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Montauk 59^5 tax consumers' patience No one ever enjoys paying to use a store-issued coupon to taxes. But paying taxes that buy tissue that was on sale at a never end up in the hands of price of two for $ 11. "The cash- NEW YORK: Areas of light rain government tax collectors is ier said I had to pay tax on th'e possible today. High 60-63. just wrong. regular price of $5.99 per Chance of showers tonight. Low It is an ongoing source of pack," she explained. 43-45. frustration for consumers, The 99-cent difference add- LONG ISLAND: Areas of light rain who find themselves subject- ed only a few extra cents in possible today. High 58-62. ed to arbitrary application of sales tax. However, if you Chance of showers tonight. Low New York State sales tax make a large grocery order — 4145. rules by retail stores. Most or buy a big-ticket item — the NORTHERN WESTCHESTER AND consumers are well aware money can add up. I talked to FAIRFIELD: Chance of light rain they owe sales tax on a broad a woman who encountered the today. High 58-61. Chance of range of products and servic- same problem with a large- showers tonight. Low 3841. es they purchase in New screen television. "The store ^Atlantic City NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: York. was running a coupon for a $300 dis- 63-46 Isolated showers today. High 59- However, they are reluctant to pay count on the regular price, but said I'd All forecasts and graphics by 64. A few showers tonight. Low more tax than what they legitimately have to pay tax on the full sales price," Weather Central, 4045. owe — especially when they have she explained. Madison, Wl. doubts that the money will ever be hand- "Were they right?" No. They were wrong. SUNNY @ SHOWERS ^ FT. CLOUDY RAIN > CLOUDY T-ST0RMS (S) SNOW ed over to the state tax department. ® The persistent problem involves the Tomorrow: The New York State sales U.S. CITIES collection of sales tax on purchases tax guidelines. Asa Aarons is a consumer reporter Today Tomorrow made with store-issued or manufactur- who appears at 6 p.m. weekdays on WN- Albany 57/36sh 57/35sh ers' coupons. It shouldn't be too confus- BC-TV, Channel 4, News. His special Dai- Anchorage 57/36pc 54/38sh FORECAST ing. The state issues a publication spell- Atlanta 71/49pc 68/51PC ly News column appears Mondays, Tues- TODAY: Partly to mostly ing out the rules that is available to any days, Thursdays and Fridays. Send your Atlantic City 63/46sh 61/46pc retail store. Baltimore ' 64/41pc 62/44pc cloudy with a few showers. questions to; Ask Asa, P.O. Box 3310, Boston 64/44sh 61/44PC High 62, low 44. Many, apparently, don't bother to read New York, NY 10116 or E-mail him at Buffalo 47/34sh 52/37sh it. [email protected]. Questions can Chicago 50/34pc 57/36PC TOMORROW: Partly sunny One woman told me she recently tried be answered only through this column. Cincinnati 56/35pc 58/38pc with showers possible late. Cleveland 49/35sh 52/36PC High 63, low 45. Dallas 69/52C 63/50t GRIDLOCK SAM Denver. 47/31C 57/36pc WEDNESDAY: Morning clouds, Detroit 48/35sh 51/35PC then afternoon clearing. All city parking Hartford 62/38sh 62/38pc High 60, low 44. to a job site in a truck from Honolulu 83/69PC 84/71sh rules are In effect Staten Island to Manhattan Houston 78/59PC 78/63C THURSDAY: Mostly sunny with today and tomorrow. via Gowanus and the Brook- Indianapolis 54/37PC 60/40pc near normal temperatures. TRAFFIC FORECAST lyn Battery Tunnel, we had a Jacksonville 79/55PC 78/60pc High 63, low 45. FOR TUESDAY, third passenger in a bench Key West 83/74t 83/75S MAY 3, 2005 seat, just behind the open Las Vegas 83/62pc 84/63pc FRIDAY: Increasing clouds From the Met to the Mets, bulk-head door leading to the Los Angeles 68/54pc 69/54pc with rain possible late. New York City is blooming all cargo section, which was se- Miami 85/71t 85/7 It High 64, low 47. over with social events. cured to the floor with pipe New Orleans 78/61PC 78/62c clamps. Orlando 82/61PC 83/63t It's the party of the year Phoenix 87/64PC 86/64PC NEW YORK TEMPERATURES when the Metropolitan Muse- A Trlborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority office^ Richmond 70/43pc 68/48pc Sunday's Max: 64 at 2:59 p.m. Sunday's um of Art holds its costume stopped us, and said the Salt Lake City 62/43pc 67/49t Mln: 51 at 9:28 a.m. Highest: May 1, 87 benefit honoring the late seat needed factory brackets San Antonio 77/60C 75/56t in 2001. Lowest: May 1, 35 in 1880. Coco Chanel, Monday at SAM SCHWARTZ 'San Diego 66/57pc 65/56pc in order to comply with safety Mean temperature: 58, normal, 58. 