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Drivers Oppose New Plate Fees

Yi-Ke Peng  —  Nov 23, 2009

With the aim of curbing its budget deficit, New York State enacted a new law on Nov. 10 to reissue license plates starting next April for a mandatory $25 fee. Due to widespread opposition, however, the law is likely to be repealed, according to Aurora Valenti, Tompkins County clerk and Department of Motor Vehicle director.

Hevesi Defends Service Record

David Wittenberg  —  Oct 17, 2006

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New York State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi, embroiled in accusations that he used a state employee to chauffeur his wife for more than three years, spoke publicly at Cornell University yesterday, lecturing to an entrepreneurship class about the corporate scandals of the ’90s. Hevesi, a Queens Democrat, has apologized and paid the state more than $83,000.

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