Cuomo Reconsiders 4.5B School Aid Plan
Albany Gov Mario Cuomo weighs dropping his Robin Hood style plan to distribute over 4.5 billion dollars in school aid in exchange for a new state budget by April 1. Sources say final sticking point on funding distribution nears settlement after a general agreement among Cuomo and legislative leaders.
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Albany
Mario Cuomo
Cuomo
Two Holiday Inns face age bias charges in Buffalo
New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams filed a complaint with the EEOC against Buffalo Motel Corp and Holiday Inns Inc alleging nine women over 40 were fired after Buffalo Motel bought the downtown Buffalo Holiday Inn. The women, ages 41 to 56, included a banquet manager, hostess, cashier, and four waitresses.
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Buffalo
Robert Abrams
Abrams
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Buffalo Motel Corp
Holiday Inns, Inc
National Corporation
Holiday Inns
Shirley Rock Antinarelli
Sim
Buffalo Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn
Hamburg
Students block apartheid talk at New Paltz campus
New Paltz State University College police and the president investigated an incident in which South Africa consulate official Henning Pieterse was escorted to safety by police after about 30 black students blocked his talk in a political science classroom. The crowd shouted insults and demanded cancellation. Pieterse spoke only about 10 words before being moved.
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NEW Paltz
State University College
Government of
South Africa
Henning Pieterse
New York City
Middletown Times Herald-Record
Pieterse
Stavisky proposes extended year of public education
Assemblyman Leonard Stavisky outlines a voluntary extra year for high school students not aiming for college to improve the transition to work. The plan requires teachers, career counselors, employers, and union officials, with tax incentives if resources are lacking, and would emphasize mastery of job related skills. Governor Ambach favors earlier school entry but Stavisky opposes it, warning early exit could raise unemployment.
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Albany
Gordon Ambach
Assembly
New York
Stavisky
Ambach
Department of Labor
Cuomo signs law letting BOCES earn savings interest
Albany reports Gov. Mario Cuomo signed a bill allowing Boards of Cooperative Educational Services to invest idle funds and earn interest, saving upstate taxpayers about $5 million. The rule change ends a prior comptroller decision that barred such investments.
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Albany
Mario Cuomo
Upstate
Boards of Cooperative Educational Services
BOCES
Edward V. Regan
Upstate Boces
Central New York School Boards Association
Martin S. Auer
Syracuse
Auer
Cuomo
Robert Mullane
School Boards Association
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