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News from New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF)
For more information: Darcy Wells, Director of Public Relations, 518-785-1900, Ext. 277 or 518-859-1274
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE IS CRIPPLING STATE WORKERS AND COSTING TAXPAYERS MILLIONS
PEF demands protections through new Stop Workplace Violence Campaign
ALBANY, NY — (05/08/2006; 1145)(EIS) — The New York State Public Employees Federation […]

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State Assembly to vote today on gas-tax cap
Senate passed similar bill
By JAY GALLAGHER
Albany Bureau Chief
ALBANY — The state Assembly plans to vote today to effectively cap the sales tax charged on gasoline, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said Sunday.
The cut could result in savings of as much as 10 cents a gallon if local governments cut […]

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Lawmakers, Lawyers Split On Eminent Domain Reform
ALBANY—With opposition from the New York State Bar Association and legal counsel for New York City, the state Senate Judiciary Committee led by chairman John DeFrancisco (R-Syracuse) has passed four bills by three different legislators seeking to protect private property from government taking for private economic development purposes.
After the […]

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Reform amnesia –TimesUnion.com
A year after the Legislature pledged to mend its ways, much remains to be done
What happened?
It was only a year ago that the state Legislature passed the budget more or less on time, and without any vetoes, overrides or litigation. The same session was marked by early but crucial steps toward shedding the […]

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POWER COALITION: Republican activity and money
The Gazette revealed last month that Wojtaszek’s Republican ally, state Sen. George Maziarz, paid Zito nearly $20,000 for four months of work on his staff in 2001.
The job from Maziarz and the work for the coalition occurred while Zito was living on a disability pension and would have had to […]

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FAILING OUR STUDENTS
By Bob Confer
It’s been said that knowledge is power. Most definitely, knowledge and the use thereof has been the key to America’s economic success of the past two centuries as well as our astounding impact on the rest of the world. Calling upon our mental acumen and hands-on skill sets, we have […]

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Nozzolio’s spending dwarfs other local reps
By Anne Gleason / The Citizen Auburn, New York
Saturday, May 6, 2006 11:51 PM EDT
One of Albany’s best-kept secrets has just become public, and Cayuga County residents can now see the disparity in member item spending between its five elected state representatives.
Member items in the state Legislature, or funding awarded […]

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The Record - Take part in effort to reform New York
Take part in effort to reform New York
That’s why a coalition of reform groups - working together under the umbrella of the New York Public Interest Research Group - is sponsoring “Reform NY” Lobby Day on Tuesday at the state Capitol in Albany.
The coalition is […]

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As Suozzi Shouts and Bares His Knuckles, Spitzer Merely Shrugs
Thomas R. Suozzi is looking for a fight.
Last month, Mr. Suozzi, the self-proclaimed insurgent Democratic candidate for governor, declared that if he ran the state, he would veto the entire state budget, and challenged his better-known opponent, Eliot Spitzer, to specify his position. Then, Mr. Suozzi […]

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Future of Bernzomatic plant is in limbo
WBEN
MEDINA, N.Y. Another factory is moving operations overseas and laying off American workers.
The Bernzomatic plant in western New York has handed out pink slips to nearly 200 workers, leaving the future of the plant in limbo. Shocked employees were given the news on Friday afternoon at the plant […]

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