In Our Opinion Medicaid Budget Vise Stalemate Deepens
The Cuomo era write up notes conflict among Gov Hugh Carey Senate Leader Warren Anderson and Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink over Medicaid. Legislature already sent its budget Jan 18 with tax cuts debated. Assembly okayed 75 million for Medicaid bills while Senate pursues its plan. No side will yield, three minds meeting then dissolving. Governor proposes county cost shift for Medicaid with two year freeze while state covers increases.
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Hugh Carey
Senate
Warren Anderson
Assembly
Stanley Fink
Budget stalemate over Medicaid share and state funding
An $8 billion gap blocks budget action as the state scales Medicaid share from 20 percent to 50 percent over five years, shifting costs to counties and taxpayers. Officials warn the long term cost could reach $15 billion annually, raising questions who bears the burden and calling for staff-led negotiations to salvage public trust.
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Uncle Sam
Carey
Koch
New York City
Upstate
Gun law stance shifts in 1980s campaign rhetoric
The piece notes how Reagan and Bush addressed NRA aligned voters in Concord, NH, asserting opposing gun control positions. It observes leaders changing or holding firm on gun policy, suggesting that without their leadership meaningful regulation remains unlikely.
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Reagan
Concord
N.H
NRA
Bush
National Rifle Association
New Hampshire
Dream Land
Van Duyn to Add 98 Beds for Elderly at S-1
The Onondaga County Legislature approves 600000 to renovate building S-1 at Van Duyn Home and Hospital. Upon completion 98 nursing home patients will be cared for at Van Duyn, reducing hospital bed use and saving up to a million dollars yearly in Medicaid costs.
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Onondaga County
van Duyn
Mall library plan under study by Onondaga trustees
Trustees of the Onondaga County Public Library seek a study with the Urban Development Corp and Mortgage Loan Corp to turn the Syracuse Mall into a central library. They rejected the Mall's former post office site as too far off downtown. County may fund a structural assessment of the Carnegie library as a quicker compromise.
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Onondaga County Public Library
Salina Street
Clinton Square
Syracuse Mall
N.Y
Urban Development Corp
Mortgage Loan Corp
Syracuse
U.S. Post Office
Carnegie Library
Political Humor Moves Into Chicago’s Roughest Neighborhood
The piece jokes about Mayor Jane Byrne moving into Chicago’s toughest area and planning a feature about it. It mocks privilege, notes grass seed planting in a vacant lot, and compares the lifestyle shift to Tarzan and Jane’s Nairobi tree hut to townhouse move. It frames the satire as social commentary on class and urban change.
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Chicago
Jane Byrne
Tarzan
Jane
Nairobi
NY Legislature Votes on Nuclear Moratorium Resolution
The New York Legislature will vote May 18 on a proposal urging the U.S. president to propose a mutual verifiable nuclear moratorium with the Soviet Union, halting testing and development of warheads and missiles and directing saved funds to civilian needs. Betty McQuiston of Liverpool urges readers to contact senators and assemblymen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan defends tax reform and investment focus to curb inflation.
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New York
United States
Soviet Union
Congress
Betty McQuiston
Liverpool
Save Our Railroads Backing Conrail Preservation
Letter from Carl A Peterson of DeWitt urging readers to press Rep Gary Lee and Rep George Wortley to protect Conrail and Amtrak and oppose Reagan administrations profits use. Advocates retaining rail funding, cites Penn Central, calls for action by Congress and senators Alfonso D Amato. Canada expanding rail lines as contrast.
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Gary Lee
Conrail
Reagan
Lee
George Wortley
Amtrak
Alfonso D'Amato
Penn Central Railroad
U.S
Canada
United States
Carl A. Peterson
DeWitt
Budget growth and tax cuts outlined by senator in 1981 remarks
A senator details budget expansion from 402 billion in 1977 to 637 billion in 1981 and vows further cuts, citing past White House guidance limiting the budget. He advocates tax cuts aimed at boosting capital formation, notes Senate Finance Committee proposals, and references proposed depreciation changes and capital gains exclusions.
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Richard G. Clark
Clark's Petroleum Service Inc
Canastota
Roosevelt
White House
Johnson
Senate Budget Committee
L Am
Senate Finance Committee
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Steagan
El Salvador Aid Debate and Human Rights Report
Syracuse reader urges Congress to halt military aid to El Salvador citing a Channel 24 documentary and interviews showing the junta torturing and killing peasants. The letter defends the people’s movement and asks support for HR 1509 and S 728 to end weapons flow.
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Herald-Journal
Human Rights Commission
Duarte
el Salvador
Movement For Democracy
Central America
Congress
Senate
Janice M. Jensen
Syracuse
Peace petitions filed by Sandy Pond residents in Oswego County
Residents of Sandy Pond in Oswego County met with the Sandy Creek Town Board on April 2 to seek help with two nearby disorderly taverns. They circulated petitions asking for a noise curbing ordinance a county sheriff satellite station and Sandy Pond zoning laws for the Oswego County Legislature.
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Sandy Pond
Oswego County
Sandy Creek
Nance
Mom's stern hand needed in Albany
Albany commentary likens budget stalemate to unruly children with mothers absent. Gov. Carey and Senate leader Warren Anderson trade tantrums and lies over a 16 billion dollar state budget, delaying action past April 1. The piece critiques honesty gaps and rhetoric in New York politics.
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Ody Mary Fiess
Albany
Priscilla
Ralph Laws
Assembly
Hugh Carey
Senate
Warren Anderson
Daniel
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Herald Company
Wiliam D. Cotter
Robert J. Hennessey
Philip A. Hofmann
R. Gary Kruger
Edward 8. Sabine
Metropolita
Jarome Q. Cooley
Deborah J Abbott
Alvin G. Fenner
William C. Croziec
Mario Rossi
Samuel 3. Voecare
Harold E. Addington
Arnold Burdick
Carl. Sweeney
William W. Browning Jr
Davis
Koczorowski
National
By Mark Russell
Washington
State Department
Aleks
Orel Pere
Finance Committee
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Washington, D.C
Evangeline Gouletas
Anderson
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