Albany Assembly approves two bills for cities and public funding
Two bills to provide emergency aid to cities including Syracuse and to raise 6.3 million dollars for statewide campaign financing cleared the Assembly but face Senate doubt. The package also contains a GAAP accounting plan for the state treasury and a retirement benefit enhancement for state workers.
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Bill Bush
Camillus
Syracuse
Miller
Assembly
Senate
State Senate
State Assembly
Alleged murder suspect indicted on robbery count
Daniel Trice, a 24 year old South Side man, was indicted on two counts of second degree robbery and second degree assault plus a fourth degree conspiracy charge. He was arraigned for the March 6 motel assault tied to two women and two teens. The case also touched a prior Tarkowski murder. bail changes occurred during a May hearing. Other indictments followed for multiple defendants on varied theft, burglary, and weapon charges.
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Jim O'Hara
South Side
Arlene Tarkowski
Daniel Trice
Lincoln Ave
Trice
William Burke
Brunetti
Burke
Tarkowski
King and
West Taylor Streets
Edward Sager
Ebury Court
Liverpool
Donald L. Wall Jr
Cold Springs Road
Baldwinsville
Kim Harley
Oakwood Ave
Ricky Alvin Floyd
Elmhurst Ave
Carl B. Reese
W. Onondaga St
Arthur Crawford
South Ave
Robert J. Thomas Jr
Ballantyne Road
Fire damages two city apartment and trailer sites
A South Side Mulberry Square apartment complex suffered extensive damage after a mattress fire broke out near 7:55 p.m. A 27 year old woman escaped with cuts from a broken window while her three children were saved by a security guard. Five other units were affected by smoke and water. A separate 5 a.m. fire damaged a James Street construction trailer owned by J G A Construction with interior walls and ceiling largely damaged. cause under investigation.
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Mulberry Square
Pat Ward
Nicole
George Jr
Abran
R.C. Elser
South State St. Complex
James Street
J.G.A. Construction
Lassman
Saunders guilty of attempted reported incident in court
County Court Judge Patrick JF Cunningham convicts Raymond T. Saunders 36 of first degree attempted reported incident first degree sexual mistreatment and unlawful imprisonment involving a 28 year old cerebral palsy victim. Saunders faces 1.5 to 4.5 years minimum and up to 5 to 15 years with sentencing set for August In.
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Patrick JF. Cunningham
Raymond T. Saunders
Mountainview Ave
Cenningham
Saunders
Michael Ringwood
Garrett to head state VFW in New York
Melvin Garrett 33 was sworn in as Commander of the New York State Department of the VFW at its annual convention in Hotel The Rochester resident is the first Black to hold the post, the state organization’s top position. He is a Senior Technologist at Consumers Union and leads 700 posts with 109000 members. Garrett helped organize VA hospital services and veterans advocacy in state and federal legislatures while urging balanced national defense spending for veterans. He chairs the Westchester Veterans Advisory Board, served in the U S Army in the Far East in World War II, joined VFW in 1952, and is a life member of Aaron A Lewis Post 6396 in Mt. Vernon.
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Melvin Garrett
New York
Garrett
United States
Westchester Veterans Advisory Board
Westchester
U.S. Army
Far East
VFW
Aaron A. Lewis
Mt. Vernon
Westchester County
Policemen Plan Boycott of City Hall Awards Ceremony
Syracuse Police Benevolent Association to boycott Monday’s City Hall honors over how many police awards are issued and a protest over Officer Richard Simone’s consideration tied to the Raul Mora case. PBA president Stanley Prue cites a seven award limit and a contentious committee process, with union members angered by Simone’s low scoring despite his role in rescuing a person from a burning Eastwood building. The award decisions rest with a special administration committee reviewing thousands of police reports.
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Syracuse
Police Benevolent Association
City Hall
Stanley Prue
PBA
Frederick Scharoun
Prue
Richard Simone
Simone
Raul Mora
Eastwood
Mora
Syracuse Police Department
Police Union
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New York State
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pancho Salazar
Galicia
Spain
Vietnam
Board of Estimate
Albany
Buffalo
Rochester
Yonkers
Richard Roth
Warren M. Anderson
the State Teachers’ Retirement System
Hugh L. Carey
Edward V. Regan
Scott Dillenbeck
W. Jefferson Sr
Kathryn M. Hunsinger
Cannon St
Hunsinger
Police Department
Rod Carr
Alice McGee
E. Raynor Ave
Patrick Derby
Berger Ave
Robert John Hedrick
Kirseh Drive
Mattydale
Richard Morgan
Ringwood
Ham
Robert Tisdell
Horner Wheaton Park
Mountainview Avenue
State
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