NJ Transit's 15 percent fare increase reaches Rockland's west-of-Hudson riders
The July 1, 2025 increase applies to the Port Jervis and Pascack Valley lines that carry Rockland commuters toward the city.
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How Clarkstown homeowners get money back through STAR
The state's School Tax Relief program still cuts thousands of Rockland school tax bills — here's who qualifies, how the local assessor's office fits in, and what changes for 2026 and 2027.
How Rockland County's towns and villages fit together
How to request public records from Rockland's town and county governments
New York's Freedom of Information Law gives residents a right to town, village, and county records — here's how the request actually moves once it's filed.
How New York's property tax levy cap actually works
The state limits how fast the tax levy — not the tax rate, not your bill — can grow, and 60 percent of a board can vote around it.
Rockland's event calendars, explained
There's no single site listing everything happening in Rockland County. The county keeps its own calendar, and Ramapo, Haverstraw, Orangetown, and Stony Point each run theirs a different way.
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More to read →How Rockland County's towns and villages fit together
Five towns, nineteen villages, one county legislature of seventeen — here's the structure that decides who plows, who zones, and who taxes what.
Aug 26, 2026
Who pays for Rockland County's public libraries?
Rockland's 17 chartered libraries are funded four different ways, and which one applies to you decides whether you ever get a ballot.
Aug 16, 2026
Neighborhood associations in Rockland County: how streets organize and town boards listen
From New City civic groups to village associations in Nyack and Spring Valley, here is how Rockland's neighborhoods organize, what they can change, and how they work with town boards.
Feb 2, 2026
How New York's property tax levy cap actually works
The state limits how fast the tax levy — not the tax rate, not your bill — can grow, and 60 percent of a board can vote around it.
Aug 24, 2026
Rockland County's minimum wage holds at $16 an hour in 2026 — here's what changes in 2027
New York's minimum wage law splits the state into two tiers, and Rockland sits in the lower one. Here's what local employers and workers need to know before the rules change again.
Aug 10, 2026
Rockland's event calendars, explained
There's no single site listing everything happening in Rockland County. The county keeps its own calendar, and Ramapo, Haverstraw, Orangetown, and Stony Point each run theirs a different way.
Aug 18, 2026
How to request public records from Rockland's town and county governments
New York's Freedom of Information Law gives residents a right to town, village, and county records — here's how the request actually moves once it's filed.
Aug 20, 2026
Hook Mountain, Nyack and the riverfront: how the Hudson pays Rockland County's small businesses
State parks, boat launches and village sidewalks along the Palisades form a tourism corridor that feeds restaurants, outfitters and shopkeepers from Piermont to Stony Point.
Apr 18, 2026
Rockland County's property assessment calendar, explained
Every property owner in Rockland County gets one formal window each year to challenge a town's estimate of their home's value: Grievance Day, which falls on the fourth Tuesday in May in most New York jurisdictions, according to the state's guidance on contesting an assessment .
Aug 14, 2026
The Rockland County budget calendar: when the executive proposes, the legislature decides, and you can speak
The county budget moves on a fixed fall schedule — proposal, committee review, public hearing, and a year-end vote — and each step has a moment where residents matter.
Mar 11, 2026
Suffern and Nyack hospitals anchor Rockland County's largest employment sector
Good Samaritan and Montefiore Nyack sit at the center of the county's healthcare economy, joined by state-run institutions that make medicine Rockland's most dependable payroll.
Apr 14, 2026
Winter holiday events in Rockland's towns: how tree lightings, holiday markets and menorah lightings come together
Who runs the December calendar in Nyack, New City, Suffern, Haverstraw and Spring Valley — and how a small village stages a tree lighting on a budget.
May 26, 2026
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More to read →NJ Transit's 15 percent fare increase reaches Rockland's west-of-Hudson riders
The July 1, 2025 increase applies to the Port Jervis and Pascack Valley lines that carry Rockland commuters toward the city.
Aug 28, 2026
How Clarkstown homeowners get money back through STAR
The state's School Tax Relief program still cuts thousands of Rockland school tax bills — here's who qualifies, how the local assessor's office fits in, and what changes for 2026 and 2027.
Aug 22, 2026
Haverstraw-Ossining ferry brings back weekend runs May 23 through October
Metro-North's seasonal weekend ferry across the Hudson returns Saturday, May 23, running hourly until October 31, with a free Rockland bus link from neighborhoods to the dock.
Jul 3, 2026
Veolia's Rockland rate hike faces public testimony at PSC hearing June 24
Rockland County's water customers get their day in front of state regulators on Wednesday, June 24, when the Public Service Commission holds a public statement hearing on Veolia Water New York's proposed rate increase, per the PSC's hearing notice for the proceeding. The utility serves nearly all of
Jun 29, 2026
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Rockland County's sales tax, explained
The county's 8.375% rate breaks down into five pieces set by the state, the county, and local governments — and a temporary cap now changes what drivers pay at the gas pump.
Aug 12, 2026
New York health officials urge heat precautions as the Hudson Valley heads into peak summer
The state Department of Health's extreme heat guidance and its season-long heat surveillance dashboard give Rockland residents a map of who is most at risk when heat indices climb past 95 degrees.
Aug 9, 2026
New York expands Charge Ready NY 2.0, putting more public money behind EV chargers in the suburbs
NYSERDA added $15 million to the Charge Ready NY 2.0 program in February 2026 and relaunched the Drive Clean Rebate with $30 million in April, two levers that shape where Rockland drivers plug in.
Aug 6, 2026
New York is phasing out Regents exam requirements, and the class of 2027 is the first to feel it
NYSED's New York Inspires initiative replaces the test-based diploma with a Portrait of a Graduate framework, with the new rules applying to students entering high school this fall.
Aug 2, 2026