New York overrides veto abolishing full value tax rule
The Legislature voted to repeal the 1788 full value property tax rule and adopt fractional assessment. Governor Carey condemned the override as temporary avoidance. Legal challenges are expected. the bill ends decades of delay and shifts toward new assessment practice.
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Carey
New York
Public Interest Research Group
The
Business Council
Warren Anderson
Senate
Ghl
Hugh Carey
Nine Mile Point 2 costs called unduly pessimistic
Albany AP Former NRC chairman Joseph Hendrie argues it is unlikely a Three Mile Island type accident will occur in five years and calls the Komanoff contingency estimate of 390 million for Nine Mile Point 2 overly pessimistic. He testified at PSC hearings with John Young and Saul Levine who noted project cost rises from 381.7 million in 1974 to about 3.6 billion now.
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Albany
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Joseph Hendrie
State Public Service Commission
Komanoff
Charles Komanoff
Consumer Protection Board
Oswego
Romanoff
Hendrie
NRC
Three Mile Island
Pennsylvania
John Young
Saul Levine
John Kieb
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Kiel
Niagara Mohawk
PSC
Rosemary Pooler
Syracuse
Jasen Reappointed to New York Court of Appeals Until 70
Albany AP reports senior judge Matthew Jasen will serve four more years on the Court of Appeals due to a mandatory retirement age. The New York Senate unanimously confirmed his reappointment after Judiciary Committee approval. Jasen, 65, from Orchard Park near Buffalo, welcomed the vote and said he looks forward to continuing on the bench.
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Albany
New York
Court of Appeals
State Senate
Matthew Jasen
Jasen
John Marchi
Staten Island
Jason
Senate
Judi
Orchard Park
Buffalo
Fire at Hill Haven Nursing Home Injures 18 in Penfield
A Penfield nursing home fire injured 14 residents and four others as 60 to 70 people were evacuated from the top floor wing of the Hill Haven Nursing Home complex. Officials call the blaze accidental possibly due to careless smoking amid a string of Rochester area fires with several suspicions.
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Penfield
UPI
Rochester
West Webster
Patrick Morris
Monroe County
Andrew Meloni
Nursing Home
Rochester-area
Morris
Hill Haven Nursing Home
Meloni
Eddie the Chimp in spotlight again at Buffalo zoo event
Eddie the Chimp, Buffalo Zoo’s oldest resident and a national star in his day, is honored by about 200 officials with a Sunday birthday party. The celebration notes his wartime newsreel fame, war drives, and later TV success, and invites public gifts for Toys for Tots.
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Buffalo
Edward G. Zeller Jones
Eddie the Chimp
Buffalo Zoo
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones
Eddie
Tuesay
Perkins
James B. McCloskey Jr
Marlin Perkins
McCloskey
World War II. Then, Crowds Jammed His Daily Performances At the Zoo
Fox Movietone
Universal
Eddie Pro
Jim
Marines
Infighting Looms In New York GOP Governor Race
UPI reports two top Republicans, Warren Anderson and Jack Kemp, exit the 1982 governor contest clearing the way for intraparty friction. Comptroller Edward Regan gains visibility as others like James Emery Lewis Lehrman Richard Rosenbaum and Ralph Marino consider bids. Anderson cites fundraising and campaign vigor challenges as he stays in the Senate seeking re election.
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Joseph Mianowany
Albany
UPI
Senate
Warren Anderson
Binghamton
Buffalo Area
Jack Kemp
GOP
Kemp
Congress
Edward Regan
Buffalo
Anderson
Fice
Regan
Clear
Assembly
James Emery
New York City
Lewis Lehrman
Richard Rosenbaum
Ralph Marino
Capitol
Perry Duryea
Hugh Carey
New York Adopts Fractional Property Tax Assessment Law
Albany AP outlines New York's replacement of the 1788 full value system with fractional assessment requiring uniform percentage valuation of real property across units. NYC and Nassau retain certain methods while rest of state can adopt two-class systems. tax burdens shift with caps and phase-ins. Law takes effect immediately and faces court challenges. costs estimated at 10 to 20 million dollars yearly.
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Albany
New York
New York City
Nassau County
State Board of Equalization and Assessment
Cos
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Douglas Barclay
Roswego
Army
Works Progress Administration
Parks Department
United States
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