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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1977
Page
8
Albany lawyers Albert and Kirsch and their Buy Rent group control about 60 Troy buildings and are among the county’s top tax delinquents. County official James Coyne says six landlords owe back taxes, with foreclosures possible under Troy in rem procedures despite loopholes.
City proceedings tighten controls as owners and firms push certiorari on 1978 assessments. Lawyers including Albert & Kirsch and Malone Smith & Hanft filed for multiple property holdings. Buy Rent and Miorin Properties mark foreclosed parcels and planned city acquisitions while discussions consider buyers owing back taxes.
City Manager Duncan Barrett said the city will print a delinquent tax payers list next year. Councilman Steven Dworsky cited $600,000 in uncollected water and sewer rents and proposed budgeting about $5,000 for initial printing in the 1978 budget. He said collected property taxes from the list should cover future printings.
A Rensselaer County Court jury deliberates after a yearlong case accusing William Liberty and Martin Pulver of involvement in a gang related sodomy and reported incident in Poestenkill. The witnesses described a van in The Swamp and the alleged assault by Breed members.
Archbishop Joseph T. Ryan, coadjutor to Terence Cardinal Cooke, will be principal speaker at the October 30 Appreciation Night honoring former Troy City Manager John P. Buckley. The New York City-based prelate will travel for the Mario's Theatre Restaurant event and is noted for World War II service with the First Marine Division and valor citations in Peleliu and Okinawa.
Msgr William Slavin 69 of Our Lady of Victory Church Troy is hospitalized in fair condition at Albany Medical Center with an undisclosed illness. He entered Sept 26 and has held key roles including national secretary of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association in 1958 and 1960, director of the Pontifical Mission for Palestine, and the sole American on Pope Paul VI's 1964 Palestine pilgrimage. He later became Archbishop of Anchorage in 1966 and coadjutor to Cardinal Cooke in the U S Military Ordinate in 1975. J Leo Quigley said testimonial dinner tickets are available citywide.
The readable fragments mention Samaritan hosts and parents names amid a garbled list of individuals and dates. Vague references to October events and a public notice context appear, with no clear action or outcome due to the damaged text.
The Troy Housing Authority board awarded ADT Security Systems a $45 541 contract to install 12 CCTV cameras at the Taylor and Ahern Apartments with two monitor feeds in Building 4. Surveillance runs 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. on weekends and 6 p.m. to midnight weekdays.
The Citizens Action Party opened its campaign with a 21-point platform urging integrity in government tax relief on sales and water, recalls for misconduct, youth centers, and reforms to curb bureaucracy. Candidate Dr. Carolyn Brignola promotes citizen meetings and safer streets in Troy and Rensselaer County.
Democratic candidate Robert A. Stierer claims County Executive William J. Murphy misstated welfare costs. He says after federal and state reimbursements, the net county taxpayer obligation is 6.62 million dollars, not 24 million.
The Enlarged City School District Board of Education schedules a 8 P M session in the high school library with public questions allowed before and after. The Lansingburgh Board of Education holds a 7 45 P M workshop in the Knickerbocker Junior High board room. The Noble Callahan American Legion post Unit 237 plans a special meeting at 14 First St Troy at 7 30 P M Wednesday.
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