Heating aid demand soars amid deep winter in New York
Albany reports about 3,000 calls daily on heating assistance as New York spends or commits roughly half of the $223 million federal allotment. About 150,000 non welfare applications, a threefold rise, seek one time benefits 100 to 290 dollars for heating fuel. Payments total about 29.5 million, averaging 218 per family. 180,000 SSI recipients will receive about 150 each this month. 21 million set aside for public housing. eligibility varies by building. Toll free line is 1 800 342 3821.
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State Department of Social Services
Department
New York
Abscam case tied to Guccione casino plans and bribe talks
Publisher Robert Guccione says a key Abscam operative offered to arrange a multimillion-dollar loan for his Atlantic City casino project if he bribed the chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission. He recalls the approach as part of a larger Abscam probe and testifies alongside ongoing government statements in Brooklyn.
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Robert Guccione
Abscam
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New Jersey Casino Control Commission
Associated Press
Mel Weinberg
Justice Department
New Jersey
FBI
U.S. District Court
Brooklyn
Congress
U.S
Edward J. Plaza
Plaza
Weinberg
Casino Control Commission
Boy Dies In Fire In Cohoes Apartment Building
In Cohoes a 4-year-old boy identified as William Buck Jr. died in a kitchen of an upstairs apartment after a fire trapped him. Firefighters battled the blaze with a water supply lowered by a partially frozen hydrant. the boy’s parents Grace and Billy Smith and others escaped. Authorities say he may have been unintentionally left behind as residents fled.
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William Buck Jr
Grace
Billy Smith
Amy
Smiths
Karen
John Buck
Christopher
Rensselaer County
John J. Marra
Boy Killed by Car While Operating Snowmobile in Arcade
Deputies reported a 5-year-old, Peter Peziol, was crossing Genesee Road near Youngers Road in Arcade when a westbound car struck the snowmobile he operated. He died at the scene after the 6:45 p.m. Saturday crash. The car’s driver was not charged.
NYC Prepares Drought Emergency Over Low Reservoir Levels
Mayor plans to declare a drought emergency as northern reservoirs reach a 15 year low. Water waste penalties will rise and the drought rule includes recycled water use in car washes, closed ornamental fountains, and stricter meter monitoring for commercial sites. Delaware River Basin Commission cut the city’s water share by 80 million gallons daily. City requires consumption reduction from 1.4 to 1.25 billion gallons daily to avert shortages before spring melt.
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USP
Ide
Ward Koch
Delaware River Basin Commission
New York City
Delaware River
John Cunningham
Department of Environmental Protection
Harris will disclose will in Tarnower case in White Plains
Westchester County Judge Russell R. Leggett ordered disclosure of Jean Harris's handwritten will, despite defense claims of privacy. Harris, 57, former Madeira School headmistress, is charged with murdering dairy diet doctor Herman Tarnower at his Purchase estate on March 10. Prosecution says jealousy over another affair. defense argues she acted in a suicide attempt. Dr. Henry Ryan testified Tarnower's wounds likely resulted from a struggle with Harris.
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Westchester County
Jean Harris
McLean
Milllionaire
Purchase
N.Y
Harris
Tarnower
Henry Ryan
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