Legislature Agrees Pension Hikes Move Forward Amid Veto Uncertainty
Governor Pataki would review the bill as Senate and Assembly leaders await possible override votes. The plan boosts retiree pensions, average 1100 annually for 60000 teachers and about 550 for 200000 others, funded by a 360 million state pool, with districts and NYC facing costs.
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George Pataki
Hepa
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Joseph Bruno
Chase PC Banking joins with Microsoft Money offer
Chase Manhattan Bank of Connecticut announces Chase PC Banking with Microsoft Money allowing customers to access accounts from desktop or notebook PCs anytime. Features include balance checks bill payments transfers and transaction history plus 24 7 email contact and reminders for due bills.
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Ferguson declares innocence in Long Island train shooting trial
Colin Ferguson, 37, a black Jamaican immigrant representing himself in Mineola, says he did not shoot on the December 7, 1993 commuter train killing six and wounding 19. He argues the real culprit is an unknown white man and rejects an insanity defense urged by former attorneys.
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Nassau County
New York City
Long Island
Olice
Assemblyman to give his ful to charities
Albany freshman assemblyman Robert Prentiss who campaigns to cut salaries will donate his $6,500 stipend as ranking minority member of the Veterans Affairs Committee to veterans groups. A Marine Corps veteran, he argued last fall that New York lawmakers should earn $23,000 annually, and he faced criticism over his acceptance stance.
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Uli
Robert Prentiss
Veterans Affairs Committee
Marine Corps
Prentiss
New York
College fixes up home while it cuts classes
New York Newsday reports York College president Josephine Davis’s official residence, a CUNY owned three story home in Douglaston, received renovations totaling 272,117 since 1991 amid course cuts and program reductions at CUNY. Improvements included landscaping, carpeting, kitchenware, a 19 700 central air system, and bathroom overhauls with library shelving demolished and rebuilt.
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