Grand jury urges action after school sexual abuse case
The grand jury finds a teacher's assistant bears responsibility for failing to protect a girl at Delaware Elementary and issues strong recommendations for handling sex crimes in schools. It calls for trained staff, early police involvement, clearer communication, designated district contacts, and adequate funding to safeguard children. The report urges accountability for the district and notes the victims and involved youths deserve support.
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Delaware
Syracuse City
Thomas Canon
Licinuehi Guppelich
Wii Wie Pance
Cozy deal for campaign donors
A New York opinion piece argues that pay to play persists in bond awarding. It cites MSRB limits, state bond counsel ties, and donations from firms like Plunkett & Jaffe. The piece accuses Gov. Pataki of politicizing municipal bonds and calls for extending G-37 and restricting soft money.
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New York
Federal Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
MSRB
Franz Leichter
Manhattan
Plunkett & Jaffe
George Pataki
Leichter
Pataki
New York City Bar Association
Administrative Board of the Courts of
New York State
Wall Street
Managed Care Law Aims to Protect Consumers Rights
Kathryn Allen, President HMO Conference of N.Y., argues in Albany that the last year's Managed Care Law provides extensive consumer appeal rights and requires clinical decisions by qualified professionals. HMOs supported the reforms at the table and caution against extra mandates that raise costs and hinder access to care.
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Hmos
Kathryn Allen
HMO Conference of
N.Y. Albany
Garbage workers deserve higher pay says reader ED Kinane
A Syracuse reader argues that socially useful garbage collectors earn under $11 an hour while Disney CEO Michael Eisner makes millions monthly. He praises collectors’ hard, dirty, risky work, calling for better wages and respect to protect public health and environmental safety.
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Disney
Michael Eisner
United States
Midland Avenue
ED Kinane
Syracuse
Trails of memory in Catskill summers with changing landscapes
A reflective piece by Marjorie Liss on revisiting past summer haunts around Catskill, noting Mobil’s pier takeover at the Hudson River Dayliner site, Elks boating park, road renumbering to 23B, vanished towns like South Cairo Acra and South Durham, Leggs Diamond’s hideaway, and a calm Thompson House stay as Mt Zoar and Windham High Peak remain unchanged.
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Catskill
the Elks
South
Cairo
Acra
South Durham
Meg
Point Lookout
Silver Lake
Thompson House
Mount Zoar
Windham High Peak
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Compliance challenges of disability rules highlighted by Mona Charen
Martin Schram of the National Employers Council cites the EEOC guidelines on mental disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. He warns of compliance costs for small firms and outlines do and don’t rules for employers handling requests for accommodations and employee mental health disclosures.
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The
Herald-Journal
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EEOC
Charen
Martin Schram
National Employers Council Inc
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