Rockland

Schleifer’s father is the co-founder and chief executive of the pharmaceutical company Regeneron Technologies, and he faced criticism during his bid for office for refusing to pledge to divest himself from such holdings if elected, according to a column published in the Rockland/Westchester Journal News.

In 2022, a team of federal scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigated a string of polio cases in Rockland County, NY, in which an epidemic hit a large Hasidic Jewish community where anti-vaccine conspiracy theories are particularly popular.

“As we learned about who he was we also learned about how he got on the ballot which was through a stealth operation with a set of Republican operatives in Rockland county who registered 200 people,” Archila told Salon.

At the Westchester Black Women’s Political Caucus candidate forum on Saturday, a small crowd of a few dozen people waited for the arrival of Jones, a Rockland County native who rose from humble beginnings to Congress.

With 167 facilities, it spread from Manhattan to Rockland and Orange Counties in New York.