Plans Set For Ed Day’s Swearing In

On Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 Ed Day will be sworn in as Rockland County’s third county executive. Day, a Republican, will take the oath of office in an 11 a.m. public ceremony at the county’s Fire Training Center in Pomona. 

Day said his remarks will focus on the new direction for Rockland. He will speak about the county’s current status, his plans to turn it around and where he sees it moving in the future. 

Pablo Ramos is spearheading the organization of the swearing in ceremony. He said it will run about an hour and recommended that interested residents arrive early to get a seat.  The auditorium accommodates about 300 people seated. Ramos said there will be an audio feed of the ceremony into the hallway for those standing outside. 

Day transition team member Daniel Moscato will serve as master of ceremonies for the event.  The Clarkstown Police Color Guard will be accompanied by the Rockland County Fire Pipes & Drums. Scott Walters of Nanuet will sing The Star Spangled Banner and the Haverstraw Ambulance Youth Squad will lead the Pledge of Allegiance.  

Father Charles Arlin of St. John’s Episcopal Church will deliver the invocation.  Christopher Day, who served as his father’s campaign manager, will speak followed by a performance by Iris Brooks, a flutist from Upper Nyack. 

Clarkstown Town Justice Craig Johns will administer the oath of office and then Day will address the audience. The ceremony will conclude with a benediction by Rabbi Shmuel Gancz of Chabbad Jewish Center in Suffern. 

Ramos said about 55 elected officials have been invited. In addition to Rockland’s elected town and county officials and state representatives, Ramos said an invitation has been extended to the county executives of Westchester, Orange, Putnam counties and Bergen County, NJ.