December 2016 – Page 2 – The Buffalo Chronicle

Robert Seth Hayes pens ‘freedom letter’

December 27, 2016

Editor’s Note: Robert Seth Hayes is currently incarcerated at the Sullivan Correctional Facility. The Black Liberation Army (BLA) was an underground, black nationalist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981. Composed largely of former Black Panthers (BPP), the organization’s program was one of “armed

A short take on today’s news

December 27, 2016

BY JOE GENCO –Walked in and out of Colter Bay Grill last night. It was too crowded and noisy. Walked up the block on Allen Street to Giacobbi’s. Don’t let the spelling fool you. Great Italian food in funky, stitched

If elected Mayor, what would Terry Robinson’s administration look like?

December 26, 2016

Political operatives are already speculating about what Terry Robinson’s mayoral administration would look like, in the increasingly likely event that he is elected the next Mayor of the City of Buffalo. The high profile preservationist and widely respected city planning activist has

Schroeder: ’tis the season to be jolly and thoughtful

December 25, 2016

BY BUDD SCHROEDER Time to prepare for the Christmas celebration! We hope that all who have families will be together to enjoy the festivities and can share all the special feelings that the season should bring. The chances are great

Mascia to lead Marine Drive redevelopment at Canalside

December 25, 2016

Former city housing commissioner Joe Mascia is set to lead a task force comprised of residents of the Marine Drive Apartments to study redevelopment opportunities and new governance models for the sprawling waterfront property. The objective of the effort is

A short take on today’s news

December 25, 2016

BY JOE GENCO –”I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries”. Nothing says Merry Christmas like insults from Monty Python. If we can’t laugh at ourselves, at whom can we laugh?

Justice Penny Wolfgang is retiring after long and distinguished career

December 24, 2016

BY TONY FARINA It is hard to know where to begin when trying to capture the essence of a much-honored and accomplished professional who is retiring after a long and very distinguished career in the criminal justice system who, by

A short take on today’s news

December 24, 2016

BY JOE GENCO –”Do a good turn daily” so is the simplest requirement of Boy Scouts. Check out this heartwarming story about a Gasport Cub Pack bringing Christmas gifts to a family saddened by loss. Merry Christmas, Bob Confer. http://wivb.com/…/community-gives-back-to-lockport-family-…/

Carl Paladino responds to controversial remarks

December 24, 2016

Editor’s note: Along with dozens of others, Carl Paladino was asked by Artvoice to answer four questions about the coming year. Respondents answers were published on 12/22/16. [http://artvoice.com/2016/12/23/want-2017-lot-different-opinions/#.WF1fzRsrJhF.] Paladino’s comments about Barak and Michele Obama were labeled as ‘racist’ by

Niagara Falls 2016: another year older, deeper in debt

December 24, 2016

BY MIKE HUDSON 2016, the year that began with Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster taking the oath of office for a historic third term, was in many ways a watershed year for the city.Numerous websites including MyLife.com, NeighborhoodScout.com and City-Data.com continued to assert that Niagara

McNall stays at top county slot, but others eyeing post

December 24, 2016

The unsurprising news broke late Tuesday night: the chairman of the Niagara County Legislature, Keith McNall, R-Lockport, would be keeping his job. In the annals of Niagara County’s political news, this wasn’t exactly an earth-shattering announcement; after all, save for

Alan Roscetti highly regarded as he launches bid for city court

December 24, 2016

BY TONY FARINA “The citizens of Niagara Falls would be hard-pressed to find a better candidate for a seat on the City Court bench than Alan Roscetti,” says longtime pharmacist Robert Kendzia when asked about the young man’s plans to

Niagara Falls citizens organize to take back the city from Albany, but must reckon with pro-Albany mayor

December 24, 2016

BY FRANK PARLATO Earlier this year the Niagara Gazette announced that a group of locals organized something called “Reclaim Niagara” – formed to “get Albany out of our pockets.” To combat the “exploitation of our resources by public authorities and

Activists want a citywide policy on community benefit agreements before March

December 24, 2016

All eyes will be on Council President Darius Pridgen this coming new year, in anticipation of his support of a citywide policy that would require developers of major projects to establish community benefit agreements with neighborhood partners prior to receiving

Robinson urged to challenge Brown

December 24, 2016

Terry Robinson, the city’s most respected city planning advocate, is being urged by activists to seek the Democratic Party nomination for Mayor of Buffalo. The embattled three term Mayor Byron W. Brown is alleged to have denied approval of a 50-unit

A short take on today’s news

December 23, 2016

BY JOE GENCO –I have never been to a meat raffle, but think it might be fun. Who wants to go on Saturday, Jan. 28 to support David Johnson’s Spartans Little League baseball? We will buy a table for $40

A short take on today’s news

December 22, 2016

BY JOE GENCO –Here’s to the photographer recording the assassin in Turkey. It takes some guts for a journalist to witness a murder and, rather than fleeing, rely on his skills to record the event. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-photographer-who-capture… -Gabrielle Ballow, the cowardly

A short take on today’s news

December 20, 2016

BY JOE GENCO –You might think the mess in Flint, Mich. is over, but not for the people who live there, who still can’t drink the water. At least they are still prosecuting the decisionmakers. http://www.freep.com/…/michigan-ag-bill-schuette-…/95624818/ –I always read the

As Brown’s support collapses, many are considering the mayoral contest

December 19, 2016

The allegations are egregious: that Mayor Byron W. Brown — the city’s first Black mayor — refused to allow the construction of 50 privately funded affordable housing units on the East Side unless his friend and political backer, Rev. Richard

A short take on today’s news

December 19, 2016

BY JOE GENCO –The 538 members of the Electoral College today affirm the election of President Donald Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/125fa84a-c327-11e6-8422-ea… –Trump supporters in Montana have begun targeting Jewish people. Not that they are anti-semitic fascists or anything. Oh wait, is that