Month: June 2020

Everyone in the business community agrees: Governor Andrew Cuomo must begin to deal fairly with the Seneca Nation of Indians in order for Niagara Falls to thrive as a global destination. For too long, his hostile posture has destroyed countless opportunities for

Billionaire Bob Rich, the owner of the privately held Rich Products Corporation is being urged to launch a new Buffalo-based marketing unit focused on ‘brand-building’ across the multi-national firm’s product channels. Many in the local business community believe that Rich

Just days after Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown retreated on previous calls for the termination of two police officers who shoved Martin Gugino to the ground and broader calls for police reform, Council President Darius Pridgen is demanding that the administration

OTTAWA, ON –National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) today demanded a full investigation into Thursday’s police-involved shooting of a young First Nations mother in Edmundston, N.B. News reports said Chantel Moore was in distress when

WASHINGTON — House and Senate Democrats introduced today a sweeping new police reform bill that would allow the use of force only as a last resort, ban chokeholds, prohibit racial and religious profiling, and make it easier to hold police

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and Native Organizations Encouraged by Recent Decision in Mashpee v. Bernhardt and Now Call on DOI for Recommitment to Tribal Sovereignty  Late last week, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia rendered a decision in

WASHINGTON, DC – Judicial Watch announced today that it has opposed a motion by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and California Democratic Party’s to help defend Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order mandating that millions of unrequested and unneeded mail-in ballots be sent

In March, developer Gerald Bucheit killed a South Harbor development project called Queen City Landing, which has been long delayed by preservationists’ lawsuits claiming that the 23-story residential tower would interfere with ‘migratory bird patterns’. Nonsense litigation aside, urban design advocates

Police officers from across the City of Buffalo have been calling for Mayor Byron Brown‘s resignation in a sweeping change of attitude toward the Mayor in the law enforcement community, following his mishandling of protests in the aftermath of George

On Thursday, June 11th, Niagara County Emergency Services will be hosting a drive thru for sanitizer and/or cloth face coverings for pick up to help assist our local businesses in the Niagara Falls area. This event will take place at

NEW YORK – In response to a video of the Buffalo Police Department pushing a 75-year-old man to the ground, causing serious injury during an anti-police brutality demonstration, Attorney General Letitia James released the following statement: “The video captured on

The Erie County Department of Social Services (“ECDSS) has announced that the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (“ODTA”)will be issuing a Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (“EBT”) food benefit to all New York State households with school-aged

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz today announced his 2020 COVID-19 Budget Deficit Remediation Plan, identifying budgetary gap-closing measures to address a projected $137.8 million pandemic-related deficit in the county’s FY2020 budget. The Plan identifies seven key measures, including usage of

Mayor Byron W. Brown today applauded the Buffalo Common Council for adopting his Fiscal Year 2020-  2021 Budget. The $519 million spending plan will keep the City workforce intact, make critical investments to protect the health and safety of residents,

BY BRIAN KOLB This week, the governor announced that high schools will only be allowed to hold “drive thru” graduations this year. It’s yet another misguided policy. It’s a glaring example of executive overreach. Worst of all, it shows that

The Assembly Minority Conference, now led by Minority Leader William Barclay (R – Fulton), today sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo calling for him to allow high schools across the state to host socially distanced graduation ceremonies to celebrate

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R – Batavia) has called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to consider changing his position on bail reform in the wake of mass looting and riots following the tragic murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Hawley’s first and

BY E.J. McMAHON On April 2, with New York’s COVID-19 curve still rising ominously, state lawmakers wrapped up a budget almost unchanged from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s pre-pandemic January proposal. With the economy in a coma and revenues crashing, the plan obviously was