Raymour & Flanigan honored for human rights work
Raymour & Flanigan Furniture, based in Liverpool, received the 1999 American Heritage Award from the Anti-Defamation League. The Goldberg family, founders, were recognized for promoting human rights and equal opportunity in the workplace and community. The award dinner in New York City drew about 600 attendees and raised over $500,000.
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Raymour & Flanigan Furniture
Schindler's List
Raymour & Flanigan
Spielberg
Oskar Schindler
Schindler
Goldberg
Anti-Defamation League
Goldbergs
Norman Waxman
National Interior Furnishing and Design
Neil Goldberg
ADL
New York City
Turning Stone names golf director and bank staff changes
ee gi W Bob O Brian named director of golf at Turning Stone Casino Resort to oversee courses nationally. Mark Pedersen to manage Cayuga Bank electronic banking Visa program and ATM network. Barbara Sroka named Grant Avenue office manager with 11 years at Cayuga Bank. USPS associate supervisors include Ackerman Donohue Donnelly Fletcher Pensa Rush Tarwacki.
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Bob O'Brian
Turning Stone Casino Resort
Biasport
Maine
Mark Pedersen
Weedsport
Cayuga Bank
Heill
Pedersen
Grant Avenue
Cayuga Community College
Community Bank
Barbara Sroka
Auburn
Sroka
Finan
State power plant siting process under debate
State officials face a clash over reviving a stalled siting process for power plants in New York. Regulators, lawmakers, and environmentalists argue over a one stop, developer friendly system versus strict environmental safeguards. EPA rulings on permit authority intensified the struggle as PSC proposed amendments to clarify jurisdiction.
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State Departments of Public Service, Environmental Conservation
DEC
Economic Development and Health
Usgen
EPA
State Public Service Commission
Sites under review for new power plants in New York
New York state considers several proposed plants including Athens 1,080 MW gas-fired plant by US Generating Co, Bethlehem 750 MW by Niagara Mohawk, Brooklyn 520 MW by Sunset Energy Fleet, Ramapo 1,100 MW by American National Power and another 1,100 MW by Sithe Energies, Scriba 800 MW adding to a 1,000 MW plant. PSC authority cited. environmental permits to be issued. Environmentalists and some lawmakers criticize the proposal as business-friendly yet flawed, inviting pollution.
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New York State
Athens
U.S. Generating Co
Bethlcaem
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Brooklyn
Sunset Energy Fleet
Ramapo
American National Power
Sithe Energies Corp
Scriba
Soaresew
York State Public Service Conmission
New York
AmerGen targets nuclear plant purchases in growing bid
AmerGen Energy Co aims to buy up to 20 nuclear plants in five years, including Niagara Mohawk's Nine Mile Point units, as it seeks profits from nuclear power. Former PECO leader Dickinson Smith touts PECO’s turnaround under Corbin McNeill, highlighting safety, costs, and efficiency gains at Limerick and Peach Bottom.
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Dickinson Smith
AmerGen Energy Co
Nine Mile Point
Niagara Mohawk
Smith
Americn
AmerGen
PECO
Philadelphia Electric
Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station
NRC
U.S
Peach Bottom
Institute of “Nuclear Power Operations
Three Mile Island
Corbin A. McNeill Jr
Navy
Scriba
McNeill
Aroun
Nuclear
Nuclear Energy, Tristitute
Limerick Station
Weat Peach
Limerick
Bill Jones
NEI
David Lochbaum
Union of Concerned Scientists
UCL
Lochbaum
McNeil
British Energy
United Kingdom
Peco’s
FPECO
Nuclear Electric i
England
Scottish Nuclear
Scotland
Nuclear Electric
British Energy PLC
Britain
Autinber
AmerGen Energy
Schumer pushes patients rights in New York HMO appeal move
U S Senator Charles Schumer visited Syracuse to discuss a federal patients bill of rights and New Yorks Eternal Appeal Law set to take effect July 1. The law creates external appeals through certified agents under state supervision, with internal appeals required first and timelines of 60 days internal and 30 days external.
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U.S
Charles Schumer
Syracuse
State University Health Science Center
New York
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Samoset Resort
Rock
State Power
Albany
Piich
Maureen Helmer
State Public Service Commis
Sion
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Greene County
PSC
NiMo
Rich Kleinstuber
Schumer
Bob Martin
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Senate
Democrats
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