March, 2017 | The Buffalo Chronicle

Mascia requests a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on BMHA spending

In a letter this week, former elected housing commissioner Joe Mascia asked United States Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) to conduct an investigation into “pervasive corruption and mismanagement” at the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA), which enjoys a $43

Pigeon may take a plea, handing prosecutors Senator Tim Kennedy

It is being rumored among political operatives that former Democratic Party Chairman G. Steven Pigeon — recently indicted on bribery charges by his longtime nemesis Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — is willing to take a plea deal in exchange for providing the

Senator Ortt likely to resign following disclosure of alleged bribe in Maziarz case

The Niagara County Republican Party is imploding in the aftermath of a Grand Jury being convened by the Albany County District Attorney’s Office investigating the campaign expenditures of former Senator George Maziarz. Former Maziarz loyalists have turned State’s evidence after

Different times call for a different highway system in Buffalo

THE EDITORIAL BOARD It is time to amend the region’s highway infrastructure. The 1950s-era concept of the metropolitan ‘beltway’ damaged Buffalo badly for the following seven decades. The city has been severed from its waterfront, egregiously limiting waterfront access, worsening the city’s

Ricchiazzi wants a cooperative relationship with the Cuomo administration

Matthew Ricchiazzi, who leads the investment group that plans to launch a new Niagara Gorge Ferry attraction, has told Artvoice that he would prefer to have a cooperative relationship with New York State, and Maid of the Mist operator Jim Glynn. Ricchiazzi is Haudenosaunne