The Buffalo Chronicle
The Buffalo Chronicle
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FDNY adds more $200K pensions as new career retirees average $140K
More than three-quarters of last year’s retirees from the City of New York’s Fire Department (FDNY) were eligible for six-figure pensions, with 40 of them eligible for pensions over $200,000 according to…
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Seneca Nation and City of Niagara Falls urged to form ‘cooperation task force’
Activists are calling on the City of Niagara Falls and the Seneca Nation of Indians to form a ‘cooperation task force’ that could circumvent Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s office and open direct Nation-to-City…
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Caputo is not expected to return to the Trump administration
The storied political operative and part-time WBEN Newsradio 930 AM talk show host, Michael Caputo, is not expected to return to President Donald J. Trump‘s administration following a devastating diagnosis of metastatic…
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The US is unprepared for Africa’s growing terror threat
BY EMILY ESTELLE Maj. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, the commander of US Special Operations Command Africa, gave a sobering assessment of the increasing security threats posed by al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and…
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Might Congress enact a compromise to end earmarks as we know them?
BY KEVIN R. KOSAR For the past several years, there have been murmurings on Capitol Hill about possibly bringing back earmarks. Now it appears possible that the scandal-tainted earmarks of old may…
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In New York, private job count down 1.1 million from pre-pandemic level
BY E.J. McMAHON Six months into the novel coronavirus pandemic, New York State’s private-sector employment recovery was the slowest in the 48 contiguous states—and getting slower. The latest monthly jobs report from the state…
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How a blast from the past could save NYC again
BY E.J. McMAHON Forty-five years ago this month, then-Gov. Hugh L. Carey and the state Legislature passed a landmark law, the Financial Emergency Act, designed to rescue Gotham from imminent bankruptcy. The…
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Trudeau has been soliciting smears against Governor General Julie Payette
In recent weeks, and despite repeated statements of support, operatives of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have been quietly soliciting smears against Governor General Julie Payette, Canada’s Vice Regal and the Queen’s appointed…
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Pagels narrowly wins caucus nomination for Seneca presidency
Seneca Nation Treasurer Matthew Pagels narrowly won the Seneca Party caucus nomination for President. Pagels was nearly defeated by John “Joonie” Williams, in a vote of 733 to 700. The offices of…
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Collins, Murkowski will support confirmation vote before the election if nominee is a ‘McCain Republican’
Senator Susan Collins of Maine and Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska have been privately suggesting to colleagues that they would support a confirmation vote for President Donald J. Trump‘s Supreme Court nominee…
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Trump urged to move Bureau of Indian Affairs to the State Department
Tribal governments and Native American businessmen are urging President Donald J. Trump to move the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) from the Department of the Interior (DOI) to the Department of State…
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Marine Drive residents prefer Paladino over BMHA as their landlord
Residents of Marine Drive Apartments — Buffalo’s largest public housing complex — prefer that Carl Paladino‘s Ellicott Development was their landlord, rather than the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA), at a rate…
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Mueller team repeatedly wiped phones
WASHINGTON, DC — Judicial Watch announced today it received 87 pages of records from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that show senior members of Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel’s Office (SCO) repeatedly and “accidentally” wiped phones…
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Police officer involved in Saturday shooting of homeless man also paralyzed a teen in 2012
Buffalo Police officer Karl Schultz shot Willie Henley, a 60 year old homeless man, on Saturday afternoon on Genesee Street just blocks from downtown. Henley was shot in the abdomen and is…
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On measuring school quality, ‘Education Week’ misses the mark
BY IAN KINGSBURY Education Week released its A-F grades for states on school quality last week. New York earned a B-, appreciably better than the nationwide C average. A closer look at scoring methodology, however,…
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What happens if teachers go on strike?
BY KEN GIRARDIN New York’s largest teachers union this summer threatened to go on strike rather than allow schools to reopen for in-person classes—despite months of preparation by officials and a state…
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The numbers debunk Cuomo’s SALT gripes
BY E.J. McMAHON For the better part of three years now, Governor Andrew Cuomo has been pounding SALT — the federal income-tax deduction for state and local taxes. After President Donald Trump…
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State forces school districts to give raises—and layoffs
BY KEN GIRARDIN Months of bad decisions and inaction by New York state officials have put school districts in the awkward position of having to give pay raises to most teachers while…
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Even after aid cut, New York will spend most on education
BY IAN KINGSBURY Governor Andrew Cuomo is withholding 20 percent of state school aid allocations pending federal bailout negotiations. The decision has been met with alarm and objection from district leaders and New York teachers unions.…
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DOJ documents show Mueller withdrawing from consideration for FBI Director, raising questions about House testimony
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it received 47 pages of documents from the Department of Justice which includes a May 17, 2017, email documenting that Robert Mueller informed the Attorney General’s office…
