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SENATE STALEMATE ENDS SENATE JOINS ASSEMBLY IN SUMMER RECESS
Albany Update, July 17, 2009
SENATE STALEMATE ENDS SENATE JOINS ASSEMBLY IN SUMMER RECESS
The New York State Senate Democrats and Republicans jointly convened Regular Session on Thursday, July 9th for the first time in 31 days to pass outstanding legislation dealing with authorizing and extending various local tax initiatives, including a New York City tax increase, and other pieces
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STATE ANNOUNCES DELAY IN NEW MEDICAL MALPRACTICE RATES
NEWS RELEASE
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Kermitt J. Brooks Acting Superintendent of Insurance 25 Beaver Street New York, N.Y. 10004
ISSUED 7/08/2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
STATE ANNOUNCES DELAY IN NEW MEDICAL MALPRACTICE RATES
Acting
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"Tobacco Dependence and Diabetes"
To All New York State Health Care Clinicians,
The New York State Cessation Center Collaborative is pleased to announce its next state wide conference call:
"Tobacco Dependence and Diabetes"
May 6, 2009
12 noon – 1:00pm
Presented by Heather Dacus, DO, MPH
Director, Bureau of Chronic Disease Control
New York State Department of Health
Reg
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Obama Administration Appoints New York Physician to Represent the Underserved on National Health Information Technology Panel
Obama Administration Appoints New York Physician to Represent the Underserved on National Health Information Technology Panel
April 7, 2009. Neil Calman MD, president and CEO of New York’s Institute for Family Health, will represent the interests of vulnerable populations on the new Health Information Technology Policy Panel, the U.S. Government Accountability Office announced Frida
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Vito Grasso Honored by American Academy of Family Physicians
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Vito Grasso Honored by American Academy of Family Physicians
(Kansas City, MO) Vito Grasso of Brunswick, NY is the 2009 recipient of the American Academy of Family Physicians Award of Merit.
The award recognizes people who have contributed in a distinguished manner toward the advancement of family medicine. Mr. Grasso was selected by the American Academy
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Albany Update from Weingarten, Reid & McNally
As Board and Commission members of the New York State Academy of Family Physicians prepare to make the trip to Albany for the Winter Cluster and Annual Lobby Day, the main focus at the Capitol is on State budget negotiations between the Governor, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the new Senate Democratic Majority Leader Malcolm Smith. As you are aware, the State’s economic situat
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Paterson State of State 2008
Press release describes highlights of governor's first SOS speech.
Text of January 7 Paterson press release.
IN FIRST STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS, GOVERNOR PATERSON OUTLINES PLAN FOR A STRONGER NEW YORK: TALKS OF CONFRONTING FISCAL CRISIS HEAD ON AND LAYS OUT PROGRESSIVE POLICY AGENDA TO HELP WORKING FAMILIES IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES
Sets Goal o
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Governor Hints at Tax on Wealthy
Albany Update From Weingarten, Reid & McNally
Governor Hints at Tax on Wealthy
The New York Times reported over the weekend that in a wide ranging conversation late last week that the Governor edged closer to a tax on the wealth stating “ Taxing the wealthy is probably going to be part of the solution if the deficit gets any worse, and all indicati
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GOVERNOR PATERSON’S EXECUTIVE BUDGET PROPOSAL
ALBANY UPDATE FROM WEINGARTEN, REID & McNALLY
GOVERNOR PATERSON’S EXECUTIVE BUDGET PROPOSAL
Five weeks ahead of the constitutional deadline for submission of his proposed state budget, Governor David Paterson today announced his proposed budget for 2009-2010 which will address an anticipated deficit of $15B. The proposed budget will include a packa
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Winter Weekend is on January 29 - February 1, 2009
Susan Merola-McConn MD and Mark McConn MD from Fayetterville, NY meets Janet Johnson MD from Cortland NY.
"This is an amazing conference and we meet old friends," stated by Dr McConn. They were all graduates of the St. Joseph's Family Medicine Residency Program in 1989. Thirty lectures, six ABFM SAM Modules, and eleven hands on workshops ( casting, diaphragm fitt
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