Syracuse mayor says budget balanced after sales tax boost
Syracuse Mayor Roy Bernardi announced the 2000-2001 budget gap of 4.4 million is closed thanks to higher sales tax revenue and retirement savings. He cautioned the gain is not a sign of long-term balance, with councilors calling it a Band-Aid while seeking structural revenue fixes. Local officials noted improved cash flow but urged vigilance and more revenue avenues.
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Syracuse
Roy Bernardi
Bernardi
Police and Fire
Syracuse drug kingpin facing life term in state case
James Yankee Giles, a Syracuse resident previously acquitted in a large federal cocaine conspiracy, is charged by New York state with leading a yearlong shipment and distribution network. The 15 defendants, including Giles, are accused of importing cocaine from New York City and conspiring to sell Class A drugs in Central New York. Giles, Dixon, and Crawford are named as key organizers in the indictment, with potential life prison terms for certain charges.
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James
Yankee” Giles
Syracuse
New York
Giles
New York State
Eliot Spitzer
Massena St
New York City
State Supreme Court
John Brunetti
Paul Carey
Iles
Carr
Levance
Maurice” Dixon
Lester
Crawford
Senior violinist Rose Spance Brightens Nursing Home
Rose Spance, 84, self taught since 67, entertains 28 residents at Loretto Cunningham Skilled Nursing Residence with hundreds of tunes learned by ear. She volunteers four days a week across five floors, recalling how she started after her husband died and now greets each audience member by name.
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Rose Spance
Ose Spance
Spance
Elvis Presley
Syracuse
St. Patrick's
Senior Citizen Center
Heaven
Ida Benderson Senior Center
Mark Todd
Baker
LeMongne Manor
Syracuse St. Patrick's
Tom Young
Loretto
Bernadine Apartments
Loretto Residences
Cunningham Building
Dick Blume
Phy Rose Spance
Bernadine
Loretto's
New Yorks High Speed Trains Target 125 MPH Start
Albany delays push the states first high speed rail project into late summer or fall with seven 280 passenger trains built by SuperSteel of Schenectady. The service would run Buffalo Albany New York City with a Syracuse stop and double end locomotives to avoid NYC turnarounds.
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Buffalo
Albany
New York City
Syracuse
State Department of Transportation
Michael Fleischer
Federal Railroad Administration
SuperSteel of
Schenectady
Fleischer
FRA
State
Amtrak
Deputy mayor Reappointed After Board Debates in North Syracuse
North Syracuse Mayor James Hotchkiss reinstated Deputy Mayor Catherine Cifaratta-Brayton after a period of dispute over a consultant contract and cabinet alignment. The reappointment, announced at the village board's organizational meeting, comes amid partyline tensions between Hotchkiss and three Democratic trustees.
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Catherine Cifaratta-Brayton
North Syracuse
James Hotchkiss
Hotchkiss
Cifaratta-Brayton
Cifaratta
Catherine
Gary Rainbow
Rainbow
Paul Linnertz
Gary Bennett
Cifaratta- Brayton
Ciaratta-Brayton
Victoria A. Swanson
Swanson
Cifarat~ta-Brayton
Syracuse
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