Weather Dampens Plans Across Syracuse Area
Rainy spell disrupts golf lessons and local business. Speakers note 18 days of rain since Memorial Day, with 55 percent odds of above normal rainfall. Farmers report planting delays, retailers see flood of customers for tanning and pool items, while construction slows on decking and installations.
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Speicher
National Weather Service
Syracuse
Skaneateles Lake
Lake Ontario
Weather Channel
Lnis
Peter DiAngelo
Pacific Ocean
DiAngelo
Kay Wirz
Witz
William Hooker
Liverpool
Tim Jordan
Syracuse Pool & Pato
Jordan
Florida
Arturo's Funny Menus Move To New Mattydale Site
Arturo's owner Belge plans a late August move to a larger Mattydale location where he will own the building. The restaurant will keep its humorous menus featuring items like pizza with Dom Perignon and a nominally titled sloppily named dishes. Belge recalls starting menus in the 1950s and aims to retain regulars from Syracuse University and Le Moyne while attracting new customers.
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Arturo
Mattydale
Belge
Syracuse University
le Moyne
Syracuse
East Syracuse-Minoa High School
James Street
Brooklyn Man Is Sentenced In Medicaid Fraud Arson Case
A Brooklyn contractor received one to three years in prison for setting fire to a Bed-Stuy medical center to destroy records tied to a $16 million Medicaid fraud scheme. Ronald A. Scaglione and Jay Weinberg faced related charges as co defendants in the arson and fraud case connected to Bed-Stuy Health Care Corp.
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New York
Brooklyn
Edward J. Kuriansky
Ruth Moskowitz
State Supreme Court
Ronald A. Scaglione
Higs
Imme
Scaglione
Fulton Street
Bedary Health Care Corp
Jay Weinberg
Sheldon Weinberg
Jay
Ronald Weinberg
Missing HUD records for 173 foreclosed homes raise $7.2 million gap
HUD Denver regional office cannot locate records for 173 foreclosed single family home sales totaling 7.2 million dollars over five years. Auditors question whether files are misplaced or funds missing. Inspector general report criticizes record keeping and lack of transfer confirmations. Acting administrator Isaiah Kelley says files are in storage and will be retrieved.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Denver
HUD
Isaiah Kelley
Federal Archives
Kelley
Indiates
Inspector General
Eee
New Manafort Testimony Ties HUD to 1986 Subsidy Case
Paul Manafort testified before a Government Operations subcommittee about links between his firm Black Manafort and the Reagan era HUD. He described a 1986 meeting involving Deborah Gore Dean and Samuel Pierce Jr. and a former HUD official now with Black Manafort. A New Jersey subsidy application soon followed for 326 units tied to a Sea Brook complex.
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Paul J. Manafort
Manafort
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government Operations Subcommittee
Deborah Gore Dean
HUD
Samuel R. Pierce Jr
Laurance Gay
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
Seabrook
New Jersey
Seabrook project tied to large HUD funding and lobbying
The Seabrook apartment scheme would cost taxpayers about 31 million dollars in rent subsidies to low income tenants over 15 years, while generating tax credits for developers. Victor Cruz and Paul Manafort led the project with Black Manafort Stone Kelly, facing questions about influence peddling as HUD approval was expedited through political connections and a limited open process.
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Sidy
Seabrook
U.S. Treasury
Victor Cruz
Connecticut
Paul Manafort
Subcommittee
Manafort
HUD
Cruz
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
DCA
Black
Investigations Open Into Housing Programs Focus Areas
Federal probes target three housing program areas including Section 8 abuses and embezzlement by HUD contractors. Investigators examine favoritism claims involving political allies such as Manafort Watt and Brooke in Ohio and Island Park Long Island, with scrutiny of closing agents and local HUD offices.
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Washington
Justice Department
Congressional
HUD
Jack Kemp
Island Park
Long Island
Geraldine McGann
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Atlanta
John Lewis
D-Gaz
Andrew Young
Black Manafort
Pierce
Greg Stevens
Thomas Kean
William Connolly
State Housing Authority
Cruz-Manafort
Upper Deerfield
Tom Lantos
D-Calif
Lantos
Charles J. Schumer
D-N.y
Housing Department
Che
Interior
James G. Watt
Fred Bush
Campsie
Robert Weinberger
Edward W. Brooke
John N. Mitchell
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