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  • N.J. GOV SLAMS PLAN

    08/30/2002 11:03:25 AM PDT · by mware · 28 replies · 227+ views
    New York Daily News ^ | August 30th, 2002 | Greg Gittrich
    N.J. Gov Slams Plan By GREG GITTRICH DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Friday, August 30th, 2002 New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey has staked his claim to New York City's most sacred land - telling lower Manhattan rebuilding honchos they'll decide what rises at Ground Zero "over my damn body," sources said. McGreevey's comments outraged officials on the New York side of the Hudson River - and threatened to snarl talks between the two states about the fate of the World Trade Center site. "If he thinks that New York is going to let other people decide what happens at Ground Zero,...
  • McGreevy Apologizes, Admits No Money For Rebates

    08/01/2002 10:36:00 PM PDT · by Intolerant in NJ · 3 replies · 144+ views
    Philadelphia Channel 10 | 1 August, 2002
    Meanwhile, back in Trenton, Governor Jimmy McGreevy today apologozed to the people of New Jersey and announced that there was not enough money available in the budget to send out annual Homestead Rebates to Jersey taxpayers. He admitted that his staff had warned him weeks ago that funding was short and said that he should have made the situation known to the public earlier. The rebates, usually mailed during July, are a return of a small portion of the state income taxes for the previous year to the taxpayers, and are targeted especially to the elderly and lower income groups....