Dioxin halts cleanup at 18 story state building in Binghamton
After a February fire, PCB contamination in the Lyngamtan building led to dioxin traces in Health Department tests. Cleanup is suspended, the building sealed, and officials foresee a six month minimum delay with costs in the millions. Over 200 tested, all negative, 700 workers relocated.
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Binghamton
John Egan
State Office of General Services
State Health Department
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State
Lyngnamtan
Health Department
Phil Taylor
State wins Medicaid dispute over retroactive payments
New York state won a $202 million federal Medicaid dispute. An appeals board ordered the federal government to pay $123 million in retroactive funds for care of mentally ill and mentally retarded residents in state institutions. The ruling ends a long battle dating to 1974 1979 funding shortfalls.
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Albany
New York State
New York
Appeals Board
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HHS
Department of Health and Human Services
Hanson Dies, Eastman School Leader and Pulitzer Winner
Pulitzer Prize winning composer Howard Hanson longtime director of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester has died at 84. He led the school from 1924 as dean shaping American musical education and earned the 1944 Pulitzer for his Fourth Symphony before retiring in 1964.
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Rochester
Howard Hanson
Eastman School of Music
Hanson
Music School
George Eastman
Eastman Kodak
Eastman School
Robert Sproull
University of Rochester
America
Foreman says jury liked Harris in murder trial
The jury foreman Russell Von Glahn said the eight women and four men who found Jean Harris guilty of second degree murder felt empathy for her. He noted the jurors believed her state of mind but sided with the evidence and the law, with a minimum sentence of 15 years to life.
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Jean Harris
Tom Snyder
Herman Tarnower
Snyder
New York
Yonkers
von Glahn
Torm Snyder
Harris
Scarsdale
Herman Tarnowner
Tarnower
Joel Aurnou
Mrs. Harris
Crime Victims Bill of Rights Proposed in New York
A 15 point Crime Victims Bill of Rights seeks codification in New York state the first such effort nationwide. The measure would require law enforcement to keep victims informed from investigation through disposition and plea terms while ensuring access to financial social services and secure court areas. It urges protecting victims from retaliation and preventing perpetrators from profiting at victims expense.
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Robert Mindlin
Newhouse
New York
New York State
Ronald A. Zweihel
Crime Victims Compensation Board
Zweibel
Binghamton Mayor Libous Won't Seek Fourth Term
AP reports Binghamton Mayor Alfred Libous a Republican, 52, will not run for a fourth four year term in November, citing private business opportunities and family considerations after first being elected in 1969.
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Binghamton
Alfred Libous
Libous
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