Area lawmakers say they lack power to speed budget
Central New York state legislators say they are largely powerless to break the budget impasse that could trim state aid to schools. Leaders and Gov Pataki must trigger the process, while rank and file press for more aid. Some propose tapping surpluses or changing tax timing if a final budget arrives next month.
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New York
George Pataki
Bill Magee
D-Nelson
Albany
Pataki
Assembly
Sheldon Silver
Senate
Joseph Bruno
Silver
Assembly Democrats
John DeFrancisco
Syracuse
Syracuse budgets strain as state aid lags and cuts loom
Districts face large gaps after the state delayed baseline budgets. Yonkers shows a $60 million shortfall, Rochester $32 million. Liverpool and Jordan-Elbridge anticipate cuts or taxes unless extra funding arrives from Gov Pataki and leaders. Local boards weigh program cuts and loan ideas while lotteries of BOCES aid freeze.
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Liverpool
North Syracuse
Lyncourt
Silver
Main Street
DeFrancisco
Yonkers
Syracuse
Albany
Rochester
Larry Cummings
Central New York School Boards Association
Cataldo
Pataki
Joseph Bruno
Sheldon Silver
Addi
Dominick
Jordan-Elbridge
New York
Jordan- Elbridge
Baldwinsville
Fayetteville-Manlius
LaFayette
Cummings
School Boards Association
Jlsl
Syracuse School Board
Laurie Menkin
Stephen C. Jones
Erik Kriss
Maureen Nolan
Investigators Probe Cause Of Aaliyah Plane Crash
Bahamas crash that killed 22 year old singer Aaliyah and eight others is under investigation with U S officials joining to determine cause. The Cessna 402 went down near Marsh Harbour Abaco Island 100 miles north of Nassau after takeoff bound for Opa locka Florida. Authorities say one engine apparently failed as bodies are moved to Princess Margaret Hospital for ID. Virgin Records and family support for relatives to travel to Miami as needed.
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Bahamas
Aaliyah
U.S
Opa-locka
Fla
Marsh Harbour
Abaco Island
Miami
Skystream
Pembroke Pines
Kathleen Bergen
Federal Aviation Administration
Atlanta
Wichita
Kan
Peres seeks truce talks as Zibri killed in Gaza flare
Jaim Sneh said Zibri was involved in seven bomb attacks over six months and was a legitimate target. Arafat mourned for three days as thousands protested in West Bank towns. Zibri’s death sparked clashes in Arabe and condemnation from Aburdeneh and Bush. U.N. Annan urged dialogue while Israeli and Palestinian attacks continued. The weekend saw militants strike an Israeli base in Gaza, killing three soldiers, and an Israeli worker was shot near Tulkarem.
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Zibri
Arafat
West Bank
Arabe
Khitam
Amman
Jordan
Nabil Aburdendi
Bush
Aburdeneh
Israel
United States
PLO
PFLP
George Habash
Damascus
Syria
Sneh
Israel Army Radio
Shimon Peres
Yasser Abed Rabbo
Austria
U.N
Kofi Annan
Annan
Gaza Strip
Tulkarem
Kidney transplant arrives after state fair PA call
Barbara Strickland reports a kidney shipped from Indiana arrived for Albert Strickland at Strang Memorial Rochester. Doctors planned the transplant at 7 am after the anxious drive from Syracuse as staff at the fair helped locate the patient. The donor and recipient were a perfect match and the group praised the fair staff for their crucial role.
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Barbara Strickland
State Fair
Cappuccinli
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