The Buffalo Chronicle
The Buffalo Chronicle
-
Chestnut Ridge Park ski hill tow rope completed
The Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry has announced the completion of a new tow rope installed on the ski hill at Chestnut Ridge Park and now ready (when sufficient…
-
Mayor Brown presents check to WNY Gold Star mothers
Mayor Byron W. Brown, joined by Buffalo area musicians and Veterans charity helpers, today took part in a ceremonial check presentation in the amount of $3,250 for the WNY Gold Star Mothers.…
-
Brown signs new procurement law and energy finance program
Mayor Byron W. Brown signed two pieces of legislation, Local Laws V and VI of 2019, today. Local Law V will give the Brown Administration the authority to use “best value” practices…
-
December jobs reports keeps unemployment flat at 3.5%
BY BETH AKERS According to this morning’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the economy added just 145,000 jobs in December. Surveys indicated that economists were anticipating closer to 160,000 jobs. This left…
-
Time to reset the Doomsday Clock of ‘late capitalism’
BY JAMES PETHOKOUKIS The famous Doomsday Clock — it’s a key visual motif in the Watchmen graphic novel and television miniseries — was created by Manhattan Project scientists as a metaphor to suggest how close mankind…
-
Rhetoric aside, safety net spending continues to grow
BY MATT WEIDINGER To listen to some of the Trump administration’s critics, you would think the American safety net for families and the poor has been completely shredded. One recent example is an “Open Letter…
-
Don’t expect anti-tech antitrust to boost innovation
BY JAMES PETHOKOUKIS It’s easy to sound like a knee-jerk, anti-business agitator when calling for the breakup of Big Tech. These are America’s biggest and most innovative companies. China is trying to…
-
Book Review: The American Dream Is Not Dead (But Populism Could Kill It)
Populists on both sides of the political aisle routinely announce that the American dream is dead. According to them, the game has been rigged by elites, workers cannot get ahead, wages have…
-
Empire Center announces ‘DeregulateNY’ contest
The Empire Center today kicked off DeregulateNY, a web-based contest inviting users to identify the the most needlessly expensive and restrictive rules imposed on people offering goods and services in New York State.…
-
Millions of ‘extra’ registrants found on voting rolls, five States could face lawsuits
At Least 2.5 Million Extra Names on Voting Rolls, Drop of One Million After Successful Judicial Watch Lawsuits WASHINGTON, DC – Judicial Watch announced today it is continuing its efforts to force…
-
Steele’s State Department handler used personal email to push reports
‘Flipping to the high side will result in delays’ – Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for European Affairs, Paul Jones WASHINGTON, DC – Judicial Watch and The Daily Caller News Foundation today released…
-
New Strzok-Page emails reveal DOJ special treatment for Clinton lawyers
WASHINGTON, DC – Judicial Watch announced today it received 211 pages of emails between former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page that detail special accommodations given to the lawyers of Hillary Clinton…
-
Chaos at WBEN, as Baurle and Bellevia are rumored to be feuding
Sources say that Western New York’s most listened to talk radio station — WBEN Newsradio 930 AM — is ‘imploding with chaos’ behind the scenes, and it could lead to drastic programming…
-
Dyster’s path to political redemption is long and twisted
Former Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster has been on an orchestrated media tour following his departure from office last week — complete with the paid promotion of self-produced YouTube videos. Long profiles,…
-
Flanagan worries about ‘so-called’ criminal justice reforms
BY SENATOR JOHN FLANAGAN In two days, the Democrats give a get out of jail free card to 90 percent of criminals across this state and already we are seeing the devastating…
-
Skoufis, DiNapoli tout enactment of anti-corruption audit law
Senator James Skoufis (D-Hudson Valley) and New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced that the Governor signed Skoufis’ bill S.5445 into law, authorizing the State Comptroller’s office to audit Local Development…
-
The CIA is being sued for Eric Ciaramella’s White House communications
WASHINGTON, DC – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against both the DOJ and CIA for communications of CIA employee Eric Ciaramella, who reportedly worked on…
-
Cuomo vetoes bill to regulate pharmacy benefit managers
Bill would have added accountability, increased fiscal disclosure, and addressed deceptive and anti-competitive practices Governor Andrew Cuomo this evening vetoed legislation to increase oversight, transparency, and accountability of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). PBMs…
-
Should the Seneca Nation buy Milstein’s 140-acres in Niagara Falls?
NIAGARA FALLS, NY — Some political prognosticators are speculating that Manhattan billionaire Howard Milstein could be interested in exiting his investment in a 140-acre aggregation of parcels that he owns in downtown…
-
Lentol announces the signing of the Safe Way Home Act
A5775/S3966 Provides No-Cost Transportation for Victims of Sexual Assault Assembly Member Joseph R. Lentol (D-North Brooklyn) announced today that a bill he introduced and passed as lead sponsor that will assist victims…
