The Buffalo Chronicle
The Buffalo Chronicle
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Erie County is right to open a 24/7 shelter. It should show the public the bill.
Erie County is right to open a 200-bed winter shelter on South Park Avenue. But it bid a 24/7 program with local money covering warm nights, and it should publish that cost…
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Erie County’s helicopter deal shows how its purchasing office slipped past its own guardrails
An April audit says Erie County’s purchasing office let one helicopter become two without legislative review, paid a deposit to the wrong vendor and could not document much of its own work.…
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Election Day in Western New York: polls open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. after nearly 100,000 early votes in Erie County
Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Here is where to vote, what is on the ballot, and what record early voting does and does not tell us.
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Buffalo’s school closure plan is headed for changes, with no new vote date yet
The Buffalo Board of Education has not rescheduled its vote on closing and merging schools. The interim superintendent says the plan will likely be modified, and the district warns the deficit could…
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Fantasy Island is still for sale, and Grand Island is waiting to learn what comes next
Seven weeks after the former Fantasy Island site was listed for just under $5 million, no buyer has been announced. Grand Island’s supervisor says the town can only make introductions, and some…
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West Seneca neighbors want a Thruway sound wall, but state rules leave little room for one
Covington Drive residents say Thruway noise has gotten worse since National Fuel cleared trees along a pipeline corridor. The town will price a noise study, but state policy says a sound wall…
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Metro Rail’s newest station is closed while Main Street’s final rebuild runs late
Metro Rail’s DL&W station is closed and trains are single-tracking through downtown while the city’s delayed Cars Sharing Main Street work catches up. A stalled Church Street station rebuild and a 2028…
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Amtrak should say whether the Depew platform is getting a fix or a patch
Crews are finally sealing cracks on the Buffalo-Depew Amtrak platform, more than two years after Amtrak promised a full accessible rebuild. Amtrak should publish the real replacement schedule, and Rep. Tim Kennedy…
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Niagara power and Albany spending frame the Bologna-Sholk race in the 144th Assembly District
Republican Assemblyman Paul Bologna says New York cannot spend its way to prosperity. Democrat Donna Dye Sholk wants unallocated Niagara hydropower sent to Erie and Niagara county households. Here is where the…
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Trump’s $15 billion in farm promises lands days before the midterms, and New York growers want Albany to add diesel relief
The Trump administration has pledged more than $15 billion to farmers hit by record diesel prices in the final weeks before Election Day. Farm groups welcome the help, critics call it a…
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Station Twelve opens its first stores Thursday, 11 years after Amherst was promised a new Northtown Plaza
Five stores open at Amherst’s Station Twelve on Nov. 5, 11 years after WS Development bought Northtown Plaza. Here’s what the town was promised, the permit and tax fights along the way,…
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Erie County’s new South Park shelter will stay open on warm nights, too, and local taxpayers will cover those nights
Erie County’s lease on the former Buffalo Creek Academy began Nov. 1. County documents show the shelter will run 24/7 all winter, with local funds paying for nights the state won’t reimburse,…
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Carney and Trump say a trade deal is back in reach, but Ottawa warns it is “not on the verge” before the midterms
Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Donald Trump spoke Sunday and say their teams will work toward a trade deal in the coming weeks. Canadian sources caution that key elements, led by…
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On Election Day, the Supreme Court takes up Catholic preschools shut out of Colorado’s free pre-K
The justices open their November session Monday and hear St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy on Tuesday, a test of whether states can require religious preschools to follow the same enrollment rules…
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New research suggests New York’s top earners are already near the tax ceiling, and Albany should take note
A Tax Foundation summary of new research puts the revenue-maximizing top tax rate near 48%, close to what New York’s highest earners already pay in combined federal and state rates. With a…
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Seneca voters pick a new president Tuesday, and with it the next negotiator on an unsigned casino compact
Councilor Tina Abrams, the Seneca Party nominee, would be the Nation’s first woman president. She would inherit a compact standoff in which Gov. Hochul says there is no agreement and the outgoing…
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Herzog tells Israel’s leaders to ‘stop climbing trees’ as Arab parties line up behind Eisenkot
Israel’s president opens coalition consultations Wednesday after a deadlocked election. The Arab parties are expected to back Gadi Eisenkot, which would give him 67 recommendations, while Netanyahu privately keeps a unity deal…
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UB will test 20 Flock license plate cameras this spring. Students and faculty want to know why
The University at Buffalo plans a free 60-day trial of 20 Flock license plate readers at campus entrances next spring. Police say it will help solve crimes, while students and faculty are…
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Hamburg is set to vote on a one-year pause on data centers while it rewrites the rules
Hamburg’s Town Board votes tonight on a one-year moratorium on data center applications and permits while it rewrites its zoning rules. West Seneca and the state have already hit pause.
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Kurt Vile, Robert Cray and Alter Bridge make it a guitar-heavy week in Buffalo
Corrosion of Conformity and Kurt Vile start tours in Buffalo this week, Robert Cray plays Rockwell Hall and Alter Bridge closes things out at RiverWorks, with the Goo Goo Dolls’ FeedMore benefit…
