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Susan B. Anthony to Amy Post, December 2, 1866 A New York State Constitutional Convention was held in June, 1867. During the last months of 1866 and the beginning of 1867, Anthony and Stanton organized a series of meetings throughout the state "to adopt measures to engraft the principle of universal suffrage upon the constitution of the state." With this letter Anthony enclosed a press release announcing the meeting to be held in Rochester on December 11, 1866. Speakers were to include Stanton, Lucy Stone, Charles Lenox Remond, and Frederick Douglass. Notice that working women were offered free tickets.
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Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911 out of New York State's total 18,976,457. Were it an independent state, it would be ranked 13th by population.
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New York State mortgage foreclosures in the first six months of 2007 roughly equal the total number of foreclosures in New York State for 2006. According to the New York State Banking Department's report the 2007 Spring Review, more than 50,000 foreclosures were reported in New York for 2006, which was a 40% increase from the previous year. According to RealtyTrac, 49,000 foreclosures were filed in New York during the first six months of 2007. This foreclosure rate is highest in the subprime market, particularly for loans carrying adjustable rate mortgages.
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On June 17, 1852 the New York State Temperance Society met in Syracuse for its annual convention. Susan B. Anthony, Gerrit Smith, and Amelia Bloomer were delegates appointed to the convention by the Woman's State Temperance Society, which Anthony had founded the previous April. Because the convention refused to accept the credentials of the women delegates or allow them to speak, the women and their supporters adjourned to the Wesleyan Chapel where they held their own meeting. Anthony delivered a speech, which was published in the July, 1852 issue of the Lily. It is one of her earliest addresses.
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"With about 11,000 commercial chiller systems in New York State alone, the energy, economic and environmental benefits of improving chiller efficiency are huge," said NYSERDA President F. William Valentino. "Even incremental improvements in chiller efficiency will result in substantial cost savings and reduced power plant emissions. NYSERDA is pleased to help yet another New York State company develop a new product that contributes toward this State's energy, economic, and environmental goals."
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ALBANY, N.Y., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New Yorkers for Responsible Lending (NYRL) converged in Albany today to urge Governor Eliot Spitzer to take effective action in assisting the thousands of New York homeowners facing foreclosure. The NYRL coalition comprised of 136 civic and community groups from across New York State, presented a letter to the Governor on October 18, 2007, calling on him to include foreclosure prevention funding in his executive budget.
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