Recycling pledge tested by Onondaga incinerator fuel shortfall
With a $178 million incinerator running short on trash, Onondaga County delays expanding blue-bin recycling. Only paperboard, certain plastics, and junk mail will be added while a new supplemental waste category allows recyclable paper from businesses to be burned. Residents feel betrayed as OCRRA seeks to keep the plant burning, risking bond obligations and the county's 40 percent recycling mandate by 1997.
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Crossing Guards Plight Highlights Health Care Gap
Syracuse crossing guards seek to preserve health insurance as Mayor Bernardi trims budgets. The piece argues part time workers should not subsidize benefits and calls for workable health care reform beyond the Clinton plan, noting 35 million uninsured Americans and uncertainty in Washington.
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Fayetteville-Manlius marks 20th ABC program anniversary
Fayetteville-Manlius High School celebrates twenty years in the national A Better Chance program. Of 123 participating schools nationwide only 24 are public, and F M is the sole public high school in the state with an ABC girls program. Six students are in honors classes this year, guided by Evelyn King who says they exemplify life choices through sacrifice.
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Raw Deal replaces New Deal contract criticized by writer
The author denounces the Contract with America labeling it a Raw Deal for the vulnerable. It argues welfare cuts harm children and the middle class, with no job training, wage increases, or health care. The piece claims corporate welfare favors tobacco subsidies and urges better plans from Congress.
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Mahoney says Assembly stalls on reforms in Albany
In a critique published by the Herald-Journal, Bernie Mahoney argues the New York Assembly and state Legislature remain the top spenders despite efforts to reform. He cites defeated reform proposals aimed at consolidating committees, limiting bills, banning ceremonial resolutions, and reducing taxpayer mailings. He urges action before June recess.
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Syracuse
Baby Richard case reversal shocks adoptive parents
A dramatic Illinois ruling transfers custody from loving adoptive parents to the biological father. The State Supreme Court System explains the decision as in the child’s best interest, highlighting therapy costs and potential long term emotional impact while expressing regret for possible hardship.
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United States
Preventive Services at Risk Amid Budget Cuts
An Onondaga County preventive services worker warns that state budget cuts threaten funding for early family support programs. With foster-care costs rising, the loss of preventive services could force DSS to fund only mandated services, risking a new generation lacking parenting skills and access to needed help.
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New York State Senate
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Sheldon Silver
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