Month: December 2020

A controversial government program launched nearly a decade ago to protect airline safety has failed miserably to meet its “mission of mitigating the threat to commercial aviation,” according to a scathing federal audit sprinkled with redactions to protect “sensitive security information.” Known

Sources close to Kanye West are telling The Chronicle that, in the event that California Governor Gavin Newsom appoints Rep. Karen Bass to fill the United States Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, the rapper will seek her vacated

Royal experts tell The Chronicle that — if she chooses to do so — Queen Elizabeth could designate different successors on each of her Thrones.  Though she has been toying with the idea among close staff and courtiers, she is not widely

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 53-year-old Kyle G. Mitchell of Lancaster pleaded guilty before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio to one count of Attempted Burglary in the Second Degree, a Class “D” felony. On

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 49-year-old Joel P. Anzalone of Buffalo was virtually arraigned this morning before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio on an indictment charging him with the following offenses: One count of

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that his office resumed reviewing cases of those convicted of low-level, non-violence offenses who have 45 days or less remaining on their local jail sentences. This initiative by the Erie County DA’s

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 20-year-old Odell Malik Wilkins, also known as “Leek,” of Buffalo was virtually arraigned this afternoon before State Supreme Court Justice Paul B. Wojtaszek an indictment charging him with one count of

BY EDWARD PINTO AND TOBIAS PETER Key takeaways: Purchase rate lock volume remains strongly above last year’s. For the last couple weeks, volume has consistently been about 30%-80% higher. Driven by ultra-low mortgage rates and a limited supply, national HPA

BY JAMES CAPRETTA AND SCOTT GANZ The news that the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are 95 percent effective at preventing COVID-19 disease, and the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine might be 90 percent effective (with the right dosage), has given the world a

BY DANIEL A. COX The ritual of going to a place where one is a “regular” is a cherished one. Sarah Firshein of Eater said, “When you’re a regular, you become a creature of habit and ritual, joyously unburdened by the agonies

BY KARLYN BOWMAN, JACQUELINE CLEMENCE, AND SAMANTHA GOLDSTEIN Read the PDF In this issue of the AEI Political Report, we look at Americans’ attitudes about the coronavirus pandemic and the promising vaccine news. We also look at how Americans’ willingness

BY JAMES PETHOKOUKIS America’s “K-shaped” recovery is a convenient phenomenon for analysts who focus a lot on income inequality, not to mention those convinced America already suffers from severe “late stage capitalism.” To them, it’s just another example of how

BY DANIEL LYONS Last week, Comcast announced plans to expand its existing usage-based broadband pricing model to northeastern markets, prompting a fresh wave of criticism by some long-time opponents of the practice. But setting aside these critics’ loaded rhetoric and straw-man arguments, a

BY TOBIAS PETER The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a distressing fact in the housing world: Federal home loan policies that promote risky lending in the name of providing “responsible, affordable mortgage credit access” for minority households are setting up minority

BY E.J. McMAHON Still struggling to recover from spring pandemic shutdowns, now facing the threat of renewed restrictions due to a second wave of COVID infections, the last thing New York’s economy needs is a state-mandated disincentive to put people back to