7 p.m. With such guests as San Francisco 66/51pc 65/53PC Average temperature departure since May Anna Wintour and Nicole Kid- regulations. He said we San Juan 88/74pc 87/75t would not get a summons 1, 0.00; Heating degree days May 1, 7; man, traffic will be stalled to Queens or Long Island. Avoid Seattle 64/46sh 67/51PC this time, but without a word, since July 1, 4520; last year to date, a crawl at Fifth Ave. and the merge with the Grand St. Louis 62/39PC 63/42PC another officer directed us 49/36sh 48/39sh 4714; normal to date, 4619. 82nd St. Central Parkway traffic by exit- Syracuse away from the tunnel. The Washington 65/41pc 63/48 pc Also, the National Acade- ing the LIE at exit 22B, Col- AIR QUALITY my of Television Arts and Sci- lege Point Blvd. Follow signs driver became very upset as FOREIGN CITIES ences will be holding its annu- into the back of Rushing our Job site was right outside Acapulco 91/75S 90/72pc the tunnel, and instead we Good Acceptable Poor al Sports Emmy awards, with Meadows-Corona Park to the Amsterdam 65/45PC 66/50C 1,100 attendees at Jazz at parking lots. had to use the Manhattan Athens 69/49S 67/47pc Lincoln Center. Stay clear of May is Bike Month, and Bridge. What is the nexus be- Baghdad 96/69sh 97/70pc 50 100 150 200+ with many bike events around tween the seat and using the Beijing 82/61sh 75/55sh 60th St. and Broadway at 5 This is the air quality index recorded at 2 p.m. Sunday. p.m. on Monday. town and warmer weather, tunnel? Belfast 61/41pc 60/44sh The highest level is indicated on the chart. David Berlin 62/43pc 65/48pc On Tuesday, there will be more cyclists will be out on Carbon Monoxide 7 Dear David: Bermuda 75^60t 77/64pc another social traffic wharrv the streets. Because cyclists Ozone 20 Tunnel officers are directed Bonn 67/46C 72/52sh my with Harrison Ford and are considered vehicles un- Ultraviolet Index for Today: 6 0 not to let any vehicle they Brussels 67/47sh 7V51sh Roger Altman hosting a Con- der New York State law, Grid- deem unsafe to enter the tun- Buenos Aires 67/47S 71/51S SUN, MOON & PLANETS servation International dinner lock Sam readers know that nel. They could have also giv- Cairo 80/61S 79/58S Sun rises 5:53 a.m., sets 7:53 p.m., rises at 6 p.m. at The Pierre at you must share the road with Copenhagen 58/43sh 63/44sh en you a summons. tomorrow 5:52 a.m., sets 7:54 p.m. Moon 61st St. and Fifth Ave. cyclists, allow 4 feet of space Dublin 62/47pc 64/46sh I can't possibly know if your rises 3:15 a.m., sets 1:41 p.m. Morning between your vehicle and the Geneva ____71/50s 70/51sh Snoop Doggy Dogg will be jerry-rigged brackets were ad- planets: Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Pluto, cyclist when passing, and <« Helsinki 54/35PC 54/35sh performing at the Apollo The- equate but the cop didn't Hong Kong ' 85/69sh 86/68sh Uranus. Evening: Jupiter, Saturn, Venus. atre on Monday and Tuesday never turn in front of or cut off a cyclist, even if they are mov- think so. Perhaps you can get Jerusalem 76/51PC 75/48PC May 8 May 16 May 23 May 30 at 8 p.m., causing traffic tie- a letter from the manufactur- Lisbon 78/58pc 77/56pc ups on 125th St. between ing slower than you are. London 67/48c 65/45sh The Throgs Neck Bridge er or ask for a ruling by the Adam Clayton Powell and Fre- DMV on the safety of the seat. t Madrid 86/53S 85/58pc D o a derick Douglass Blvds. will have one lane Queens- Mexico City 88/56PC 87/55pc New First Q Full LastQ But / think It would be a lot Also, the Mets will be play- bound closed 24/7, and two Montreal 54/41sh 56/39sh lanes from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. easier to have factory brack- Moscow 55/400 54/41C TODAY'S TIDES ing 7 p.m. games against' ets installed. Philadelphia Monday and through Friday. At the George in Nassau 85/73t 86/74pc Washington Bridge, three up Gridlock Sam o Ottawa 57/40sh 56/38sh High Low Tuesday. . 