Day: “… we have great reason
to be optimistic”
NEW CITY – After years of fiscal hardship and near bankruptcy, Rockland County residents can look forward to an administration that is striving to keep them in the black.
During his State of the County address Tuesday evening, Rockland County Executive Edwin Day said the county has undergone a transformation over the last two years and that residents should continue to have faith in their elected officials who are continuing the drive for positive results within the county.
“I want people to realize we have great reason to be optimistic,” said Day. “We have made significant advances over two years. It’s not just talk; it’s not political wind. We have our debt under control, our deficits being paid back; we’ve had three bond upgrades, a credit positive report. We’ve been moving forward in tangible ways. We’re bringing businesses here to Rockland County. So, the report really is to let people know there are great things happening right now; we’ve come back from the brink. We were at the brink of bankruptcy.”
Day also attributed positive changes to the closure of Summit Park Nursing Home, which is now being turned into a multi-faceted, mixed use complex involving a number of county services in one place, rather than having those services scattered across the county as they are now. Also, during Day’s tenure as county executive, there has been a 40 percent change-out in leadership which, according to Day, ensures that only those up to the task of transforming Rockland’s fiscal environment are working within the county government.
Day said his commitments to the residents of Rockland remain constant – righting the county’s fiscal ship, fiscal development, economic growth and preserving the county.
‘We’re going to have homeruns in every area,” said Day. “We’re going to continue to do well financially. I expect a bond upgrade by the end of the year. We are going to continue to bring business in here like we have been doing and we’re going to continue to take steps to preserve our county.”
