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The Buffalo Chronicle
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Schumer calls on Feds to immediately treat Vets suffering from agent orange conditions
The VA Proposed Adding 4 Health Conditions To Agent Orange “Presumptive Conditions” Exposure Health Care Benefits List, But Administration Has Refused To Add Conditions & Blocked Vietnam-Era Vets From Getting The VA…
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Gillibrand wants Chautauqua Lake’s toxic algal blooms prioritized by Army Corps Of Engineers
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to prioritize funding to protect the…
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Gillibrand votes no on USMCA, slams Trump-negotiated trade deal
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today released the following statement on her vote against the USMCA: “I plan to vote against President Trump’s USMCA agreement. President Trump’s USMCA deal may…
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De Blasio’s mandatory inclusionary housing program: what is wrong, and how it can be made right
Inclusionary zoning provides an incentive, or a mandate, to real-estate developers to include lower-rent units in new housing. One signature proposal of New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has been a…
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Charter schools in Newark: the effect on student test scores
BY MARCUS WINTERS This report estimates the effect of enrolling in a charter school on student standardized test scores in Newark, New Jersey. The results indicate that attending a Newark charter school…
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McMAHON: One State, Two Stories
From a statewide perspective, New York’s economic performance since the end of the Great Recession hasn’t been especially outstanding, roughly equaling the U.S. averages for growth in private employment and GDP, while…
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Book Review: Rethinking Reentry
Policymakers and researchers have been searching for a solution to persistently high rates of recidivism for decades. While the number of incarcerated individuals under federal and state jurisdiction has decreased in recent…
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Libya explains why Turkey has no friends
BY KORI N. SCHAKE It is hard to credit now, but there was a time, only a decade ago, when Turkey described its foreign policy doctrine as one of “zero problems with our…
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Why it’s not simple to just raise the corporate income tax
BY KYLE POMERLEAU It seems like it is conventional wisdom that if Democrats take the White House and the Senate in November the corporate income tax rate is going to go up.…
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Mexican police chief unfazed by U.S. alert, arrival of middle easterners going north is ‘normal’
A recent U.S. alert warning Mexico of armed Iranians planning to enter the country through the southern border didn’t faze a busy Mexican border city’s police chief, who confirms the region is…
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Hawley drops out of Republican primary in the 27th congressional district
In a statement released late this afternoon, Assemblyman Steve Hawley announced that he is withdrawing from the Republican Primary contest in New York’s 27th district, where Rep. Chris Collins resigned upon being…
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Morinello elevated to Ranking Member on Codes Committee
Assemblyman Angelo Morinello (R,C,I,Ref-Niagara Falls) has been appointed as the Ranking Minority Member for the Assembly’s Standing Committee on Codes for the 2020 Legislative Session. Morinello has an extensive background in the criminal…
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Customer (Dis) Service
BY NORBERT RUG I recently had some discussions about customer service due to some less than favorable experiences I had. I spent a rather cold night recently due to a botched thermostat…
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Ex-Boyfriend charged for the murder of Lakeeta Holloman on Buffalo’s Lower West Side
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 41-year-old Clarence Lamont Bryant of Buffalo has been arraigned before Erie County Court Judge Susan Maxwell Barnes on one count of Murder in…
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Cheektowaga man charged for shooting fast-food restaurant manager
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 44-year-old Anthony B. Jones of Cheektowaga has been arraigned before Buffalo City Court Judge Barbara Johnson-Lee on one count of Assault in the…
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Transexual state workers sue Florida for facial feminization, testicle removal surgery
In what appears to be a growing national trend, another public enterprise is being sued for failing to pay for transgenders’ costly sex-change surgery. The plaintiffs in this latest case are two…
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Judicial Watch launches investigation into South Bend Police Department’s ‘diversity training’
WASHINGTON, DC – Judicial Watch announced it received 127 pages of records from the South Bend, Indiana Police Department which show the Department offered diversity training in 2017 which includes a “cultural competence” rating…
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Krueger, Kaminsky, Jaffee introduce Bill to ban cigarette filters
Toxic, Plastic, Non-Biodegradable Filters Do Not Improve Safety Of Cigarettes, Are A Leading Contributor To Plastic Pollution Bill Would Also Ban Single-Use E-Cigarettes ALBANY, NY – Today, State Senators Liz Krueger and…
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AI Capital Advisors rebrands to Fidelman & Co., expanding operations
Fidelman & Co., a management consulting firm specializing in business advisory and management & financial consulting, announced today that it is rebranding from AI Capital Advisors and expanding its services, opening two…
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Liu joins Democrats to expand early voting in heavily Democrat enrolled areas
Senator John C. Liu, together with the Senate Majority Conference, passed major legislation that will build on the historic voting reforms passed under the Senate Democratic Majority during the 2019 Legislative Session.…