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Con Edison Increases Electric Rates by $104.6 Million, or 1.3 Percent Overall, Beginning April 1, 2005 On March 24, 2005, the New York State Public Service Commission ("PSC") approved a three-year electric rate plan that provides for changes in Con Edison's base rates for delivery service that increase revenues by $104.6 million starting April 1, 2005, and by an additional $220.4 million on April 1, 2007. Delivery service base rates have been increased by $85 million for customers served under electricity rate schedules PSC No. 9 - Electricity and PSC No. 2 - Retail Access, by $19 million for customers served under PASNY No. 4, and by $0.6 million for customers served under Economic Development Delivery Service ("EDDS") No. 2. The following tables show the effect of the electric rate changes on selected monthly bills of most residential and small commercial customers served under PSC No. 9 - Electricity: Service Classification No.l - Residential and Religious No.7-Residential and Religious-Space or Space and Water Heating No,2-Oenera|-§mjMI Summer (4 Months"^ Winter (8 Mpnths) Summer (.4 Months) ' Winter f8 Months') Smnmer (4 Mpnths) Winter f8 Months') Monthly Energy Usage Old New Old New Old New Old New Old New Old New- in Kilowatthours Bill Ml Bill Bill Bill Bill M M Bill Bill Bill Bill

10 $ 12.19 $ 12.96 $ 12.19 $ 12.96 $ 12.19 $ 12.96 12.19 $ 12.96 $ 14.91 $ 15.49 $ 14.81 $ 15.39 250 50.68 51.77 50.68 51.77 50.69 51.88 50.69 51.88 57.87 58.69 55.40 56.10 300 59.00 60.19 58.49 59.64 59.00 60.33 58.50 59.77 66.81 67.69 63.84 64.58 400 75.66 77.02 74.13 75.38 75.81 77.20 74.27 75.08 84.71 85.70 80.75 81.55 450 '84.00 85.45 81.95 83.25 84.32 85.66 82.28 82.37 93.66 94.71 89.21 90.03 500 92.33 93.87 89.76 91.12 92.81 94.10 90.27 89.65 102.61 103.71 97.66 98.52 1,000 175.62 178.07 167.94 169.84 177.07 178.53 164.51 162.5r 191.37 192.96 181.48 182.60 1,500 258.92 262.26 246.12 248.54 260.32 262.95 231.46 235.38 277.25 279.18 262.42 263.68 5,000 841.99 851.62 793.36 .799.51 843.10 853.93 700.12 745.43 778.93 779.16 726.72 724.63

Service Classification ("SCI Qytjr the Present Rates From la No. 1 - Residential and Religious - Voluntary Time-of-Day 3.53 5.18 No. 2 - General - Small - Time-of-Day 0.23 1.69 No. 4 - Commercial and Industrial - Redistribution -0.14 5.64 No. 4 - Commercial and Industrial - Redistribution Time-of-Day -0.40 16.90 No. 4 - Commercial and Industrial - Redistribution Voluntary Time-of-Day -3.20 -2.50 No. 5 - Electric Traction Systems 0.07 1.94 No. 5 - Electric Traction Systems - Time-of-Day -1.00 -0.70 No. 6 - Public and Private Street Lighting -19.30 213.50 No. 7 - Residential And Religious - Voluntary Time-of-Day 5.35 6.10 No. 8 - Multiple Dwellings - Redistribution 0.78 4.96 No. 8 - Multiple Dwellings - Redistribution - Time-of-Day 0.70 1.50 No. 8 - Multiple Dwellings - Redistribution - Voluntary Time-of-Day -2.20 -2.00 No. 9 - General - Large -0.36 7.81 No. 9 - General - Large - Time-of-Day -0.40 20.60 No. 9 - General - Large - Voluntary Time-of-Day -4.70 -1.50 No. 12 - Multiple Dwelling - Space Heating - Non Demand 0.99 5.30 No. 12 - Multiple Dwelling - Space Heating 0.44 6.33 No. 12 - Multiple Dwelling - Space Heating - Tlme-of-Day 0.40 0.90 No. 13 - Bulk Power - High Tension - Housing Development - Time-of-Day 0.05 0.05

