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Asylum Seekers Fight: New Emergency Order Issued By County Exec In Hudson Valley Asylum Seekers Fight: New Emergency Order Issued By County Exec In Hudson Valley
Asylum Seekers Fight: New Emergency Order Issued By County Exec In Hudson Valley A county government in the Hudson Valley has signed a new emergency order in response to New York City's efforts to send asylum seekers to the county. Rockland County Executive Ed Day enacted a new Emergency Order in response to what Day says is "the City of New York’s discriminatory program to establish unlawful city shelters in Rockland County." The new order claims the city's program is bad government and violates the rule of law, Day said. “It is my duty to protect the general welfare of anyone in the county or coming to the county both long term and short term,” said Day.  Earl…

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Rockland Fines Yeshivas For Not Providing Measles Student Vaccine Info Rockland Fines Yeshivas For Not Providing Measles Student Vaccine Info
Rockland Fines Yeshivas For Not Providing Measles Student Vaccine Info As the measles continue to spread across Rockland, County health officials fined nine yeshivas for providing the health department student vaccination records during Board of Health meetings Wednesday. The fines, totaling more than $70,000, were levied against schools that did not comply with the Health Commissioner’s order to keep un- or under-vaccinated students home from school and provide vaccination and attendance records to the Rockland County Department of Health during the measles outbreak, said County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnab…

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by Kathy Reakes