Minority business probe targets Syracuse plumbing firms
A state investigative hearing in Buffalo examined Emanuel B. Henderson Jr. and his firms amid claims of MBE abuses. Witnesses testified Armani Plumbing bought supplies through Henderson's JHP Industrials to meet MBE requirements, with Henderson denying wrongdoing and urging focus on program effectiveness. Lola Lea of the SIC defended the probe as fact gathering for possible law changes.
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Buffalo
State Commission
State Commission of Investigation
Emanuel B. Henderson Jr
Syracuse
Henderson
Central
SIC
Lola
Lea
The
Commission
MBE
Wedgewood
JEP
Tanner
Armani
Cops clash over spying as Georgiade probes abuse of power
Syracuse grand jury hearings focus on the city police special services division amid allegations that police intelligence officers spied on fellow officers. George Georgiade accuses harassment and unlawful surveillance aimed at political figures and his own life. Subpoenas were issued for multiple current and retired officers to testify on possible misconduct within the department.
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John Butler
Police Benevolent Association
Butler
George Georgiade
Special Service Division
Organized Crime Division
Georgiade
Police
Special Services
Grand Jury
Special Services Unit
Evzone
Lee Alexander
Roy Bernardi
Sardino
Alexander
Bernardi
Jaques Zenner
Wortley Meets Northern Onondaga County Voters At Salina Session
Republican congressman from Fayetteville listens as about forty residents voice concerns on PACs, acid rain, budgets, and jobs at the Salina Civic Center. He defends lobbying, cites statistics, and discusses gas prices, Nicaragua, and cutting congressional salaries amid a lively, partisan town meeting.
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George Wortley
Salina Civic Center
Wortley
Onondaga County
Afghanistan
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Pope John Paul
Washington
East Hill Farm crafts guild fosters simple beauty and growth
Dick Case visits East Hill Farm near Geneva where Rochester Pork Art Guild members prep for a Summer Festival of Crafts at DeWitt Community Church. Founding leader Mrs. March started the Folk Art Guild in 1957 and moved to a Canandaigua Lake hillside farm in 1967, creating shops, living quarters, and ongoing experiments in glass, pottery, weaving, wood, printing, and metal.
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East Hill Farm
Geneva
Taylor Champagne
Rochester Pork Art Guild
DeWitt Community Church
Louise Marek
Mrs. March
Guild
Switzerland
Rochester
New York City
Folk Art Guild
Canandaigua Lake
Rast Hill
East Fill
Ben
August
DeWitt
Peasant House
March
Sarah
David
Syracuse
Chautauqua
Paul
Uns
East Jil Farm
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Emanuel Henderson
Syracuse Herald-Journal Metro
Sault
District Attorney's
Frank Sardino
Donald Peterson
Timothy Mumford
Robert Harrington
Manny Leone
Earl
Caruso
Peter O'Brien
Edward Kinsella
Richard Courney
Joseph Brigandi
Syracuse Police Benevolent Association
Herald-Journal
Dick Blume
Stan Evans
Dick Case
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