Oil profits tax ruling could lift NY gas prices
Albany reports that a 3.2 billion package to bail out the MTA could raise motorists’ costs by about 12 million annually through a 2 percent tax on oil company profits. The plan would guide funds to upstate highways, bridges, and mass transit while debates over passing the tax to drivers continue.
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Kenn Peters
Albany
Central New York
New York City
Assemblyman
Hy Miller
R-Fayetteville
Centro
MTA
New York
Miller
Onondaga County
Oneida County
Madison County
Oswego County
Upstate
Thority
Long Island Rail Road
Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
Court Limits Coat Loss Recovery for Checkroom Late Fees
New York Court of Appeals narrows when patrons can reclaim full coat value from checkrooms. If a restaurant does not exact a formal fee, damages capped at 75 dollars unless value declared with receipt and negligence proven. $100 with declared value but no negligence. $75 otherwise. Ruling cites Rainbow Grill case at Rockefeller Center. hotels often exact fees. matter requires legislative action for posting conditions.
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Richard J. Meislin
New York Times
Albany
Court of Appeals
State Supreme Court
Hainbow Griffin
Tavern On the Green
Maxwell's Plum
Joe’s Pier 52
Daly
SUNY dorm vandalism cited as major concern in audit
New York State Comptroller Edward Regan says SUNY dormitories suffer increasingly serious vandalism. A 24-year audit of five campuses found safety systems damaged, including fire alarms ripped from walls and exposed wiring. The Dormitory Authority is urged to boost inspections, though budget cuts limit staff. The five campuses audited were Stony Brook New Paltz Albany Binghamton and Morrisville Agricultural and Technical College.
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Albany
New York
State University
State Dormitory Authority
Edward Regan
Reagan
Stony Brook
SUNY
CGE Repalt Laskustinalestris
New Paltz
Binghamton
Agricultural and Technical College
Morrisville
Firefighter disability extension OK'd in Assembly
Albany report notes a bill to extend two years the law on heart disability claims by volunteer firefighters. Sponsored by Assemblyman Michael Bragman, it is backed by the Fire Districts Association and the Firemen's Association of the State of New York. The measure requires insurers to prove a heart condition links to nonvolunteer activity and contrasts with the paid firefighters' presumptive bill. Bragman cites volunteers saving taxpayers about $700 million annually, with roughly 150 000 volunteers in New York.
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Albany Bureau
Albany
Assembly
Senate
Michael J. Bragman
Cicero
Fire Districts Association
Firemen's Association
State of
New York
Bragman
Anti-cult bill eyes last Assembly vote in New York
Supporters seek final floor passage after a 62 to 46 defeat. Howard Lasher hopes 14 of 42 absentees will back the measure to authorize 45 days of parental deprogramming for cult members, with court orders and concerns over constitutionality sparked by opponents.
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Joseph Mianowany
Albany
UPI
Assembly
Howard Lasher
Lasher
New York Civil Liberties Union
Alan Hevesi
Mark Alan Siegel
Fisher-Price ordered to pay 3.1 million to handicapped boy family
A U S district court verdict awards the Ottawa family of a handicapped boy 3.1 million Canadian dollars after he choked on a Fisher-Price play family figurine. The award includes 1.8 million to the boy lain Cunningham plus 775000 to his mother and 525000 to his father with further sums for medical care and lost companionship. The jury verdict and exchange rate determination followed a 1973 suit alleging negligence in toy design and choking risk.
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Buffalo
Ottawa
Canada
U.S
John T. Curtin
Curtin
Alain Cunningham
Margaret
Ronald
Cunninghams
Tain
Jani
Hal Tolley
Fisher-Price
Fisher-Price Play
Quaker Oats Co
Herald Journal Mail Rates And Postage Summary
A historical notice lists Herald Journal subscription prices for New York State and other zones. Rates cover daily and Sunday editions, with separate postages and totals for 1 year, 3 months, and other periods, reflecting mail distribution by zone and paper variant.
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Herald-Journal
The
Herald Co
Syracuse
N.Y
York State
New York Fights Phantom Taxes in Phone Bills
New York Attorney General seeks to return at least 1.3 billion dollars to consumers from phantom taxes included in telephone bills. The suit cites double books at New York Telephone Company, claiming overcharges of nearly 1.8 billion over a decade. PSC approval and tax rules affect possible refunds. Company defends tax benefits and cash flow from tax deferral. Overall phantom collections across utilities cited at about 2.7 billion dollars.
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Maurice Carroll
New York Times Service
New York
New York Telephone Company
Robert Abrams
New Yorker
State Public Service Commission
Abrams
PSC
State Supreme Court
Albany
Anthony Pappas
Pappas
Timothy Gillis
Female cop indicted in slaying faces trial
Veteran Bronx anti crime unit officer Carol Esserman 36 and her partner John Mayer 34 pleaded not guilty to charges after a Bronx grand jury indicted them for criminally negligent homicide and second degree reckless endangerment. The case centers on Esserman allegedly shooting Robert Greene 42 in the back during a March 31 foot chase on Washington Avenue. Greene was said to have turned and pointed a gun, according to the officer’s defense.
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New York
Carol Esserman
John Mayer
Walter Schackman
Bronx
Esserman
Robert Greene
Washington Avenue
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