “independents”, are permitted to cast ballots in the Reform Party primary.  Such being the case, any registered voter can cast a ballot for Ernest in their respective party primary, or as an independent “NOP”, in the Reform Party primary. [Read more…]

Hello Folks,

The September 13th primary is rapidly approaching and you can be sure that we will be making candidate endorsements across the political spectrum for all of the different parties holding electoral contests on that day.

For now, however, we want to draw your attention to the Democratic Primary for State Senate in the 38th district, which includes most of Rockland and a small piece of Westchester.

We strongly endorse Julie Goldberg for state senate in the 38th District. Her website is www.juliefornysenate.com Please check it out and join the energy and excitement of her campaign. [Read more…]

This morning, Julie Goldberg announced her campaign for the State Senate seat in the 38th District, currently held by David Carlucci who has served in Albany as a Republicrat since 2011.

Here is the Press Announcement from the Goldberg campaign:
Public school advocate and mother of two says Carlucci has empowered Republicans for years to block fair school funding and reproductive rights protections. [Read more…]