SC Nos. 1 and 7 water heating rates and blocks have been eliminated. In SC No. 6, customers with low electricity usage will see above-average increases, because of the replacement of the minimum charge with a customer charge. In time-of-day rate classes, on an annual basis, about 98% of SC No. 4 customers will receive increases of 1.2% or less, and about 94% of SC No. 9 customers will receive Increases of 3% or less. For other customers in those classes, the above average increase is due to elimination of the Industrial Employment Growth Credit program. Components of the MAC have been changed, and MSC and MAC estimates will be filed to become effective for three-month, instead of six-month, periods, beginning May 2005. The 2 Company has made other tariff changes, including: (a) collection of state income tax through electric base rates, instead of through the Increase in Rates and Charges; (b) modification of its low-income rate program in SC Nos. 1 and 7; (c) adjustment of the percentages applicable to the Minimum Monthly Charge and to Rider J and Rider L rate reductions, to yield approximately the same result when applied to delivery service rates as when they were applied to distribution rates; (d) extension of Rider J - Business Incentive Rate; (e) an increase in direct-current charges and extension of Rider T - DC Conversion Program; and (f) adoption of various new charges for services, such as assessing a contract demand surcharge if a customer connects its generator U) in violation of the Company's tariff and charging $109 for a re-inspection visit to a customer's premises if the Company's inspection demonstrates that work by the customer's contractor is Incomplete or incorrectly performed. The percentage increases to the Power Authority of the State of New York and Economic Development Delivery Service customers, inclusive of projected supply costs, are as follows: o Service Classification Percentage Increase CL PASNY Delivery Service - Rate I 2.35% PASNY Delivery Service - Rate II - Time-of-Day 1.89% Economic Delivery Service - Rate I 0.83% Economic Delivery Service - Rate II - Time-of-Day 0.59% Complete copies of Con Edison's tariff amendments are available for inspection at the office of the Public Service Commission, 90 Church Street, New York, New York 10007 and at offices o where applications for Con Edison service may be made. Current tariffs are available on the Company's website, www.coned.com/rates. CONSOUDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC. COREY SIPKIN DAILY NEWS Washington sends Victor Zambrano to the mat early with three-run first, and rlghty never gets up as Nationals pound Mets yesterday to leave Shea with a win. Arm issues aren't exclusive to the Bronx I ometimes the headlines from the the first inning. It is the nature of New Yorkers to view going to talk as the season goes along, as j Bronx get in the way and we forget He sailed stuff high in the zone. He hit a their teams in black and red, in positives friends. It'll be more like, 'How you doin'? 'that the Yankees aren't the only ones couple of batters. He gave up nine hits and and negatives. If the Yankees stink, then How's your family?'" l mGround here with major pitching gaps. seven earned runs in 5 /3 innings, and then there is a need to balance the ledger with The Mets are one game out of first place The potholes don't end at the Triboro there was nothing left to do but get ready excessive expectations for the Mets. today, facing their old nemesis, Atlanta. It Bridge. for another roll of the dice today against The two teams are both home now for is a series with real potential, because the The Mets suffer their own vagaries over the Braves — with Aaron Heilman on the nearly a week, which is something you rotation has rotated correctly. If the Mets at Shea, personified yesterday by Victor mound. rarely see. And so the comparisons and win two of three, if Pedro Martinez and Zambrano, who had a Kevin Brown kind Zambrano got jeered, as if this downfall the traffic jams are inevitable. The Yan- Glavine win tomorrow and Wednesday, of start in an 11-4 loss to Washington. The were some shocking de- kees are underachieving. then the Mets are tied with the Braves rotation, never deep or particularly impres- velopment, but everybody The Mets were over- again and the good feelings endure. g sive, is paper-thin now without