The Buffalo Chronicle
October 2019
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Paulin and Rivera introduce legislation to curb internet sales of e-cigarettes and vaping products
In response to an outbreak of lung injuries among otherwise healthy people who use electronic cigarettes or vaping products that has prompted investigations and public health warnings by the Food and Drug…
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Langworthy: President Trump is under attack
BY NICK LANGWORTHY President Donald Trump is under attack from radical leftists, but the New York Republican Party has his back. This week, we launched our Stop the Madness! Tour where I…
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Polls on the 2020 presidential contest and the NRA
BY KARLYN BOWMAN In this issue of AEI’s Political Report, we examine interest in the presidential campaign, how Democrats are thinking about the Democratic contest, whether their minds are made up, and…
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AKERS: Millennials aren’t drowning in student debt
BY BETH AKERS The Narrative “[My plan] forgives all student debt and ends the absurdity of sentencing an entire generation to a lifetime of debt for the ‘crime’ of getting a college…
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Clinton may face deposition in Benghazi lawsuit as early as November
Judicial Watch announced that a federal court will soon rule on whether Hillary Clinton and her top aide can be questioned under oath by Judicial Watch lawyers about the email and Benghazi…
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Watchdog sues for CFIUS investment records involving Ukraine, Hunter Biden
Judicial Watch announced today it filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against the State and Treasury Departments seeking documents related to consideration by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United…
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MCMAHON: Film tax credit costs big bucks for no impact
BY E.J. McMAHON The billions of dollars funneled from New York’s treasury to movie and TV producers had no statistically significant impact on the industry’s employment in the Empire State through 2017,…
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In Troy, a lesson on apprenticeships
BY KEN GIRARDIN The raw politics behind giveaways to building trade unions were on display last week in Troy, a city outside Albany. The Troy City Council on October 3 voted unanimously to require…
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Corrections retirees had highest average state pensions
Corrections Department employees qualified for average pensions of nearly $70,000, the highest average benefit for any agency grouping among the 7,990 New York City Employee Retirement System (NYCERS) members collecting their first…
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Schools could raise millions through advertising
BY CAITLIN GILLIGAN New York school districts are missing out on non-taxpayer revenue due to antiquated legal restrictions, according to a new report from the Empire Center for Public Policy. Selling advertising and naming…
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Scathing report suggests Cuomo mishandled Medicaid reforms
The budget crisis in New York’s Medicaid program stems from the failure of a key cost-control measure adopted during Governor Andrew Cuomo’s first term, according to a new report from the Empire Center for…
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Trudeau accusor lands a seven-figure NDA to keep quiet about West Grey departure
Sources are telling The Buffalo Chronicle that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s accuser has been in talks with a private attorney for more than a week, discussing a heated sexual relationship that began and ended…
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My experiences with peripheral neuropathy lead me to CBD oil
BY NOBERT RUG I have peripheral neuropathy from chemotherapy. This is customarily associated with symptoms like numbness pain, and tingling but there are other symptoms as well. The peripheral nervous system is…
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Deciding to seize the day
BY NORBERT RUG The day I decided to live my life to the fullest, to seize the day, and stop coasting through life was the day I was diagnosed with cancer over…
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Trudeau is rumored to be in talks with an accusor to suppress an explosive sex scandal
Less than two weeks ahead of federal elections that have already been looking conclusively grim for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, rumors of an explosive sex scandal are percolating at the highest echelons…
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Despite promises, Higgins and Kennedy have yet to significantly deliver for Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls and New York State Parks are regional assets as well as a cash cow to New York State. Despite this fact, two influential politicians — with the ability to deliver…
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Ty Whelly, former Marine, says Elizabeth Warren paid him for sex
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a leading contender for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, is being accused of engaging in a months-long sexual relationship with Ty Whelly, a married 24-year former Marine and bodybuilder…
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After 100 fall ill in New York, Schumer calls for vaping regulations
Almost 100 New Yorkers Have Fallen Ill From Vaporizer Use In Recent Months, With 12 Deaths Across The U.S.; Youth Vaping At Epidemic Level—According To NYS, More Than A Quarter Of NY…
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Gillibrand calls for Senate hearings on military suicides, as active duty military suicides surge to a five-year record
A Department of Defense Report Shows That Service Member Suicide Rates Spiked in 2018 After Rising Steadily for the Last Five Years Following a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) report released yesterday that showed…
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Reed delivers $1.2m to address Elmira lead hazards
In recent weeks, Rep. Tom Reed has announced a $1,293,388 grant to fund lead abatement in the City of Elmira, funded through HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. The money…
