Cuomo Tax Relief Debate Signals Broader Budget Clashes
Governor Cuomo pushes an income tax cut but guards against budget hikes via extended emergency taxes. He faces a $4.4 billion deficit and rising costs while critics flag a chaotic budgeting process. The Public Policy Institute notes multiple totals blur actual spending. By year end the General Fund could top $21.2 billion, an April Fool’s joke in spirit.
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Albany
Public Policy Institute of New York
Business Council
It's Not Your Problem Drug Abuse Opinion Column
A columnist argues drug abuse harms all Americans. It costs businesses over 30 billion yearly and causes higher prices, lost productivity, and tax burdens. The piece warns against apathy, urges vigorous anti drug efforts, and notes kingpins profit while society pays the price.
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New York
Arnold Washton
Regent Hospital
United States
North Syracuse nurse helps prevent Route 81 tragedy
Judy Meitze, driving north on Route 81, encountered a car southbound in her lane. She escaped by inches, reported to North Syracuse police, and a roadblock and state police stop helped avert further harm. The incident underscores concerns over alcohol impairment and road safety amid broader calls for arms reduction and medical liability reform.
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Judy Meitze
Judy
Mattydale
Syracuse
H E
Tully
Nuclear winter debate shapes defense policy controversy
Herald Journal reports Undersecretary Richard Perle testified before Congress that Pentagon studies support a nuclear winter scenario from a limited attack. The piece questions readiness to expand nuclear arsenals while noting Perle's hardline stance and suggests fatal risks to attackers and others in potential sun-obscuring firestorms.
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Herald-Journal
Richard Perle
Congress
Pentagon
Earth
Perle
CPR Training Initiative By Niagara Mohawk And Red Cross
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp with the American Red Cross sponsored a CPR training program for employees. Daily sessions were held on personal time. Instructors and volunteers from IBEW Locals 79 and 1484 earned commendations for professional, vital service.
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Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
American Red Cross
IBEW
Niagara Mohawk
Ray Valliser
Walter Massey
Shrine Circus a longtime Syracuse tradition praises support
The Tigris Shrine Temple thanks the community for a successful 1985 Shrine Circus. The event, in its 52nd year since 1933 in Syracuse, aids 19 Shriners hospitals for crippled children and three burn institutes, plus Shrine temple activities. Shrine Circus Committee, Liverpool.
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Tigris Shrine
Shriners
Shrine
Syracuse
Shrine Circus Committee
Liverpool
Lumpectomy equals mastectomy in early breast cancer study
Surgeon comment on a New England Journal of Medicine lead article notes three treatment arms comparing total mastectomy versus lumpectomy with or without regional dissection and radiotherapy. Early results suggest lumpectomy can offer similar survival with better cosmetic and functional outcomes, with cautions about smallpatient selection, need for adjuvant therapy, and limited follow up.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Kenneth E. Gale
M.D
Syracuse
Missed graves at St Marys St Agnes Morning Side prompt inquiry
A Canadian visitor recounts traveling for St Patrick weekend and paying respects to loved ones. They could not locate graves at St Marys St Agnes and Morning Side, prompting concern over missing plots and cemetery records.
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Canada
St. Patrick’s
St. Mary's
St.Agnes
Morningside
Power of Peace Vision by Susan Hunt
A Camillus resident shares a peace philosophy citing A J Muste and urging collective action. The note envisions a world where peace guides words deeds and daily life, inviting others to join the vision of harmony and shared humanity.
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A.J. Muste
Susan Hunt
Camillus
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