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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1990
Page
5
Police swept several Wall Street bars in a raid aimed at illegal drugs. The Associated Press reports officers, acting on tips, searched premises and detained a number of suspects as part of a broader crackdown on narcotics activity.
New York judge Edward H. Lehner ruled a Wall Street trader could not back out of a 5200,000 deal for an 18 room Nyack Gothic on the Hudson because the home was believed haunted. The buyer, Jeffrey M. Stambovsky, had sought return of his 525,? down payment after learning of ghosts, while the seller, Helen V. Ackley, had not disclosed them. The decision applied caveat emptor to paranormal claims, upholding the contract despite haunted-house lore.
A coalition of human service groups lobbyists and religious leaders launches a $20,000 radio campaign to urge Upstate New Yorkers to write state legislators. The effort targets the Republican controlled Senate and argues delaying the final tax cut phase would ease the state budget and protect poorer residents from higher taxes.
New York Governor Mario Cuomo says his remark that Erie County legislators who refused a transit tax “weaseled” was unfair. He withdraws the term, calling for less negativity and notes lawmakers who gave their word but broke it are in the wrong.
New York State Supreme Court Justice Peter J. McQuillan vacated the 1973 conviction of Richard Moore now Dhoruba Bin Wahad for the 1971 Riverside Drive shooting that wounded two police officers. A new trial is ordered as prosecutorial evidence withholding is cited.
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