Farmer seeks zoning change to save farm taxes in Colonie
Colonie planning board hears Edward Engel, a long time truck farmer, request rezoning part of his 90 acre farm from commercial to conservation to avoid higher taxes under 100 percent valuation. Officials note end of runway trapezoid zone may force rezoning on about a third of the land while (law) federal rules limit building near the airport. Engel questions assessor methods and warns broad commercial zoning could end farming livelihoods.
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Edward Engel
Colonie
Planning Board
Engel
Albany
Walter Engel
New York
LaRose
Inheritance tax reform spurred by Edward Engel and farmer groups
Edward Engel of Colonie helped ignite a nationwide push that reformed inheritance taxes. He sought relief when gift taxes on a family farm transfer exceeded $22,000, prompting Albany County and national farm bureaus to press for changes. The 1976 Tax Reform Act merged gift and inheritance taxes, raised exemptions, and favored farms kept intact for at least ten years.
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Edward Engel
Colonie
Walter Engel
Edward
Engel
Albany County Farm Bureau
Garry
County
George Scaringe
Scaringe
Field
Field's Assembly seat sparks Colonie GOP succession talk
Colonie and Guilderland voters weigh a town supervisor contest that could trigger a 103rd Assembly vacancy. If Republican Fred Field wins, Gov. Carey may call a special election early next year to fill the seat. Potential successors include Michael Hoblock Jr, Robert Prentiss, and Paul Cardamone, with others named by party leaders.
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Fred Field
Field
Joseph Prenoveau
Hugh Carey
Carey
Ing
Michael Hoblock, Jr
Robert Prentiss
Albany County
Paul Cardamone
Altamont
William Aylward
Aylward
Guilderland
Colonie
Pay raise deferral bill defeated in Congress
Congress blocked a pay raise deferral bill by 233 to 167 on a technicality after a disputed provision would bar future pay raise funds from appropriations. Key sponsors Pattison and Solarz argued the move, while perceived as political, risked limiting recorded votes on cost of living raises. House Speaker O Neill called the bill dead for this session.
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Congress
Washington
House of Representatives
Rep
Edward W. Pattison
West Sand Lake
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
D - Mass
Committee
Charles Whalen
Dayton
Stephen Solarz
Edward Pattison
Castleton Turkey Shoot Tests Skill for Thanksgiving
The Castleton Fish and Game Club hosts a turkey shoot on November 13 from 1 to 5 p.m. using 22 caliber rifles and pistols. Contestants shoot paper targets and clay pigeons for a chance to win about 75 turkeys, awarded to top and bottom performers.
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Castleton
Castleton Fish and Game Club
James Simpson
The
Fish and Game Club
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William Brizzell
Town of Colonie
Engel’s
Brizzell
Frederick LaRose
Dave LO Aang
Harry Garry
New York Farm Bureau
Paign
Watervliet
Cohoes
Hoblock
Prentiss
Cardamone
Jay Sherman
Maris Hart
Republican State Committee
Tom Cairns
Cairns
Ronald Canestrari
Canestrari
Pattison
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