Articles by The Buffalo Chronicle

Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes is at an enormous crux of power in Albany and is the only politician in Western New York — besides Governor Kathy Hochul — with enough clout in the state budget process to alter the

BY MIKE MADIGAN On December 14, 2012, The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reported that “Federal courts in the Western District of New York appear to grant an unusually high number of sentence reductions for criminals who cooperate, according to data compiled by USA

The Central Intelligence Agency is in possession of more than five-and-a-half hours of video footage of Russian President Vladamir Putin engaging in a range of sexual activities with his late mentor and judo instructor, the billionaire Anatoly Rakhlin and others.

March 12, 2022 — M&T Bank CEO Rene Jones is widely rumored to be considering a not-so-hostile acquisition of Rochester’s legendary Eastman Kodak Company, in a plan that would take the firm private in order to insulate it from the

A Russian oligarch, who is known to the CIA as President Vladimir Putin‘s long-time gay lover, was awarded a contract with the Russian Federation worth more than $4 billion.  That contract is part of a broader agreement on arctic drilling

Rumors are swirling among political operatives on Long Island that a percolating sex scandal could undermine the gubernatorial candidacy of Congressman Tom Suozzi, who is widely thought to have had an affair with a young woman he hired as Nassau

Governor Kathy Hochul will lead a delegation of defense contractors on a trade mission to Berlin later this month and is expected to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to discuss federal procurement plans for weapons systems — just weeks

Sources familiar with his preparations insist that Senator Rob Ortt, who currently leads the Republican caucus in the State Senate, is seriously considering a run for Governor of New York this year — rather than seeking reelection to his Niagara

Governor Kathy Hochul is asking the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber to evaluate whether or not the agency (which runs the State’s two commuter rail systems, Metro North and the Long Island Railroad) should take over the

Governor Kathy Hochul is preparing to launch a new office to encourage civic philanthropy among globe’s wealthiest individuals.  The Office of Philanthropic Affairs and Development will manage highly targeted marketing campaigns that encourage billionaires to found, construct, and endow new

The identity claims of a Quebec professor continue to provoke the anger of many Indigenous people, who accuse the one who claims to be Eastern Métis of appropriation. Tensions are running high as Carleton develops an Aboriginal hiring policy. By

(January 26, 2022) — The New York Lotto‘s most famous personality is retiring after 32 years of captivating millions of New Yorkers with a dollar and dream.  Now she is planning to run for Congress, as hundreds of past Lotto

Governor Kathy Hochul has directed Empire State Development to begin preparing a sweeping revitalization plan for the storied Coney Island section of New York City — in what is expected to be a five year capital investment plan that could total

Governor Kathy Hochul and Senator Chuck Schumer are in talks with Major League Baseball (MLB) to land the State two new team franchises: one in Brooklyn and another in Rochester. Robert D. Manfred, the Commissioner of Baseball, has “agreed in spirit”

Sources tell The Chronicle that Governor Kathy Hochul is directing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to construct a new Metro North transit station in the Astoria section of Queens, which will give the borough newfound commuter access to Connecticut and the eastern

(January 20, 2022) — Governor Kathy Hochul is planning to tap former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to lead the United Nations Development Corporation (UNDC), the state-controlled entity created in 1968 to assist the United Nations (UN) community with its real

(January 19, 2022) — Governor Kathy Hochul is pledging to intervene in New York State’s congressional redistricting and — with the help of Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie — will draw a majority-Democrat district to

(January 19, 2022) — Sources close to State Senator Andrew Lanza, the longest-serving Republican in the chamber, say that he is preparing to endorse a plan being privately advanced by Governor Kathy Hochul to make Staten Island a stand-alone municipality,