Word: duryea
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...York, the rhetoric was no less fervid. Republican Perry Duryea, minority leader in the state assembly, is proposing a freeze on local tax rates as he opposes Democratic Governor Hugh Carey's bid for reelection. Duryea also proposes cutting state taxes by $2.2 billion (20%) over four years. Carey, meanwhile, is trying to portray himself as a tightwad and his G.O.P. foes as big spenders. Accepting his nomination last week, Carey denounced "the wretched record of Republican recklessness" and asked: "Who raised taxes eight times in 16 years? They did. And who cut taxes by a billion dollars...
...freshman has many stories to tell after two years of racing. He recounted his experience at Duryea Drive, N.C., where the course crests at the top of the hill and then drops off and flows down into a curve...
...overcome his image as a perpetual No. 2 man. At the same time, Wilson will have to provide strong leadership for a state party that has been badly damaged by Watergate, by the departure of Rocky, its chief vote getter, and by the indictment of Assembly Speaker Perry Duryea Jr. on charges of vote fraud...
...basis with most of the county leaders and the state committeemen, and many of the party workers." Wilson's superb party connections, combined with the generous amounts of political patronage that he can dispense as Governor, give him an inside track for the gubernatorial nomination, especially now that Duryea, his chief potential opponent, is in legal trouble. But the bland Wilson, who has had little visibility, may face an uphill struggle in the general election if opposed by a strong Democrat...
...Allies. Having thus dealt with its Republican Governor, the legislature was ready for Lindsay, a G.O.P. maverick. Duryea, even more than Rocky, bore a grudge against the mayor for supporting Democrat Arthur Goldberg for Governor in the last election. Lindsay, moreover, had no useful allies. As Rockefeller put it, "He's a man without a party." Lindsay was beaten in the Republican primary for mayor and won the election only because he had significant Democratic support. Yet the Democrats did not warm to a man who tends to be abrasive in personal encounters. Says Manhattan Assemblyman Franz Leichter...