Office of the President

17 April 1981

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
Office of the President
Rockefeller University
New York, New York 10021

Dear President Lederberg:

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Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities

(518) 436~4781

37 Elk Street, Albany, New York 12224

   

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As in past years we have been auditing institutional communication with
members of the State Senate and Assembly in support of our legislative
program. This takes the form of reviewing copies of letters to and
responses from members of both houses as well as reports from cIcu member
institutions of personal meetings and telephone communications with elected

officials,

As of this date we have received no reports of any communication from
Rockefeller University to members of the Senate and Assembly or the

Governor. I hope this is just an oversight in sending us copies. If
it is not, I would appreciate your personal attention to this at your

earliest opportunity.

While the state's budget stalemate persists, it is particularly important
that we keep in front of the Governor and legislative leaders the urgency
of dealing with TAP repair as part of the Executive Budget. We wrote to
you about this in February and again in March. Our 1 April memorandum
to you detailed the elements of additional higher education increases

for the government operated sector recommended by Governor Carey, Speaker
Fink and Senate Minority Leader Ohrenstein on March 31.

We urgently require input from the leaders of our sector. If you have not
already communicated with them on this issue, I would appreciate your
sending mailgrams to Governor Carey, Senator Anderson , Speaker Fink, your

local Assembly Member and State Senator.

Urge that TAP repair along the

lines of the LaValle Bill* be included in the State Budget so that timely
notifications can be sent to students and their families for financial
aid packaging purposes for the semester beginning September 1981.

With your support I am confident we will be able to obtain TAP repair in
time to avoid significant decline in independent sector enrollment next

year.

Sincerely,

theneay OW,

Henry D. Paley

*Raise the maximum TAP award by $500, from $1,800 to $2,300. Increase
TAP eligibility for the minimm award from the present $20,000 to

$30,000 net taxable income.

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