Convicted pedophile recaptured near Rochester
Patrick Distaffen a 39 year old sex offender convicted of sodomy with an 11 year old was recaptured Thursday at Rosato Hotel Lyndonville about 40 miles from Rochester by Monroe County sheriff's deputies following an anonymous tip. He had been on the run for nearly four months after escaping a supervised Fourth of July weekend at his parents home despite a $30 000 bail and private security watching him.
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New York
Patrick Distaffen
Rosato
Lyndonville
Monroe County Sheriff's Deputies
Distaffen
Monroe
William Bristol
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Giuliani's Approval Drops Amid School Chancellor Fight
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's job rating fell to 42 percent in a Quinnipiac College poll, the lowest since his 1993 election. The mayor, who faced battles over appointing a new schools chancellor Rudolph Crew, said re election is years away and unchanged by the results.
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Rudolph Giuliani
Quinnipiac College
Giuliani
Douglas Schwartz
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Rudolph Crew
Crew
Tacoma
Wash
Carol Gresser
Board of Education
State budget balanced despite risks for New York
Albany reports a narrow balance for New York’s general fund ending the year with a 14 million surplus on a 32.7 billion budget, aided by 148 million in agency cost savings. Tax receipts lagged by 71 million led by personal income taxes, with potential $2.7 billion gap next year flagged by Comptroller McCall amid Medicaid reform uncertainty.
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Albany
New York
George Pataki
Patricia Woodworth
Woodworth
H. Carl McCall
Democratic Financial Officer
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