The Buffalo Chronicle
November 2020
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Source: Cuomo may be willing to come out as bisexual for a Cabinet position
Sources close to Andrew Cuomo tell The Chronicle that the Governor may be willing to come out as ‘openly bisexual’ if he happens to be offered a Cabinet position in President-elect Joe Biden‘s administration…
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Queen to Harry: “Make yourself useful and sell some cars for awhile”
Queen Elizabeth wants Prince Harry to “start making himself useful” during his “youthful indiscretion” in California. Fed up with what she sees as Prince Harry “lightly abdicating his responsibility to his Nation,”…
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Mayor Brown is working to co-locate Greyhound at new Amtrak station
Sources close to Mayor Byron Brown tell The Chronicle that he is working to relocate the Greyhound Bus Station on North Division Street and to co-locate it at the City’s new Amtrak Station, which…
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GOP will seek Staten Island’s independence from NYC next legislative session
State Senator Andrew Lanza is expected to introduce a bill early in the next legislative session to formally sever Staten Island’s ties to New York City — on everything from municipal services,…
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Perverse incentives, high costs and poor outcomes: Special Education in New York
BY IAN KINGSBURY Much of New York’s highest-in-the-nation education spending is driven by a single category: special education. Of the $66.2 billion spent on K-12 education in New York in 2017-18, $15.8 billion went…
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ECHDC’s slow progress has planners demanding a second Harbor Development Corp
The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC), a subsidiary of Empire State Development, has managed an excruciatingly slow 15-year process to develop the City’s Inner Harbor — all the while developers have…
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Ricchiazzi calls on Poloncarz to sell county convention center to Douglas Development for $1
Good government activist Matthew Ricchiazzi is calling on Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz to sell the county’s dated convention center to Douglas Development — the owner of the adjacent Statler Hotel and…
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Marcia Fudge could lead the USDA — may make food stamp benefits universal
Ohio Representative Marcia Fudge, of Cleveland, has been asked to lead the United States Department of Agriculture late this evening in a telephone conversation with President-elect Joe Biden. The nomination is widely…
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AG Barr cracks down on Philly Mafia: 15 indicted on racketeering — ‘Skinny Joey’ starts to sweat
Attorney General William Barr is launching a crackdown on the Philadelphia Mafia — and some expect that the City’s most senior mobsters are getting ready to flip on former Boss ‘Skinny Joey’…
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Hochul, Restaino ‘generally support’ Tuscarora casino compact — if it funds new wastewater plant
Sources close to Niagara Falls Mayor Bob Restaino tell The Chronicle that his administration ‘generally supports’ a casino compact with the Tuscarora Nation after the Seneca Nation‘s exclusivity agreement with New York State is scheduled…
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Mohammad bin Salman is considering a $50m, 10% stake in The Chronicle to expand Canadian coverage
Rumor has it that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is considering a $50 million, 10% stake in The Buffalo Chronicle Media Group‘s American-based subsidiary. The financing arrangement is expected to aggressively…
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Tiffany Trump to lead $1 billion presidential library fundraising campaign
Sources inside the White House tell The Chronicle that President Donald J. Trump‘s youngest daughter, Tiffany Trump, plans to launch a yet-to-be-established foundation intended to fundraise more than $1 billion to construct…
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Facing severe housing shortages, Tribes urge Biden to nominate an indigenous HUD secretary
Tribal governments from across North America — including the largest, the Navajo Nation — are pleading with President-elect Joe Biden to nominate an indigenous person to serve as Secretary of the Department…
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Rep. Sharice Davids is being vetted for Secretary of Agriculture — would be first gay cabinet nominee
Congresswoman Sharice Davids, a Democrat of Roeland Park, Kansas, is being vetted for the position of Secretary of Agriculture in the administration of President-elect Joe Biden. She would be the first openly gay…
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Judicial Watch sues seven federal agencies for Flynn unmasking records
WASHINGTON, DC — Judicial Watch announced that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Justice, the…
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NYC’s school reopening deal was costly and bumbled
BY IAN KINGSBURY Back in August, leaders of unions representing teachers and principals warned that the plan to allow parents to select between blended or virtual learning would produce “staffing shortages” in many…
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Report: Lift union contracts’ shroud of secrecy
Public officials are negotiating with unions in secret and ratifying far-reaching contracts without adequate public input, The Empire Center today warned in a new report, Dealing In The Dark: NY’s Secretive Government…
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New York’s rising COVID curve casts doubt on Cuomo’s ‘micro-cluster’ strategy
BY BILL HAMMOND The ongoing surge in New York’s coronavirus pandemic raises doubts about the effectiveness of Governor Cuomo’s “micro-cluster” strategy. Beginning Oct. 6, the governor has imposed tightened restrictions on limited areas, or…
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New York’s jobs recovery chugged to a near-halt in October
BY E.J. McMAHON After rising sharply once the economy began to reopen, New York’s jobs recovery ominously appeared to run out of steam in October, according to the state’s monthly jobs report.…
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A return to ‘net neutrality’ is a concern for the entire internet
BY SHANE TEWS For the past decade, “net neutrality” has been the catchphrase for internet freedom. “Protect your right to access what you want and how you want it on the Internet,”…
