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lohud.com The Journal News WP 9A SPECIALNOTICES SPECIALNOTICES Jae G. Lucero, a lifelong resident of the Tarrytowns died January 14, 2017. Jae died just two weeks short of her 102nd birthday. Born January 25, 1915 in North Tarrytown, she was the daughter of Frank and Maria Gurrieri. Jae had been a member the Sleepy Hollow Seniors and the Tarrytown Canteen of the Neighborhood House.

She was a parishioner of St. Teresa of Avila Church and had been a member the Catholic Daughters. only daughter Dolores Dove predeceased her. She is survived by her son-in-law Harold Dove, her 5 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Also surviving is her niece Violet Zelyez.

Visitation will be at Coffey Funeral Home on Friday from 9:00 A to 11:00 AM with her Funeral Mass to follow at St. Teresa of Avila Church at 11:30. Interment will follow in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Sleepy Hollow Seniors would be appreciated. To leave condolences, visit www.coffeyfuneralhome.

com Coffey Funeral Home, Inc. 91 North Broadway Tarrytown, NY 10591 914-631-0983 LUCERO JAE Kathleen Sexton 79, Hawthorne, N.Y. died on Jan.16,2017 at her residence. She was born on June 29,1937 to the late Michael and Winifred Garvin in Co.Mayo, Ireland. Kathleen was very devoted and supportive to he family and especially her husband Dermot, whom she loved dearly.

She enjoyed gardening and bird watching and also loved looking at the ocean. Kathleen is survived by her devoted husband, Dermot Sexton of Hawthorne, N.Y. and by her loving children, Patty Ann (Victor) McStay of Croton, N.Y. and Bill (Janine) Sexton of Goldens Bridge, N.Y. four sisters, Mary Tighe of England, Veronica McGrath Ireland, Sarah Ann McGreal Scarsdale, N.Y.

and Evelyn Sexton of White Plains, N.Y. also survived by her six cherished grandchildren, Rory, Shannon and Connor McStay and Samantha, Jack and Michael Sexton. Predeceased by one brother, Michael Garvin. Reposing, Hawthorne Funeral Home on Friday, 4-8 PM. Funeral Mass, Holy Rosary Church, Hawthorne, N.Y.

on AM. Interment, Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y. In lieu of flowers donations to Hawthorne Fire Dept. Ambulance 25 Home Street Hawthorne, N.Y. 10532 would be appreciated.

HAWTHORNE FUNERAL HOME 21 West Stevens Ave. Hawthorne, New York 10532 914-769-4404 SEXTON KATHLEEN Gloria M. Shaw, of Larchmont, passed away January 16, 2017 at age 90. She was born February 15, 1926 in Italy. Gloria worked fo many years as a bank manager at Chase in Mamaroneck.

She is the beloved wife of the late Nathan Shaw and the cherished mother Chris Shaw and Keith Shaw. She is also survived by 2 loving granddaughters, and dear sister to Ida Bajakian of Bergenfield, NJ. She is predeceased by her sister Goldie Cancro of Ocala, FL. A memorial Mass will be held on Friday 10am at Sts. John Paul RC Church followed by interment at Beechwood Cemetery.

For more information to place a condolence, www.coxe andgraziano.com. GLORIA M. SHAW AGE: 90 LARCHMONT Today we are remembering that nine years ago you were called to Heaven. We were all blessed to have you in our lives and forever grateful for how you guided our family with your unconditional love and gentleness. Love Your Family In Memorium MARTIN PRAUDA Cuddy Feder Founding Partne Robert Feder Passes Away at 86 The attorneys and staff of Cuddy Feder LLP mourn the passing their partner and colleague, Robert Feder, age 86, of White Plains, on Jan.

14, 2017. A Senior Partner at Cuddy Feder LLP, the law firm he founded in 1971 with William Cuddy, Bob was considered a genuine legal icon by his colleagues and the many attorneys he mentored during his distinguished legal career. Known for his brilliant legal mind, insightful business acumen and tireless devotion to his many clients, Bob was the recipient countless honors and awards and was recognized on many occasions as a true legal visionary and leading real estate, land use and business attorney in Westcheste County. But service went beyond the law he had a deep devotion to public service in the White Plains region and to innumerable charitable causes with respect to legal ustice, performing arts, education, health care and historical values. Among his many institutional contributions were his chairmanship of the White Plains Hospital Board, his presidency of the Legal A id Society of Westchester, and his service as a commissioner the White Plains Housing Authority, among others.

