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NY gov names woman to head boxing commission
- Of roughly 150 professional boxing matches held across New York in the past five and a half years, Ron Scott Stevens missed two. On Friday night, he planned to attend the card in Saratoga Springs - not so much to see prospect James "Buddy" McGirt Jr. face middleweight contender Raymond Joval but to make sure everything ran right.
Paterson signs measure for gas drilling
- Gov. David Paterson signed legislation Wednesday to permit horizontal drilling for oil and natural gas in New York while promising enforcement of environmental safeguards to protect water quality and residents' health.
'Adverse possession' law revised in New York
- New Yorkers will no longer be able to simply mow a neighbor's lawn for 10 years to claim the property as their own.
NY lawmakers OK trooper plea bargaining on tickets
- Legislation headed to Gov. David Paterson's desk would authorize state troopers to plea bargain traffic tickets in local courts, ending a nearly two-year-old ban on the practice.
NY drops claims against Grasso after court defeat
- The four-year legal battle over former NYSE Chairman Richard Grasso's $187.5 million compensation package ended Tuesday when a New York appeals court dismissed claims against him of excessive pay and the state's top prosecutor said the case was closed.
NY court drops last claims against Grasso
- A midlevel New York appeals court Tuesday ordered the remaining state claims of excessive pay dismissed against former New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso's $187.5 million compensation package.