News Headlines for September 1994
A waterborne parasite, cryptosporidium, has shown up in urban watersystems, including the ones in New York City. The parasite is especially harmful to people with weakened immune systems, but healthy individuals can usually fight off the parasite without experiencing any of the symptoms, most notably, diarrhea. According NBC Dateline, the number of diarrhea cases at two New York City hospitals nearly doubled.
New York City Mayor Giuliani (Republican) may not back his party-mate candidate for Governor George Pataki. He is waiting to hear what Pataki has laid our for the City before endorsing him for the position. Being the incumbent, Governor Mario Cuomo's (Democrat) views on matters are more well known. While Giuliani disagrees with some of Cuomo's views, he states that ``in other areas, Mario Cuomo has been very, very good to the City of New York and he has the interests of the city at heart.'' While State Senator, Pataki voted against city school construction funds and against equalizing the education aid formula.
Riverbank State Park in Manhattan, an artificial recreation area built atop a sewage treatment plant, is the center of controversy over a smelly problem -- overwhelming odors emanating from the plant. Despite pledges from politicians and advanced engineering to reduce odors, the North River area reeks of rotten eggs. Harlem residents from 120th Street to 159th claim they are a victim of environmental racism.
Russian president Boris Yeltzin is also in town. He is here to encourage more action in the economic partnership between Russia and the United States to further along his reforms.
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