He was also an ad- unct professor at Pace Law School and Columbia University Graduate School of Business. We extend our deepest condolences to his beloved wife, Marjorie, his children, grandchildren and his entire family. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Robert Fede Nursing Education Fund at White Plains Hospital Foundation, 41 East Post Road, White Plains. FEDER ROBERT Purchase College and the Purchase College Foundation Board of Trustees extend thei heartfelt sympathy to the family of longtime Trustee Robert Feder. Robert Feder is remembered fo his dedication to higher education, health care, legal aid, and the arts.

His generous support of student scholarships, stewardship of the Purchase College Foundation, and patronage of The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College will be deeply missed. Thomas J. Schwarz, President Lucille Werlinich, Chair FEDER ROBERT My Ricky, Happy Birthday my sweet prince. Memories last a lifetime. Through my tears I close my eyes remembering every cherished stage of your life.

Still missing and loving you so. Till we are together again you have all of my love for all of my life. Your heart broken Mom Happy Birthday RICK STEVEN SERVELLO Obituaries atLohud.com.Searchbynameordate.Obituariesandphotographs orsharememoriesonlineatLoHud.com/obits. Formakinga Charitable Donation accordingtothe LoHud.com/obits andfollow theprompts. coupling it with a modest cut for the middle class.

The plan also includes a $1 billion boost in funding for schools, while not anticipating any loss in federal aid from the possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act, according to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, R-Suffolk County. budget is also expected to include his proposal to expand ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft statewide, as well as a proposal to allow movie theaters to sell alcohol. Taxing the rich The tax brings in about $4 billion a year to the coffers, and fiscal conservatives have urged Cuomo and the Legislature to let the tax expireat the end of the 2017. But with a roughly $1 billion budget gap for the fiscal year that starts April 1, Cuomo appears poised to try to get lawmakers to keep the tax as a way to increase spending in some areas. Flanagan said budget proposal couples the tax extension with an income-tax cut for the middle class, a strategy Cuomo also took in 2011 and 2013.

The proposal would cut income taxes for those making between Assembly members at the executive mansion near the Capitol, leaving individual lawmakers to leak out details to the public. As of Tuesday afternoon, Cuomo had yet to publicly release his spending plan. He set to brief the media until Tuesday night. But senators emerged from a nearly two-hour session with Cuomo Tuesday afternoon and explained some of the plans, such as keeping the so-called millionaires tax that is set to expire at end. proposal, as told to lawmakers, would extend a soon-to-expire higher tax rate on the wealthiest earners, ALBANY Gov.

Andrew Cuomo wants to retain higher taxes on the wealthy to balance the books and increase spending on schools by about $1 billion. The Democratic governor privately unveiled his $152.3 billion state budget proposal Tuesday to groups of senators and $40,000 and $300,000, but Flanagan said the exact deduction was not clear. Flanagan reiterated his opposition to the tax, saying the state should look to cut taxes instead. agree with Flanagan told reporters in the driveway as a light rain fell. will be a major source of The tax was first put in place in 2009, when the state was dealing with a budget gap during the depths of the recession.

If the tax is not re-authorized, the highest tax rate would drop from 8.82 percent to 6.85 percent at end for individuals earning at least $1 million and couples earning $2 million or more. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, said Tuesday the tax should be kept, pointing to proposals by President- elect Donald Trump that would help the rich. tax, we would like to see an Heastie said. going to be federal action; We are told that will probably make some of our millionaires more millionaires or more We believe this is the time for us to do this; there are a lot of spending priorities that we have to Break from tradition decision to privately brief lawmakers breaks from at least two decades of tradition at the Capitol, where governors each year have given annual budget addresses laying out their spending plans for the coming fiscal year. Several Senate Republicans said there were few surprises in latest budget proposal, since he unveiled many of his proposals in a series of six State of the State addresses last week.

State of the State addresses, however, included few details of how the governor plans to pay for his initiatives, which would be included in his formal budget plan. much new in there, in terms of what I could Sen. Rich Funke, R-Penfield, Monroe County, said Tuesday. the governor told us today is much of what he said over the last two While the budget would limit the increase in the state spending to less than 2 percent overall, budget includes his previously announced plan to allow for free SUNY tuition for households who earn less than $125,000 a year and spend $2 billion to boost the clean-water infrastructure. Lawmakers, though, have been leery of the SUNY tuition plan, saying estimate that the initiative would cost about $163 million a year appears too low.

Policy issues Cuomo appears poised to tuck various policy issues into the state spending plan, a strategy often used by governors to try and get thorny proposals through. Among them: A proposal to allow ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to expand across the state, which would require a change in state insurance law. Ride-hailing was a brief topic of discussion during the private budget briefing, according to Flanagan and Sen. James Tedisco, R-Glenville, Schenectady County. Funke, meanwhile, said lawmakers provided much detail in terms of how much insurance the companies would be required to carry and whether local governments would have any ability to opt out or regulate the industry, which helped sink the issue in 2015.

