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Dean L. Balsamini is honored for his dedication to small businesses
Updated Jan 24, 2021;
Posted Jan 24, 2021
Dean L. Balsamini, regional director of the Staten Island Small Business Development Center at the College of Staten Island, is being honored with a Louis R. Miller Leadership Award. (Photo courtesy of the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce/Dom Provenzano)
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By Michael Anderson | Staten Island Chamber of Commerce
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Countless Staten Island small businesses can credit their success to Dean L. Balsamini.
Balsamini’s 35-year career began in the Logistics and Human Resources Department at Western Electric Company Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of AT&T. He moved to Cupertino, Calif., to run the west coast purchasing operations, learning valuable buying experience along the way.
Officials said early mock-ups of the artwork didn’t offer detail in the design of the flashing neon, and there were requests from the mayor’s office to the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency to the Buffalo Arts Commission to have the graphic portions of the sculpture removed.
Lawless claimed artistic freedom, and he had protections on his side.
That was just the tip of the controversy. The Buffalo Arts Commission had just been newly formed at that time, and its mission was to prevent government interference in works of public art and performance.
So, then-Mayor Jimmy Griffin did what you d think Jimmy Griffin might do.
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Judge Scott Delconte is giving the Oneida County Board of Elections until the end of the day January 27 to review voter registrations that had been made through the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles on time but not recorded by that county’s board of elections.
Incumbent Congressman Anthony Brindisi, the Democrat and Republican challenger and former Congresswoman Claudia Tenney are at odds over whether those affidavit votes should be counted.
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On election night, Tenney looked ready to take her congressional seat back, leading by thousands of votes. That lead had been trimmed down to a couple dozen votes.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state judge on Thursday rejected the National Rifle Association’s bid to dismiss or move a lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James seeking to dissolve the gun rights group.
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Justice Joel Cohen of Manhattan Supreme Court ruled six days after the NRA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to protect itself from lawsuits, and said it would reincorporate in the more gun-friendly Texas after 150 years in New York.
James had sued the NRA, Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre and others last August.
She accused the group of violating state laws governing nonprofits by diverting millions of dollars to fund luxurious trips for its officials, no-show contracts for associates, and other suspect expenses.