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Rockland Democrats Decide On County Executive Candidate Rockland Democrats Decide On County Executive Candidate
Rockland Democrats Decide On County Executive Candidate A longtime lawyer and activist announced that she will be throwing her hat in the ring to challenge Rockland County Executive Ed Day, becoming the first - and possibly only - Democrat to do so. Attorney L'Tanya Watkins, a Spring Valley resident, announced that she plans to run against Day, a two-term Republican, after submitting a petition with nearly 1,500 signatures to qualify to run on the Democratic and Working Families lines. The number of signatures Watkins secured was more than double what's required to run for county executive in Rockland. “We need a County Executive here in Rockla…

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GOP Video Ad Warning Of Hasidic Takeover In Rockland Removed After Backlash GOP Video Ad Warning Of Hasidic Takeover In Rockland Removed After Backlash
GOP Video Ad Warning Of Hasidic Takeover In Rockland Removed After Backlash The Rockland County Republican Party has removed a video from its Facebook page that cautioned of a “takeover” by the Hasidic Jewish community amid widespread backlash from politicians, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James. A video posted Wednesday, Aug. 28 which was widely circulated, included phrases that portrayed a housing development for Hasidic Jews as a “threat.” James called the video “deeply disturbing” in a post on social media. “The anti-Semitic video from the Rockland County GOP is deeply disturbing. They must remove & condemn it. Saying that members of the Jewis…

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