The Rochester-area senator said Cuomo also proposed allowing alcohol sales in movie theaters. As of now, movie theaters have to have a table at each seat in order to apply for a liquor license. Flanagan said budget anticipate any loss or gain in federal funding from the promised repeal of the Affordable Care Act, known colloquially as Obamacare. Budget would keep tax Plan outlined in private briefings JOSEPH SPECTOR ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF AND JON CAMPBELL ALBANY The state has a $152.3 billion budget. Finding out in it for the upcoming fiscal year proved challenging.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday dropped the Capitol tradition of giving a public address to detail the state budget, instead giving private briefings to lawmakers at the mansion down the street. The Capitol press corp initially was told it would get its own briefing at 2:30 p.m., but that the information would be embargoed until 7 p.m. Reporters rejected the arrangement. Then office said the media would get a 7:30 p.m.

briefing, which was streamed online on the website: http://www.ny.gov. Details about the budget were released online around 8:30 p.m. The move broke from what has customarily been done: Governors would provide thick budget books and details about the spending plan in advance of the public address. Good-government groups knocked the rollout of the budget, saying the documents on how taxpayer money may be spent are too important to not be made more available to the public and the press. are dismayed by this Susan Lerner, executive director for Common NY, told reporters.

budget is the basic document by which the priorities of the state are set. It has an impact on every single New Yorker, and it should be a completely open, transparent and participatory process from the very first moment until the After a two-week state tour to lay his 2017 agenda, the Democratic governor had a Tuesday deadline to propose his spending plan for the 2017-18 fiscal year. Cuomo broke from traditionwith the State of the State speeches too: Not holding an address before the 213-seat Legislature was a first since the 1920s. Instead, he held six regional addresses. are really distrustful of government, and I wanted to say to them this year, coming to you.

bringing government to Cuomo said Sunday on a New York City radio show. not going to sit in Albany and talk to the politicians and expect that going to go to Albany or going to figure out how to find out about what government is he continued. going to come to you. going explain our vision and what it means for you in your New York faces its first significant budget gaps in recent years, with a projected deficit of about $1 billion that could more than double over the next two years. Cuomo has offered a series of measures that could test his fiscal restraint since taking office in 2011.

Cuomo has pledged to keep state spending growth to less than 2 percent a year, despite major increases in school aid in recent years. This year, Cuomo is proposing a free tuition plan at the 64 SUNY campuses for qualified students, as well as billion clean water fund. He also is seeking a child-care tax credit for the middle class and a 750-mile recreation trail that stretches across New York. The budget will then go to the Legislature, which has a March 31 deadline to have an on- time deal. Cuomo keeps budget plans under wraps Finding out in proposal for upcoming year proved challenging JOSEPH SPECTOR ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF ALBANY Gov.

Andrew Cuomo is proposing an increase of $1 billion in aid to the nearly 700 school districts. The aid increase, about a 4 percent hike, would bring the support for its school to nearly $26 billion, the most per capita of any state in the nation. Cuomo outlined his spending priorities Tuesday to state lawmakers in private briefings at the executive mansion near the state Capitol. The proposed school spending by the Democratic governor is about half of what was sought by the state Board of Regents, which oversees education policy in New York. The board last month asked for more than $2 billion in the coming fiscal year, including $290 million to expand pre- kindergarten and increase aid for English- language learning programs.

The state teachers union, the New York State United Teachers, said it was looking for more specifics in the plan. Proposed state aid by school district was not set to be released until at least Tuesday night. always, details matter, and we look forward to working with the governor and Legislature on a final state budget that invests more strongly in our public schools, colleges and health care the union said in a statement. The state Legislature has until March 31 to approve an on-time budget for the fiscal year that starts April 1. Lawmakers typically add more state aid for schools during budget negotiations.

Last year, for example, Cuomo proposed a $991 million increase, but he and legislative leaders ultimately agreed to up it to $1.5 billion a 6.5 percent hike. The Alliance for Quality Education, a union- backed group, said $1 billion proposal for the next fiscal year would not be enough. time for the governor to stop just talking about two public education systems, one for the rich and one for the poor, and get serious about ending educational inequality that has grown to record- setting levels due to his the legislative director, Jasmine Gripper, said in a statement. MIKE GROLL, AP The State Education Building is seen through an archway at the state Capitol on Feb. 23, 2016, in Albany.

NY school aid could grow by at least $1B Aid increase would be about 4percent hike JOSEPH SPECTOR ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF.