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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1998
Page
5
Sen Strom Thurmond becomes the second senator to cast 15,000 votes marking 44 years in the Senate. Sen Robert Byrd of West Virginia reached that milestone earlier, underscoring long service in Congress.
Police report three men were assaulted in Greenwich Village in the first three days of the month. Investigators say attackers targeted them because they believed the victims were gay, with all victims said to be from New Jersey. Police caution that the victims’ actual sexual orientation is not confirmed.
Governor George Pataki issued an emergency order permitting the Central Synagogue to use the state armory on Park Avenue for Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur. The Moorish style building at Lexington Avenue and 55th Street suffered a fire started by a worker using a propane torch last week, and the order suspends state laws blocking religious observances in the armory.
The American Center for Law and Justice filed a lawsuit in Manhattan against New York City and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, seeking to block a new city rule extending health benefits to unmarried domestic partners of city employees. State Supreme Court Justice Laws declined to issue a block before the Saturday effective date, saying he needed time to study the issue. Vincent P McCarthy argued the law intrudes on state marriage and domestic relations jurisdiction.
New York Harlem organizers of Khalid Abdul Muhmad’s Million Youth March cut turnout estimates from over one million to under sixty thousand. City and state leaders say little event information is shared, leaving officials in the dark about expectations while buses are claimed to be chartered to Harlem.
Senate hopeful Mark Green attacked Rep. Charles Schumer over campaign finance reform during a NYU speech, contrasting their fund raising. Schumer's camp dismissed the critique, citing HMO reforms proposed by Schumer. For the race, Sen. D Amato reported about 17 million raised in a period with 106 million cash on hand, while Ferraro and Green reported smaller sums.
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