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The Buffalo Chronicle
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Buffalo mayoral primary pits business community against party headquarters
The City of Buffalo’s 2025 mayoral primary election is scheduled for June 24, 2025, with the general election to follow on November 4, 2025. The election follows the resignation of longtime Mayor…
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Republicans float Langworthy as a viable ‘unity candidate’ for Speaker
Rep. Nicholas Langworthy is being widely floated as a viable ‘unity candidate’ for the Speakership of the House of Representatives. At age 42 years old, Langworthy would become the youngest Speaker of…
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O’Mara wants Hochul to shut down ‘sticker stores’
(January 12, 2023) Watkins Glen, N.Y. — State Senator Tom O’Mara (R,C-Big Flats), Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C-Corning), and Assemblyman Chris Friend (R,C-Big Flats) today joined regional law enforcement representatives and other local…
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Krueger reintroduces Sex Trade Survivors Justice and Equality Act
(January 13, 2023) ALBANY – On Wednesday, January 11th, Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Senator Liz Krueger announced the reintroduction of the Sex Trade Survivors Justice & Equality Act. The bill, carried in…
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Schumer is planning a $2.1 trillion mass transit bill during the lame duck congress
Political operatives with close ties to Senator Chuck Schumer expect the Majority Leader to introduce a $2.1 trillion spending bill during the lame duck Congress dedicated to mass transit construction projects —…
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At Schumer’s urging, Amtrak will accommodate cannabis users on slow-moving routes
Amtrak is planning to accommodate cannabis users on its traditional regular-speed routes across the country, including on trains that run between Buffalo and New York City. The move is at the urging…
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Hochul promises Acela-caliber service from NYC to Montreal by 2026
Governor Kathy Hochul is pledging to improve passenger rail service across the State — including high-speed “Acela-style service” from New York City to Montreal by end of her first full term in…
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Kulpa proposes zoning law requiring solar panels atop big-box stores
Amherst Town Supervisor Brian Kulpa is planning to propose a zoning law later this month that will require ‘big-box’ retail stores and plazas larger than 50,000 square feet, like Walmart and Home…
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If Schumer vacates his Senate seat following midterm losses, who would Hochul appoint to replace him?
Even if Senator Chuck Schumer wins his personal reelection effort in November, the Democrats are likely to lose control of the Senate and oust Schumer as Leader of the Democratic Party caucus…
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Redstone to shake up CBS line-up, expand ‘CBS Mornings’ program into daytime
Billionaire Shari Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS, has big plans to generate more advertising revenue from the network’s flagship CBS Mornings program. Redstone plans to…
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Lisa LaFlamme wants to manage Wilson-Raybould’s campaign for Prime Minister
Sources are telling The Chronicle that Lisa LaFlamme is interested in serving as the national campaign manager of former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould‘s campaign for Prime Minister, which is widely expected next year. LeFlamme…
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Hochul wants MTA to sell broadcasting rights on New York City’s subway system
Governor Kathy Hochul is instructing Janno Lieber, the Chairman of the Metropolitan Transporation Authority (MTA), to sell broadcasting rights on New York City’s expansive subway system, which sources say will include the…
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Niagara Falls Redevelopment relocates offices, as Restaino and Trevino raise eyebrows
Niagara Falls Redevelopment, the investment vehicle owned by Manhattan billionaire Howard Milstein that has acquired more than 140 acres of prime real estate in downtown Niagara Falls, has relocated its local office…
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Hochul wants Biden to invest $20 billion into the Brookhaven National Laboratory
Governor Kathy Hochul is lobbying President Joe Biden and his administration to invest a jaw dropping $20 billion to vastly expand research and development facilities at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) campus, located…
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Hochul’s plan for the arts community includes a tax credit for new performance venues
Governor Kathy Hochul is contemplating a ‘Performance Venue Tax Credit‘ that would fund a portion of the construction costs associated with ticketed performance venues like theaters, concert halls, comedy clubs, orchestras, operas,…
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Hochul instructs Lieber to market all MTA rail yards for development
Governor Kathy Hochul is instructing Janno Lieber, the Chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, to market the agency’s vast real estate holdings for large-scale real estate development. The MTA owns expansive rail…
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ORELL: Richard Franke left a legacy on the liberal arts education
By Brent Orell This weekend, the Wall Street Journal marked the passing of Richard J. Franke, former CEO of Nuveen, an asset management firm owned by TIAA. Aside from making his mark…
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TEWS: 5G, Planes, and Progress
By Shane Tews Last week, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies. He said that the aviation industry…
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Five questions for Virginia Postrel on dynamism, glamour, and technological change
By James Pethokoukis and Virginia Postrel While we often describe American politics with the terms “left” and “right,” another key divide is dynamism versus stasis. Dynamists, argued Virginia Postrel in her 1998…
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Pandemic drove largest New York population loss ever
BY E.J. McMAHON Thanks mainly to a pandemic-driven boost in its already high outflows to other states, New York has just suffered its largest single-year population loss ever—and the worst, in percentage…
