The Buffalo Chronicle
The Buffalo Chronicle
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Cuomo is considering three sites to accommodate mass vaccination of Canadians
Governor Andrew Cuomo is planning to make Canadian nationals and permanent residents eligible to receive COVID vaccines at three new State-run mass vaccination sites at the Niagara Falls Airforce Base, Fort Drum,…
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Kriner Cash may use extra $75 million in state education funding for ECC’s downtown campus
Superintendent Kriner Cash may use the surplus $75 million in state education funding this year to expand Erie Community College’s downtown campus — which would enhance the Buffalo Public School system’s ability…
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Niagara County reports third rabid raccoon in Newfane
The Niagara County Department of Health (NCDOH) confirmed a rabid raccoon on Corwin Avenue, Town of Newfane on May 26, 2021. This is the third confirmed rabid raccoon in the Town of…
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Erie County DA dismisses prostitution bench warrants, following repeal of anti-trans law
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that his office moved to dismiss bench warrants for individuals charged with the misdemeanor offense of “Loitering for the Purposes of Prostitution” or “Prostitution.”…
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Defendant indicted for fatal shooting in Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood last summer
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 22-year-old Michael Santiago of Buffalo was virtually arraigned this morning before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio on an indictment charging him…
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Alden man sentenced for leaving the scene of accident after hitting pedestrian
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 57-year-old Donald A. Berner of Alden was sentenced this morning before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio to three years of probation.…
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Defendant charged with attempted murder for beating and stabbing victim in domestic violence case
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 20-year-old Gabriel C. Melkioty of Olean, N.Y. was arraigned this morning before State Supreme Court Justice Deborah A. Haendiges on an indictment charging…
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DA Flynn concerned about pending parole reform legislation
Today, Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn voiced his concerns about proposed criminal justice reform legislation that would drastically change parole requirements and allow eligible incarcerated individuals to be released early…
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Defendant indicted for hitting police officer with baseball bat ordered to remain in custody at mental health facility
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 61-year-old Willie Henley of Buffalo was virtually arraigned this morning before State Supreme Court Justice Christopher J. Burns on an indictment charging him…
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Buffalo man who fled to Puerto Rico arraigned on an indictment for sexually abusing two children
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 31-year-old Angel DeJesus of Buffalo was virtually arraigned yesterday before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio on an indictment charging him with…
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Protecting IP in the Endless Frontier Act
BY DEREK SCISSORS The Endless Frontier Act is getting hard to follow. The April version, championed by Majority Leader Schumer, was 160 pages long. The version passed this week by the Senate Commerce Committee more…
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Semiconductors, front and center
By Claude Barfield You know the semiconductor industry has reached star status when CBS’s “60 Minutes” devotes a long segment to its fortunes, and the front page of The Economist warns that “the most dangerous place…
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Finding ways to stop the endless cycle of cyberattacks
By Shane Tews The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack was disruptive in numerous ways. It shuttered a pipeline that “delivers nearly half of the jet fuel and gasoline used on the Atlantic Coast,” and this past…
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Variability of US drug prices sparks policy debate
By Benedic N. Ippolito As Congress debates major overhauls to the US drug market, new research is highlighting the increasingly bifurcated nature of domestic drug prices. These data point to a more…
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GAO releases unused funds report
BY ELAINE McCUSKER The thought of canceled funding may immediately prompt concerns about management or inefficiency, but the findings in this week’s Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on unspent federal funding instead indicate…
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Tracking core commodity price inflation concerns some
By Paul Kupiec While pundits argue whether April’s reading on US consumer price inflation is a harbinger of future inflation or merely a transitory statistical anomaly, global commodity prices are marching higher.…
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Childcare not to blame for employment troubles
BY ANGELA RACHIDI The disappointing April jobs report raised new questions about how government policies, such as enhanced unemployment insurance, have slowed the economic recovery by discouraging people from returning to work. Some have suggested that closed…
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SWANSON: Can telemedicine finally boost health care productivity?
By Bret Swanson Necessity is in fact often the mother of invention. A year ago, the arrival of COVID-19 forced a stubborn health care industry to finally begin widespread adoption of internet-based…
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BOWMAN: A third party threat?
BY KARLYN BOWMAN More than 100 Republicans have signed a letter announcing their intention to consider forming a third party if the Republican Party does not make certain changes. What do the polls show…
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Defining the market in the Epic Games v. Apple trial
By Daniel Lyons Early in Epic Games’ antitrust suit against Apple, presiding Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers billed the dispute as a case at the “frontier edges of antitrust law.” But the trial began not…