Kaz Ishii should know by now that achieving. They came Then comes an off day, and the tornado and Kris Benson. On most days, it is all the Met staff is not exact- into yesterday's fiasco again. If Benson, Ishii and maybe Steve Tr- that Willie Randolph can do to put on a ly the 1963 Dodgers. A ranked sixth in batting achsel come back, if two of the three offer brave face, and pull a starter out of his couple of pitchers, like and seventh in ERA some real help, then the Mets gain stabili- t/) cap. Jae Seo and Heilman, among the 16 NL teams,- ty and Randolph can stop scrambling. "I go with the guys I have until we get have managed a couple of yet they were three Meanwhile, the Mets still are a nicer the full troops back," Randolph said yester- surprisingly decent starts games above .500. story than the Yankees. You want Ran- day after the loss. "When we get Benson along the way. But basical- In the first week of the dolph to do well. You wanted the Mets to and Ishii back, we'll be fine." ly, this team is Glavine and Pedro and a season, it was all very different and Joe do well last season, when they were only # Fine? No. Competitive? Maybe. For the three-day tornado. Often as not, Tom Gla- Torre was calling up Randolph to console three games out on July 22. • time being, the Mets are day-to-day, a lot vine is stormy, too. the new Met manager about his 0-5 start. It didn't work out that way. Right now, like their staff. Zambrano is usually one of That is not to say the Mets can't surprise Before the game yesterday •afternoon, a you look at the Yanks and the Mets, at their bad days. some teams this year, or that their record fan held up a sign pointing out that Ran- most of the teams in baseball, and they to ^^ris was a chance for the Mets to pull won't improve considerably from the Art dolph's record was three games better are almost all the same, story. They need • M first-place tie, to sweep a home se- Howe days. It's just that expectations are than Torre's. Willie was asked if he might pitchers. They always need pitchers. o ^JKo continue their forward momentum beginning to zoom unrealistically, mainly give Joe a ring, give him some advice. The Mets don't have enough arms and m and all those hug-me feelings. Instead, because that other. New York baseball "Joe Torre is going to be fine," Randolph , the Yankees might just have the wrong Zambrano put everybody to- glfeep^t'fh|[tt-"'--.team is struggling so badly. ^ones^ [email protected] ' Kaz's bunt is notjtt8Big hit with Willi§ When is bunting for a base hit with Kaz Matsul attempting to lay Vlnny Castllla (two) and Nick Knicks coach Herb Williams was in with runners on base a good idea? one down with two runners on in a Johnson accounted for three of the attendance and met with Randolph When It works, of course. 3-3 tie in the second, getting pitcher swipes. Piazza only has has thrown after the game. Take these two isolated Incidents Victor Zambrano forced out at third NOTEBOOK out l-of-18 runners this season ACES UP: The Mets' second during the Mets' 11-4 loss yester- base. (5.6%). _§eries against Atlanta, beginning day to Washington: "Probably not a good idea," we're probably not even talking STREAKERS: Cliff Floyd's fifth-in- tonight at Shea, includes a rematch First-year manager Willie Ran- Randolph said. "I didn't put it on, about it." ning single extended his hitting tomorrow between aces Pedro dolph had no problem with $119 but (Matsui) probably thought he RUN AWAY: Piazza snapped an streak to 11 games. Johnson Martinez (2-0, 2.17) and John million slugger Carlos Bettran could beat it for a hit. We've been 0-for-13 skid with the three-run (2-for-4) extended his streak to a Smoltz, who is 0-3 with a 4.30 ERA successfully dropping a bunt to set asking him to do that more, but that double, but the Nationals also ran career-high 14 games, tied with despite a 15-strikeout game against up Mike Piazza's three-run double was probably not the right time to wild on him, stealing four bases in Baltimore's Brian Roberts for the Mets on April 10. in the