Banking bill seeks parity for state savings banks in New York
Albany reports claim New York chartered savings banks have lost 2 billion this year and push to allow par with federal charters. NYPIRG counters will squeeze consumers with higher credit costs and fewer free accounts. Lawmakers aim to pass bills before recess, with safeguards on mortgages, but anti redlining laws may be left out.
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Kenn Peters
Albany
New York State
New York Public Interest Research Group, Inc
Nypirg
New York
Legisla
Ture
Phony papers cited as Jacobson jail escape speculated
New York AP reports Howard Buddy Jacobson may have fled by chartered plane from Teterboro with phony papers after his April 12 Brooklyn jail escape. Investigators say he possibly possessed fake IDs, a passport, and up to 1 million dollars in cash, while authorities search for his girlfriend Audrey Barret and a blue or green 1980 Dodge Aspen. A grand jury probes Anthony DeRosa for allegedly trading places with Jacobson.
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New York
Howard
Buddy” Jacobson
Teterboro
New Jersey
Brooklyn
John Tupper
Jacobson
Manhattan
Bronx
Mario Merola
Rhonda Nager
Eugene Gold
Brooklyn House of Detention
Audrey Barret
Ms. Barret
Ms. Nager
Merola
Kelly Kipp
David Jacobson
Douglas
Albany bridge authority buys Sabres season tickets
The Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority, operator of the Peace Bridge, was found to incur unnecessary expenses including four Sabres season tickets. The audit notes tickets were given to larger customers for PR. Authority chairman David Forman also serves as Sabres executive.
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Albany
UPI
United States
Canada
Buffalo
Buffalo Sabres
Edward Regan
Buffalo and Fort Erie
David Forman
Sabres
Right to know bill approved in Assembly faces Senate review
The New York Assembly unanimously approved a right to know bill requiring employers with hazardous wastes to inform workers of dangers in plain language and to provide annual training. The bill also imposes anti discrimination protections and 72 hour limits for withholding work with toxic substances. The Senate committee and Gov. Carey could amend before further action.
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Joseph Mianowany
Albany
UPI
Assembly
Senate
John Daly
Hugh Carey
Con Ed top spender among lobbyists in 1979 report
Albany The 1979 annual report by the Commission on the Regulation of Lobbying shows Consolidated Edison Co. paid the most lobbying costs of any single group, totaling 260 289, while lobbyists and local governments combined spent about 8.1 million statewide. Other leading spenders include Associated Industries at 129 831 and the Bankers Association at 119 049. Condello and Ryan led firms in client receipts with 464 636 from Mobil Oil and Off Track Betting Corp, while Hutton and Solomon had the most clients.
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Albany
Temporary
State Commission
Consolidated Edison Co
City of
New York
Con Ed
Associated Industries
State Bankers Association
CIT Financial Corp
Industrial Energy Users Association
State United Teachers Group
Condello & Ryan
Mobil Oil Co
State
Hutton and Solomon
Pair sentenced for bank guard shooting death
Buffalo residents Otis Samuel and Arthur Saddler received long prison terms for the murder of Warren Lewis the bank guard during a failed robbery at Manufacturers and Trading Trust Co. Saddler was paralyzed in the incident. Police said Samuel fired the fatal shot and Lewis returned fire. Cooper and Ridgeway await sentencing.
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Buffalo
UPI
State Supreme Court
Frederick Marshall
Marshall
Otis Samuel
Arthur Saddler
Warren Lewis
Manufacturers & Trading Trust Co
Gregory Cooper
Ethel Ridgeway
Samuel
Lewis
Saddler
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