March 2016 – The Buffalo Chronicle

The Black Lives Matter Movement and the 2016 Democratic Presidential Campaign

March 23, 2016

BY KATRINNA MARTIN-BORDEAUX Date: Saturday, March 26: Pratt Willard Community Center Location: 422 Pratt St Buffalo, NY 14204 Time: 12:30-2:00 Speakers Katrinna Martin- Bordeaux, Young Black Democrats of Western New York Joan Simmons, Niagara Frontier Movement for the Advocacy of African American Human Rights Lion

The conspiracy to destroy Joe Mascia unfolds

March 20, 2016

On Monday, the Buffalo Common Council met at their regularly scheduled caucus, where members review agenda items ahead of their Tuesday committee meetings. The meeting discussed the BMHA’s pending request for a $250,000 grant to cover its ongoing operating deficit

Zellner shakes down patronage loyalists at birthday party, says Martin-Bordeaux

March 17, 2016

Jeremy Zellner, the chairman of the Erie County Democrats, is being accused of shaking down party loyalists for $250 under the premise of a birthday invitation, alleges Katrinna Martin-Bordeaux, the Chairwoman of Young Black Democrats of Western New York and a

Three unsolved mysteries at City Hall begging for answers

March 14, 2016

BY MIKE HUDSON Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster is known for running one of the most secretive administrations in recent city history. Freedom of Information Law requests need to be filed in order to obtain even the most routine public

SolarCity financial woes leave spinoff in limbo

March 14, 2016

BY THE NIAGARA FALLS REPORTER The company at the center of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “Buffalo Billion” initiative and the stated reason Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster and city Planner Tom DeSantis spent $165,000 of taxpayers’ money on a largely worthless piece of

Dyster’s follies cost taxpayers

March 13, 2016

BY MIKE HUDSON For Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster, it’s not about the destination but the journey. Which is why, since taking office in January 2008, the city has been subjected to numerous and lengthy forays into the unknowable unknown,

Robert Moses to be renamed “Niagara Scenic Parkway”; Why not just remove it?

March 13, 2016

BY JAMES HUFNAGEL Strike up the band, join the parade, wave the flag and pop the bag. The politicians are renaming the Robert Moses Parkway, to the Niagara Scenic Parkway. Please curb your enthusiasm. Especially since, instead of renaming it, they

Will a road by any other name still cause controversy here?

March 13, 2016

BY MIKE HUDSON While lawmakers representing Niagara County may lack the political will to remove the Robert Moses Parkway, the state Senate has recently taken the bull by the horns and moved to change the road’s name. Sen. Rob Ortt

West Side residents concerned about school board candidate’s qualifications

March 12, 2016

BY C.B. MILLER West District school board candidate Jennifer Mecozzi has residents concerned over her lack of educational and professional credentials that would qualify her to sit on the governing board of a agency that controls nearly a one billion dollar annual

Flaherty, Flynn to mix politics on St. Patrick’s at Irish Center bellwether

March 12, 2016

BY TONY FARINA Just in case you are a newcomer to these parts, we’d like to remind you that St. Patrick’s Day next Thursday (March17) is more than a celebration of Irish and Irish American culture, it is the starting

Development dealings to determine Seneca presidency

March 12, 2016

The presidency of the Seneca Nation of Indians is typically decided at a caucus of candidates within the Seneca Party, a dominant political force within the Nation that controls the Tribal Council and the gaming corporation’s Board of Directors. The

State investigation clears Steve Pigeon of wrong doing

March 10, 2016

The State Police investigation into the campaign fundraising activities of the revered political operative G. Steven Pigeon has found no evidence of wrong doing, a local elected official tells The Chronicle. The State Police investigation stems from a May 2015 raid of the

Harris gears up for school board run

March 8, 2016

Adrian Harris is a passionate advocate for public education and a well reasoned critic of the school board’s majority bloc led by Carl Paladino. He is a professional educator with the Lancaster School District and holds a Masters Degree in

Hochul silent on holding center murder of India Cummings

March 3, 2016

BY A.J. BELL In the aftermath of a murder at the Erie County Holding Center that killed a healthy 27 year old woman named India Cummings on February 17, activists are calling for Erie County Sheriff Timothy Howard to resign. Howard

Something demonic is happening in Buffalo’s County jail

March 3, 2016

BY CHRIS STEVENSON Early last week Edward Berezowski , 54, was reported as found hanging in his cell by his jail-issued pants. According to the Buffalo News he died on Friday, August 17. He was said to have told deputies he was going

Democrats still want Panepinto to step aside

March 2, 2016

The embattled freshman State Senator Marc Panepinto is doubling down on a reelection effort amid calls that he step aside in light of a tenure rocked by ethics controversies that include a lobbying scandal and election fraud. His chances of

GOP considers drafting Condi Rice for third party run

March 2, 2016

If Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination, the party establishment is expected to revolt wildly and throw the party into an all out battle ahead of a bitterly contested convention. Operatives at the national level are coming to the same

Seneca politiking underway, as the Presidency is decided

March 1, 2016

The Seneca Nation of Indians is in the midst of politicking ahead of Seneca Party caucuses that will select the party’s nominee for President. The Seneca Party has long controlled the Nation’s Tribal Council and the gaming corporation’s Board of

For Collins, Trump endorsement is practical politics

March 1, 2016

BY TERRENCE ROBINSON Western New York Congressman Chris Collins became the first Congressman to endorse Donald Trump’s bid for the Republican nomination with a stunning announcement last Wednesday following the Nevada caucuses. Since that announcement, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie,