Guard describes rapid fire in Brink's robbery at Nanuet Mall
Jurors hear guard Joseph Trombino recount being wounded in the 1981 Brink's armored car heist at Nanuet Mall. He says gunmen opened fire as bags were loaded, his arm was hit, partner Peter Paige died, and he crawled to safety. Barbara Pattnett identifies defendant Eunesi Balagoon from a bench scene witnesses describe a red van and gunmen emerging.
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Goshen
Joseph Trombino
Nanuet
Rockland County
Trombino
Peter Paige
Barbara Patnett
Eunesi Balagoon
Donald Weems
Patnett
Brink
Mrs. Patnett
Man Sentenced For Selling Sex On Credit In Prostitution Ring
Sol Sitzer and brother Sidney ran four Manhattan topless bars with credit account schemes. Sol sentenced to 144 to 44 years after pleading guilty to promoting prostitution, defrauding, conspiracy, tax filing fraud, and bribery. Sidney received five years probation. Arnold Yourman faced related charges.
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New York
Manhattan
Sol Sitzer
Rye
State Supreme Court
Joan Carey
Sidney
Arnold Yourman
American Express
Barbara Thompson
Robert M. Morgenthau
Sitter
Yourman
Regan Holds Back on New York Bond Issue Support
ALBANY UP I reports Governor Cuomo promotes a 1.25 billion Rebuild New York bond plan to supplement DOT funding while Comptroller Edward Regan remains uncommitted. Regan fears bond funds could replace regular transportation allocations and notes no maintenance guarantees are in the bill. Cuomo seeks a maintenance provision and says voters will be assured by his word.
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Albany
UPI
New York
Transportation Department
Edward Regan
Mario Cuomo
Regan
Cuomo
Cuomaaso
West Seneca Army Depot
Romulus
Supreme Court
Two Men In Truck Fire Racial Slur Attack In Greenwich Village
In Greenwich Village two white men in a red cabbed tractor trailer shot a black man walking his dog after hurling racial slurs. Joseph Brown, 39, was shot once in the buttocks and hospitalized in good condition. Police seek the red cab silver trailer rig. In a separate Bronx case a detective wounded a suspect in the fatal shooting of Patience Okafor, 29, found at 2343 Walton Ave. The suspect allegedly drew a revolver and was shot by police at 610 W 143rd St. Okafor was hospitalized in stable condition.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Joseph Brown
Little West 12Th Street
Brown
Peter Ruane
West St
St. Vincents Hospital
Ruane
Bronx
Patience Okafor
Walton Ave
Charles
Thomas Lambert
Thomas Delaney
W. 143Rd St
Manhattan
Oka
Pension funds gain freer hands for investments
Governor Mario Cuomo signed a bill freeing about 1.8 billion dollars in pension funds for unrestricted investment in business, real estate, and development. The Common Retirement Fund and other state and city funds may invest up to 5 percent in ventures outside their normal scope, and the 3 percent cap on single-company stock is removed. Comptroller Edward Regan noted funds can back small businesses and high-growth ventures as well as real estate and venture capital.
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Albany
Mario Cuomo
Cuomo
New York City
Edward Regan
Judge declines AIDS suit by Downstate inmates at Fishkill
State Supreme Court Justice Albert Rosenblatt rejects a class action by inmates Thomas Larocca and Paul Dudley claiming Fishkill prison spread AIDS. He orders Health Department pamphlets for each inmate and finds no injunction on inmate or employee transfers. The ruling leaves transfers permissible.
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Poughkeepsie
State Supreme Court
Albert Rosenblatt
Downstate
Thomas Larocca
Paul Dudley
State Correctional Services Department
Fishkill
Dutchess County
Rosenblatt
State Health Department
Small firms seek same break as Grumman power discount
Fifty six Long Island metal firms sue in Mineola state Supreme Court against the Power Authority of the State of New York Long Island Lighting Co and Grumman. They seek discount electric rates like those granted to Grumman at the James A FitzPatrick plant near Oswego. The suit notes Grumman will expand on Long Island creating 1000 jobs. A show cause hearing is set for next Wednesday.
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Mineola
Long Island Metal
Grumman Corp
State Supreme Court
Power Authority
State of New York
Long Island Lighting Co
Grumman
Bethpage
Supreme Court
Eli Wager
Long Island
James A. FitzPatrick
Oswego
Greater New York
National Tooling and Machining Association
Delays Boost Shoreham Nuclear Plant Cost to 3.4 Billion
The Associated Press reports Shoreham on Long Island will cost rate-payers 3.4 billion instead of 3.2 billion due to delays in loading uranium fuel. LILCO announced the higher estimate, revising prior forecasts that the total cost would stay unchanged.
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Mineola
Long Island
Shoreham
Long Island Lighting Co
LILCO
Rail work to add jobs across Long Island and Harlem lines
NEW YORK AP Scheduled improvements on the Long Island Rail Road and the Harlem and Hudson lines of Metro-North will create about 1,250 new jobs. Federal funds totaling 38 million dollars were awarded for Port Jefferson line double tracking, Northport to Port Jefferson electrification, and 13.2 million for 20 power stations and third rail upgrades. The project aims to ease bottlenecks near Huntington and improve reliability and speeds.
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NEW York
Long Island Rail Road
Metro- North Railroad
Alfonso D'Amato
New York Republican
LIRR
Huntington
D’amato
Port Jefferson
Syosset
Northport
Manhattan
Metro-North
Harlem
Hudson
Longsland
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Sibley’s Furniture
Fayetteville
Sibley
Reena Dut
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Geddes Plaza
Charles Ave
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DeWitt
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