Accord on assessments would let towns set values locally
Albany officials unveiled a study bill to end a state mandate for full value assessments and let municipalities choose their own methods. The plan preserves home rule, allows classification systems, and includes a property tax freeze if an assessment shift raises bills, with NYC limited to its own options.
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Kenn Peters
Albany Bureau
Albany
Court of Appeals
Assembly
Stanley Fink
Senate
Warren M. Anderson
Frank Padawan
Rqueens
John Esposito
Queens
Fink-Anderson
Anderson
Fink
Hugh L. Carey
New York City
Finkview Fink
Hellerstein
James L. Hmery
State funds flow again as budget is approved
After 42 days without a budget New York money is flowing again. About 300000 tax refund recipients were told the checks are in the mail as the 166 billion budget was approved. Medicaid payments to hospitals and nursing homes are being readied and paid within a week. State employees paid with scrip will get real checks soon. The spring borrowing will help school districts receive most of their money in the first quarter with banks ready to lend. Schools should receive state aid payments by month end.
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Albany
Karen Townsend
Social Services Department
Richard Chady
Karen Collen
State Department of Audit and Control
Assembly and Senate
Cullen
James Rourke
State Education Department
Bottle bill backers rally at Albany
Proponents push a bottle bill in New York requiring a 16 cent deposit on beverage containers and banning pull-tab tops on cans. Assemblyman Oliver Koppell says 76 sponsors back the measure though retailers and the bottling industry oppose it. Suffolk County already passed a similar law set to take effect next year.
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Albany
Suffolk County
Koppell
Welfare Hike Approved by Governor Carey in New York
Gov. Hugh Carey signed a bill to raise the basic welfare grant by 15 percent starting July 1, boosting the family of four maximum to 296.70 dollars. The move costs the state about 120 million dollars yearly and shifts cost fully to the state.
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Albany
New York State
Hugh Carey
New York City
New York
Two Boys Charged in Drowning Deaths Near Queens
In Far Rockaway New York two 7 and 9 year old boys were charged with juvenile delinquency in the drownings of four year old cousins Ferguson Evans and Jabril Broomfield found in a four foot deep drainage basin near the Atlantic. Neighbors reported sighting the youths throwing rocks and police noted uncertainty about foul play, with parents alleging it.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
Far Rockaway
Queens
Furguson Evans
Jabril Broomfield
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National Council of Women
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Herald Journal
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National Shakespear
Woodstream Corp
Wads Sport Shop
Sampo Inc
Fredon’s
Reliable Sports & Loan
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John Martino Martino
Oneida Lake
Silver
Diana Jewelry, Inc
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Skyline Apartments
Fayetteville
Hiphondge Sita Fayeneuite
Ib Steel
Syracuse Auce
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