NEWS FROM CONNIE COKER

                          (Note: Most Recent News Releases are at the top of the list)                            

 
2011
12/30/11 - Legislator Connie Coker Issues Final Report of the Environmental Committee
10/19/11 - Legislator Coker Recognizes Riverkeeper’s John Lipscomb
10/13/11 - Legislator Coker to Testify at NYS Senate Hearing in Favor of Proposed Sewage Releases Notification Law
09/21/11 - Legislature Adopts Local Law to Require Smoking Policies for Multiple Dwelling Units
03/29/11 - Legislators Propose Local Law to Require Smoking Policies for Multiple Dwelling Units
2010
11/16/10 - Legislators Murphy and Coker Honor Volunteer Efforts of Orangetown Youth Soccer Association
11/09/10 - Legislators Murphy and Coker Honor Local Women for Their Annual Efforts to Raise Funds for Breast Cancer Research
10/26/10 - Legislature Committee to Discuss Feasibility of Recharging Aquifer with Treated Wastewater
08/18/10 - Environmental Committee to Discuss Results of Monthly Hudson River Water Quality Report
07/28/10 - Legislator Coker Convenes Multi-County Meeting to Discuss Environmental Issues Within the Hudson Valley Region
06/24/10 - Legislature Committee Urges Governor to Impose Statewide Moratorium on Natural Gas Drilling Projects Pending Study Results
05/21/10 - Legislator Coker to Lead Review of County Services Relevant to the Elimination of Sex Trafficking
05/07/10 - Legislator Coker Supports Revision to NYS Midwifery Law
05/06/10 - Legislature’s Environmental Committee to Hear Assessment of County Water Resources
04/22/10 - County Legislature Passes Local Law Prohibiting the Sale of Certain Child Care Products Containing Bisphenol A (BPA)
04/12/10 - Legislator Coker Holds Committee Meeting to Focus on County’s Air Quality Issues
01/21/10 - Legislator Coker Reintroduces Local Law to Prohibit the Sale of Child Care Products Containing Bisphenol A (BPA)
2009
12/07/09 - Legislator Coker to Request State to Commission Study of Region's High Incidence of Thyroid Cancer and Newborn Hypothyroidism
11/12/09 - Public Hearing to Take Place on Proposed Local Law to Prohibit the Sale of Child Care Products and Toys Containing Bisphenol A (BPA)
10/01/09 - Legislator Coker Will Speak at Local Rally for National Health Insurance
08/06/09 - County Legislators Encourage State Legislature to Enact Legislation to Form Rockland Bergen Bi-State River Commission
05/21/09 - County Legislative Committees to View Presentation Concerning Recurrent Flood Problems in West Nyack
05/14/09 - Rockland County Legislature to Recognize Public Service and Charitable Acts of Locals
04/23/09 - Legislator Coker to Attend US EPA Event Honoring North Rockland School District Grounds Supervisor Kevin Trotta
03/13/09 - Legislators Coker and Schoenberger to Honor Talents of Local 17 year-old Violinist
03/05/09 - Legislators Wolfe and Coker Initiate Request to President Obama to Reconsider Implementation of the FAA’s Northeast Airspace Redesign Plan
01/22/09 - Legislator Coker to Lead Discussion On Proper Disposal Of Electronics
   2008
12/08/08 - Legislator Coker to Hold Public Discussion on Proposal to Ban Distribution of Free Disposable Shopping Bags
11/13/08 - Rockland County Legislature Approves Revised Green Building Code for County Construction Projects
11/07/08 - Rockland Legislator Supports Bloomberg’s Plan to Charge Shoppers for Plastic Bags
09/22/08 - Legislator Coker to Hold Discussion on Proposal to Promote Use of Reusable Shopping Bags
07/23/08 - Orangetown Legislators Murphy and Coker Plan Discussion on O&R Proposal to Build a Substation in Tappan
06/19/08 - Legislator Connie Coker Schedules Discussion Concerning the Sparkill Creek and Ferdon Pond
06/11/08 - Legislator Coker to Introduce Non-Toxic Landscape Maintenance Act
05/22/08 - Rockland County Legislators Wolfe and Coker Sponsor Green Building Code Requirements for County Construction Projects
05/21/08 - Cornell and Coker Meet with NYS Thruway Authority and Discuss Implementing Additional Suicide Prevention Measures on TZB
05/02/08 - Legislators Wolfe and Coker Call Upon U.S. Senate To Revamp FAA Re-Authorization Bill
04/24/08 - In Wake of Recent Rash of Suicides on TZ Bridge, Rockland Legislators Cornell and Coker Call on NYS Thruway Authority to Implement Additional Suicide Prevention Measures on Bridge
04/03/08 - Majority Leadership Submits Comments to USDOT in Support of Flight Volume Caps at Newark Airport