The Buffalo Chronicle
The Buffalo Chronicle
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Niagara Falls man pleads guilty to manslaughter charge for fatal shooting
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 26-year-old Hommys Rivera-Lopez of Niagara Falls pleaded guilty this morning before State Supreme Court Justice Christopher J. Burns to one count of Manslaughter…
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Defendant accused of killing two people in high-speed crash in South Buffalo arraigned for driving without a license in a separate incident
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 35-year-old Antonio D. Brown of Buffalo was arraigned this morning before Buffalo City Court Judge Patrick M. Carney on one count of Aggravated…
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Judge finds inmate guilty of felony assault charge for attacking his defense attorney inside holding center
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that State Supreme Court Justice Paul B. Wojtaszek has found 57-year-old Mark Dublino of Cheektowaga guilty of one count of Assault in the Second…
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Defendant who attacked victim with metal pipe indicted on assault as a hate crime
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 34-year-old Thomas R. Schmieder, Jr. of Buffalo was virtually arraigned this morning before State Supreme Court Justice Paul B. Wojtaszek on an indictment…
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New York’s public health crises get short shrift in the new state budget
BY BILL HAMMOND In spite of an ongoing pandemic and spiraling Medicaid costs, New York’s health-care system received surprisingly little attention in the new state budget. On issue after issue, lawmakers chose…
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Spending to skyrocket under budget deal
BY E.J. McMAHON The details apparently would get rancid if exposed to daylight, but Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders have announced the broad outlines of their budget deal for fiscal 2022, which began April…
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In Albany’s heaviest-spending year ever, lawmakers approve more pork
BY E.J. McMAHON New York and its local governments will soon be showered with tens of billions of dollars in federal stimulus cash—and yet the new state budget will pump even more money…
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Job recovery picks up steam in New York, but still far behind rest of U.S.
BY E.J. McMAHON New York’s private-sector job recovery accelerated in March—but remained far behind the national pace on a year-to-year basis, according to the latest monthly figures from the state Labor Department.…
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A Forced March to Electrification for New York?
BY EDWARD RING The New York State Assembly this week adopted a bill requiring that all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state be “zero-emissions”—that is, fully electric-powered—by 2035. Sponsored…
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New York’s ‘bluest’ counties have the lowest COVID vaccination rates for older residents
BY BILL HAMMOND New York’s bluest counties are posting the lowest coronavirus vaccination rates for older residents, a striking contrast with the pattern in the U.S. as a whole. The disparity appears…
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Ready or not: The state of America’s military
BY GARY J. SCHMITT The General Accounting Office (GAO) just released a report detailing “readiness” levels for the US military. Readiness is measured by each of the services with respect to a unit’s ability…
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Fewer, more expensive jobs projected from ‘American Jobs Plan’
BY MATT WEIDINGER Fact-checkers have started to notice the shaky jobs claims made by Biden administration officials in touting their $2.2 trillion American Jobs Plan. That includes this whopper from President Biden last week: “Independent analysis…
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Court’s ruling for Google in Oracle case yields more freedom for programmers
BY MICHAEL ROSEN Last week, the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited ruling in the copyright fight between Google and Oracle, a decision that figures to provide modestly more room for computer programmers to…
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Ten ways Congress can push back against China
BY DAN BLUMENTHAL The Senate is set to consider a raft of bipartisan legislation promoting competition with China. We have long argued that the US has been in a one-sided fight against an aggressive and…
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McCUSKER: Biden budget stalls national security
BY ELAINE McCUSKER Last week, the Biden administration released a massive American Jobs Plan. In contrast, today the administration announced a proposed cut to the Defense Department budget. As recommended by the bipartisan…
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ABRAMS: Conservatives should not give up on American education
BY SAMUEL ABRAMS Surveys and reports showing that only small numbers of conservatives and Republicans believe higher education has a positive effect on the country regularly make national news. The explicit rationale for these sentiments is…
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Swedish Navy asks the public to be on the lookout
BY ELISABETH BRAW Anyone who has ever visited London has seen the posters and heard the announcements on Tube stations instructing people to “see it, say it, sorted.” The public awareness campaign…
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Putin, Ukraine, and Biden
BY LEON ARON Whether or not Russian troops cross the Ukrainian border to start yet another invasion of Ukraine, the reasons for Russia’s massing troops on the Russian side of the line…
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Facebook’s Supreme Court victory will rein in class actions
BY DANIEL LYONS Earlier this month, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Facebook’s texts alerting customers of suspicious account activity did not violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a 1991 anti-robocall statute.…
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Biden avenges Russian grayzone aggression
BY ELISABETH BRAW In the grayzone between war and peace, the targeted country always struggles with the dilemma of when and how to respond to aggression. In the United States, neither the…
