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Magierski hones message with release of campaign video
Town Supervisor candidate Alice Magierski, a friendly and popular figure in Cheektowaga politics, has released a campaign video online and distributed via social media. Magierski, the Town Clerk and Tax Receiver, faces…
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Control board rejects BMHA financial plan, renewing threat of federal receivership
The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority’s 2016-2019 Financial Plan has been rejected by the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority. The Financial Plan had been architected by Hal Payne, the Buffalo State College administrator who…
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Mascia: “I’m profusely sorry and deeply embarrassed”
It was brought to my attention today that I was recorded without my knowledge, and on the recording said something that I am deeply embarrassed by and ashamed of. The statement was…
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Guercio’s, as an economic development strategy
Rumor has it that Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found inspiration in a visit earlier this week to Guercio’s, the ethnic Italian delicatessen that founded by an immigrant family who, four generations later, continue to…
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Franczyk rejects the Democratic endorsement to become a Republican nominee
According to Democratic Party rules, accepting the Republican nomination for an elected office immediately and automatically disqualifies that candidate from receiving the party’s endorsement. As a nearly 30 year incumbent, David Franczyk received the…
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DiNapoli tours Guercio’s to support small business growth
This morning, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli — who controls one of the largest institutional investment funds in the world — toured Guercio’s, the third generation delicatessen that has been a…
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Jacobs breaks silence to play defense for Paladino’s school board faction
Chris Jacobs has avoided education policy issues since his resignation from the school board to become County Clerk. In that special election, he was dogged by criticisms of his long tenure on…
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Sharon Belton-Cottman could face Mike Woolford in Masten
School board member Sharon Belton Cottman is emerging as the leading Democrat contender to challenge Mike Woolford, the widely respected Buffalo businessman, for Common Council from Buffalo’s Masten District. Woolford is running on the Conservative…
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As WWII vet is evicted, growing consensus that M&T Bank has been socially destructive
Johnnie H. Hodges, Sr., age 90, is a WWII veteran. He has lived in his Humbolt Parkway home for more than half a century, but was forcibly evicted this morning, after M&T…
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Jacobs seizes on Delaware Park tragedy in “distasteful political distraction”
Earlier this month, County Clerk Chris Jacobs sat down for an interview with AM Buffalo’s Linda Pellegrino. In the aftermath of a tragic Delaware Park accident in which a driver suffering from…
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Niagara Falls is facing insolvency, says Accardo
NIAGARA FALLS—With the City of Niagara Falls once again facing a budget shortfall, projected to be in excess of $7 million, Niagara Falls business leader and mayoral candidate John Accardo believes that…
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Feds interviewing witnesses in Lockport asbestos investigation
By Mike Hudson County spin doctors went into overdrive last week as federal criminal investigators interviewed witnesses and collected evidence relating to the likely illegal removal of dangerous asbestos from the basement…
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Expecting Hochul to assume the governorship, discussions to architect an agenda are underway
Over the last two months a small cadre of Western New York’s most influential businessmen have been engaging in private discussions to frame “a Western New York infrastructure agenda,” on the expectation that…
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Would a Governor Hochul serve three years, or seek reelection?
Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to be pushed out of office under federal indictment, which would elevate Buffalo’s own Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul — who would become the first Western New Yorker…
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Langworthy takes his strut at mark of fifth anniversary
Erie County Republican Chairman Nick Langworthy a celibratory strut in recognition of his five year anniversary as party chairman. Langworthy is the youngest chairman in local GOP history and was elected at…
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Rumor: True Bethel’s tax exempt status scrutinized for political activities
An unconfirmed rumor has been circulating among political operatives that senior Democrat party officials are actively conspiring to thwart Council President Darius Pridgen’s ambitions on the Mayor’s office. Operatives working at the…
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Lynne Dixon rallies the region against DEC’s plan for Bethlehem Steel site
County legislator Lynne Dixon (I-Hamburg) is rallying the community against the State Department of Environmental Conservation’s plan to only partially clean up the former Bethlehem Steel plant in Lackawanna. The Cuomo administration…
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Reviving the sounds of Buffalo could enhance local placemaking efforts
We don’t pay enough attention to the impact that sounds can have as a place making urban design tactic. Sound can have — like the smell of Cheerios baking or the subtle…
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International patent laws are unnecessarily stifling commerce
By Rich Purtell “Free Trade” agreements are loaded with language to protect intellectual property (IP). These protective efforts do very much have potential to turn into protectionism, which is the opposite of…
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Letter: Pigeon’s political threats are no longer credible
The Buffalo Chronicle received this letter in response to an article published yesterday, titled “The Pigeon faction contemplates candidates for Chairman.” The response makes the argument that Pigeon’s political threats are no longer credible.…
