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I sent out this update letter to the NewYorkCoalition database.
Sorry for the delay in updates, I like to send out weekly updates or more often if things break our way. Actually things have been slow trying to find candidates. We have a couple […]

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Buffalo News - Legislators may ask end to control board
By MATTHEW SPINA
Erie County’s control board is poised to leap into a more useful era today, but some of the county legislators it shadows argue it no longer is needed and say they might ask the state to disband it.
“If we do our jobs, it is […]

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Albany roll call
ALBANY — Here’s how your state Assembly members and senators voted on several key issues that came before the Legislature this week.
Assembly
1. A vote to override the governor’s line item veto No. 165 and boost aid to nursing homes by $41 million. Passed 143 to 1.
2. A vote to override the governor’s line […]

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Faso, Weld Seek To Cut Taxation On Gas at Pump - May 2, 2006 - The New York Sun - NY News
ALBANY - As New Yorkers sit in traffic and fume about burning through tanks of $3-a-gallon gasoline, the Republican candidates for governor say they want to suspend the state sales tax at the pump.
A […]

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Lawsuit seeks to enforce sales tax collections from Indian vendors - The Business Review (Albany):
The New York Association of Convenience Stores said Tuesday it has sued the Pataki administration to get it to enforce collections of state taxes on sales of gasoline and cigarettes by Indian vendors to non-Indian consumers.
The association’s president, James Calvin, said […]

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SCHOOL DISTRICTS AGAIN PLAN TO RAISE SPENDING AT TWICE THE INFLATION RATE, STUDY FINDS
ALBANY, NY — (05/02/2006; 1030)(EIS) — School districts across New York State plan to increase per-pupil spending by twice the rate of inflation, and raise property taxes by more than $900 million, a new “School Tax Watch” study by The Public Policy […]

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Buffalo News - Housing track could get faster at 2 campuses
ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Housing track could get faster at 2 campuses
By JAY REY
News Staff Reporter
4/27/2006
Housing for Erie Community College’s North and City campuses could happen sooner than originally scheduled.
The college’s board of trustees gave the go-ahead Wednesday to explore housing opportunities for the campuses in Amherst […]

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New York keeps piling taxes on top of taxes
ALBANY ANGLE
ALBANY — Granted, the state government cannot do much about the high cost of gasoline. But even when given a chance to make a little dent in soaring prices, so far Gov. George E. Pataki and lawmakers have punted.
New York is one of the few states […]

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Immigration boycott shuts down state Assembly
ALBANY, N.Y. — Dozens of lawmakers joined immigrants and their supporters in a national work boycott Monday, shutting down the state Assembly.
The walkout was part of the Day Without Immigrants, an economic protest intended to demonstrate how important immigrants are to the U.S. work force.
Lawmakers marched out of the […]

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