Counties to gain carte blanche taxing power in NY
The Temporary State Commission on the Powers of Local Government urges counties and major cities to be allowed unlimited taxation to improve efficiency and planning. The 234 page report details 131 recommendations, funds surplus, and calls for legislative or constitutional action with focus on centralized services.
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Albany
UPL
State Commission On
Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Wagner
Rockefeller OKs college aid bill with board change
Governor Rockefeller signs a multimillion dollar college aid bill for private colleges and expands Bundy Aid from 400 to 800 per bachelor’s degree, with 300 for each associate, totaling 15 million this year and 22 million next year. The bill also cuts New York City’s Board of Higher Education to 11 members with the mayor naming seven and the governor three, plus a nonvoting education president.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
Rockefeller
New York City
Board of Higher Education
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
Columbia University
New York University
Board of Education
New York
Welfare
Commissioner of General Services
Agnes
Chemung
Schuyler
Steuben
Commissioner of Transportation
Broome State School
Broome County
Mislabeled Epsom salts hit upstate New York outlets
Albany New York State Health Department said mislabeling by a New Jersey firm could have sent mislabeled cans of Epsom salt and saltpeter to about 1300 retail drug outlets across upstate New York. The find drew health officials into consumer safety alerts and potential recalls.
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Albany, N.Y
UPI
New Jersey
New York
State Health Department
Lefkowitz probes possible illegal GOP campaign activity
New York Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz is examining whether the Republican Assembly campaign used a covert liberal committee to siphon votes from Democrats. The inquiry centers on the Action Committee for the Liberal Party linked to Harold Relkin and possible channeling of funds from the Republican Campaign Committee.
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Albany
Nyt
Assembly
Perry B. Duryea
Montauk
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Attorney General's Office
Action Committee For the
Liberal Party
Harold J. Relkin
Relkin
Assembly Republican
Charles D. Breiter
Court of Appeals
Action Committee
New York
Buffalo
Duryea
Belkin
Lefkowitz
Republican Assembly Committee
Republican Assembly Campaign Committee
Court knocks out New York massage parlor law
The New York State Supreme Court ruled the citys Massage Parlor Law invalid saying it was too broad and would criminalize any human contact more intimate than a handshake. Justice Martin Stecher granted a temporary injunction and the city plans an appeal.
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New York
UPI
State Supreme Court
Martin Stecher
Norman Redlich
New York State Association of Medical Masseurs, Inc
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