first inning. But he took issue do it.... But if he gets it down. as many attempts. Non-speedsters longest in baseball this season.... — Peter Botte li>- Con Edison Increases Electric Rates by $104.6 Million, or 1.3 Percent Overall, Beginning April 1, 2005 On March 24, 2005, the New YorkState Public Service Commission ("PSC") approved a three-year electric rate plan that provides for changes In Con Edison's base rates for delivery service that Increase revenues by $104.6 million starting April 1, 2005, and by an additional $220.4 million on April 1, 2007. Delivery service base rates have been increased by $85 million for customers served under electricity rate schedules PSC No. 9 - Electricity and PSC No. 2 - Retail Access, by $19 million for customers served under PASNY No. 4, and by $0.6 million for customers served under Economic Development Delivery Service ("EDDS") No. 2. 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Con Edison Increases Electric Rates by $104.6 Million, or 1.3 Percent Overall, Beginning April 1, 2005 On March 24, 2005, the New York State Public Service Commission ("PSC") approved a three-year electric rate plan that provides for changes in Con Edison's base rates for delivery service that increase revenues by $104.6 million starting April 1, 2005, and by an additional $220.4 million on April 1, 2007. Delivery service base rates have been increased by $85 million for customers served under electricity rate schedules PSC No. 9 - Electricity and PSC No. 2 - Retail Access, by $19 million for customers served under PASNY No. 4, and by $0.6 million for customers served under Economic Development Delivery Service ("EDDS") No. 2. The following tables show the effect of the electric rate changes on selected monthly bills of most residential and small commercial customers served under PSC No. 9 - Electricity: Service Classification No.l - Residential and RellglOU? No.7-Residential and Religious-Space or Space and Water Heating No.2-GenerakSmall Summer C4 Months) Winter (8 Months) Summer (4 Months') Winter (& Months^ Summer (A Months) Winter C8 Months) Monthly Energy Usage Old New Old New Old New Old New Old New Old New in Kllowatthours Bill mil Bill Bill Bill Bill m Bill Bill Bill Bill Bill

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A call to a California Hospital spokes- Lucas bending down to make a tackle. sion I-AA. In 43 games at Troy State he LOS ANGELES — Former NFL defensive man was not returned. The Dragons' ball carrier and a blocker had 255 tackles and 11'fe sacks. lineman Al Lucas died yesterday from a "It is with great sadness that we confirm tumbled over his head and back, with the He made the Arena League's All-Rookie presumed spinal cord injury sustained the passing of Al Lucas. At this time, the blocker's leg appearing to hit Lucas in the team in 2003 while playing for Tampa Bay. head. Lucas did not move after falling to "Al Lucas played Arena footbail with while trying to make a tackle for the Los thoughts and prayers of the entire Aveng- the ground. passion and integrity. The entire AFL fami- er organization are with his wife and fami- Angeles Avengers during an Arena Foot- The 6-1,300-pound lineman played two ly extends its deepest sympathies, to Al's ball League game, the team said. ly," team owner and chief executive officer seasons (2000-01) for the Carolina Pan- wife and family as well as his friends, fami- Lucas was taken to California Hospital Casey Wasserman said in a statement. thers, recording 491/2 tackles in 20 games. ly and teammates," commissioner David and all attempts to revive him were unsuc- Lucas, 26, was injured during a first- He attended Troy State from 1996-99 and Baker said in a statement. cessful, team physician Dr. Luga Podesta quarter kickoff return against the New won the Buck Buchanan Award his senior Lucas was married to De-Shonda Lucas said in a statement. York Dragons. Television replays showed season as the top defensive player in Divi- and had a daughter, Mariah.

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