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CITYWIDE


COAST GUARD ARRESTS BOAT OWNER FOUND TO HAVE 3 GUNS ON VESSEL


The U.S. Coast Guard and NYPD Harbor Patrol stopped and arrested the owner of a boat off Liberty Island yesterday on weapons-possession charges, police said.


NYPD Harbor Patrol was called to assist the Coast Guard vessel at about 2:05 a.m. yesterday morning after they stopped the 45-foot charter vessel in the waters off Liberty Island. After searching the boat, officers found three guns on board, including a rifle and a shotgun and Frank Mele, the owner and captain of the boat, was arrested, police said. Mr. Mele, 52, of 1500 Lincoln Boulevard in Weehawken, N.J., was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and various New York City administrative code violations, police said.


– Staff Reporter of the Sun


STATEWIDE


SILVER TO ASK FOR VETO OVERRIDES ON BUDGET


The state Assembly will return to the Capitol on September 20, with its Democratic majority leader saying he will recommend that his members override vetoes that Governor Pataki, a Republican, made in the 2004-05 state budget.


Following a closed-door conference of Democrats at 1 p.m. that day, Speaker Sheldon Silver said he expected the Assembly will convene and override as many of the 195 Pataki vetoes that the chamber can legally consider.


The Assembly can attempt overrides only of vetoes in the two spending bills it approved first earlier this month when the Assembly and Senate finally adopted a budget. Ninety of Mr. Pataki’s 195 vetoes were contained in those two bills. On the other 10 of 12 bills comprising the $101 billion-plus budget, the state Senate gave initial legislative approval and that Republican-controlled chamber would have to override the other 105 vetoes first before the Assembly would get a shot at them. Mr. Pataki vetoed $235 million in spending in the budget and $1.6 billion in longer term borrowing. The governor said the state cannot afford the additional spending.


– Associated Press


LONG ISLAND


HELICOPTER CRASH KILLS TWO


NORTHPORT – Two people died when a helicopter crashed into the water at a Long Island beach on Sunday, police said.


The chopper, carrying only the two people, crashed around 6 p.m. at Crab Meadow Beach, Suffolk County police Officer Heidi Cummings said. One person died at the scene and the other died at a hospital. No cause had been identified. – Associated Press


REGION


REPUBLICAN LEADERS WANT MCGREEVEY OUT


TRENTON – New Jersey’s GOP leaders plan to use the intense spotlight of the Republican National Convention to further their fight to force Governor McGreevey out of office.


Republicans have already aired radio and television commercials and staged demonstrations, arguing that Mr. McGreevey’s decision to remain governor until November 15 unfairly denies voters the chance to choose his successor. Instead, the Senate president, also a Democrat, is to take Mr. McGreevey’s place.


Now GOP officials are hoping national media attention in neighboring New York will keep pressure on the governor. The delegation will also consider a formal resolution denouncing Mr. McGreevey’s plan to stay on, Mr. Kyrillos said. The state has 52 voting delegates, who are to be accompanied at the convention by about 750 alternates, party officials, and dignitaries.


Republicans began calling for Mr. McGreevey’s immediate resignation just after the governor announced on August 12 that he would resign early because of his extramarital affair with a man. Mr. McGreevey has maintained he will not leave office until November 15, saying that homeland security concerns, including those related to the convention, need his attention. State law would allow for an election this November, but only if Mr. McGreevey leaves before September 3.


– Associated Press


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