Spending On Themselves Legislators Spare No Expense
A critical look at New York State spending shows $189 million yearly to support 150 Assembly members and 61 senators in Albany. The piece argues the legislature wastes money on printing failed bills, staff, and extensive "member items" while calling for humility and restraint from lawmakers who spend lavishly on themselves.
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New York
Assembly
Albany
Jules
Costner
Senate
Senators
Your Tax Money At Work The $7-an-hour Button Pushers
The state budget grows by tiny wastes that add up to a $1.5 billion shortfall. Elevators at the Empire State Performing Arts Center have 11 operators at $7 an hour to push buttons for security. Officials sincerely believe these expenses are necessary, highlighting the challenge of curbing wasteful state spending.
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Empire State Performing Arts Center
Albany
State of New York
Terry Lorden
Center
Sweet Sixteen Syracuse Team Ends NCAA run
Cheers erupt for Syracuse University basketball as the Orangemen bow out of the NCAA tournament after reaching the Sweet Sixteen. Coach Jim Boeheim leads a consistently elite program delivering annual national prominence and community pride.
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Syracuse University
Orangmen
Orange Country
Jim Boeheim
Unclaimed nickels fuel debate on bottle deposits
Erik Muehlberger argues against state seizure of unredeemed beverage deposits, noting downstream price impacts, upstate penalties, and distributor role. He contends windfall profits are overblown and urges state centers to handle redemption while distributors focus on sales.
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Cuomio
Talk to the unions over Syracuse industry decline letter
The writer disputes union protections and questions the loss of Syracuse's 22 industries. He cites wages, calls for explanations for Remington Rand Litton Steel Easy Washer Smith Corona Continental Can Rockwell and G E outcomes, and blames unions for blue collar job losses while noting a Plymouth sale.
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Robert Bergman
Syracuse
City of Industry
Remington Rand
Litton Steel
Easy Washer
Smith Corona
Continental Can
Rockwell
G.E
Burdick Plymouth
Plymouth
Freedom Joins Lithuania Independence Front Page
The article notes Lithuania’s 50 years under Soviet control ending with declaration of republic status. It cites Gorbachev’s 34 billion rubles price tag and outlines pollution, deaths, and forced labor abuses over the era. Syracuse Knightly orders offer aid via Lithuanian Catholic Religious Aid in Brooklyn.
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Lithuania
Gorbachev
Baltic Sea
Palanga
Baltic
Siberia
Mr. Gorbachev
Syracuse Council
The
Knights of Lithuania
Vytautas Landsbergis
New Lithuanian Republic
Highland Boulevard
Brooklyn
N.Y
Frank Petrauskas
Syracuse
Submitting Letters to The Herald Journals
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West Genesee High School
Chrestin
West Genesee
America
Herald-Journal
Herald American
Syracuse Newspapers
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