The Buffalo Chronicle
The Buffalo Chronicle
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Hillary Clinton is planning to run for Speaker of the House
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is planning to run for Congress in New York’s 17th district, sources familiar with her thinking tell The Chronicle. Longtime Westchester County Rep. Nita Lowey, currently…
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Ricchiazzi responds to questions posed by Politico
Matthew Ricchiazzi, the publisher of The Buffalo Chronicle, was kind enough to respond to questions posed by Caitlin Dewey, a writer with Politico. I understand the Chronicle is not your full-time gig — what…
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Jacobs is being encouraged to run against Higgins, as Langworthy fears worst in 27th district special election
Republican insiders have been prodding State Senator Chris Jacobs to challenge Rep. Brian Higgins in New York’s 26th congressional district. But the two-term Senator has already announced his intentions to seek the…
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Lovin Spoonful: Two Forks Up
BY NORBERT RUG I’ve been driving past Two Forks Up for a few years. When I grew up in Getzville, it went by several different names. It has been named Dacc’s and…
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Property tax bills vary widely across New York State
Residents of the Mid-Hudson village of Liberty had the highest effective property tax rate in New York (outside New York City and Nassau) during fiscal year 2019, according to the newest edition…
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Court rejects FBI effort to keep secret records about FBI meeting with Clinton lawyer on Russia
U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg denied a Justice Department effort to block the release of any communications between former FBI General Counsel James Baker and Michael Sussmann, a Perkins Coie law partner and…
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Watchdogs are probing Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s alleged intervention with Ukraine prosecutor
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the State Department seeking documents related to a reported “untouchables list” given in late 2016…
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Judicial Watch sues DOJ for emails, texts of Inspector General Michael Atkinson
Seeks All Atkinson Communications Regarding Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Anthony Weiner, Twenty-Fifth Amendment and/or Presidential Impeachment, Including Emails and Text Messages with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and His Staff (Washington,…
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Catsimatidis will spend big to stop Kulpa from taking Senate seat
Local Republicans are giddy that Amherst Supervisor Brian Kulpa is preparing to primary businesswoman and fellow Democrat Joan Seamans in the 61st State Senate District, where incumbent Republican Michael Ranzenhofer announced that…
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DIPIETRO: New York is broke
BY DAVID DIPIETRO So here we are everyone, the end of the 2019 calendar year and we’re getting ready for the holidays. Setting up decorations, meeting with loved ones and buying presents,…
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Gender bias and discrimination persist at Canadian colleges
BY ELIZABETH PRICE The first steps towards gender equality were made in the late-19th century. It all began with the suffrage movement – women insisted that they should have the right to…
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Freeland is pushing Trudeau to spend heavily on ‘defense research’ in Alberta to meet NATO obligations
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, who is now largely presumed to be Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s planned successor, is preparing to bring a mammoth new infrastructure proposal to Cabinet in her new…
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Langworthy calls for Speaker Heastie to fire Counsel for extortion of JCOPE member
New York Republican Chairman Nick Langworthy today called for the immediate dismissal of Speaker Carl Heastie’s top aide, Howard Vargas, for his threatening phone call to JCOPE member Julie Garcia following her…
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Lentol heralds signing of a bill to protect tenants from landlord harassment
Assembly Member Joseph R. Lentol (D-North Brooklyn) announced today that a bill he introduced and passed as lead sponsor was signed by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. The bill establishes the crime of…
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Krueger and Ortiz introduce Fossil Fuel Divestment Act
Fossil Fuel Industry Continues To Underperform Market, Create Long-Term Risk for State Pension Fund Today, as world leaders are meeting for the UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid, State Senator Liz Krueger,…
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LePetri blasts Dems for campaign finance overhaul during budget crisis
The nine-member non-elected Public Campaign Financing Commission tasked with overhauling New York’s campaign finance laws released its report this weekend outlining specifics of the $100 million annual taxpayer-funded matching program that will…
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Senator May continues pushing for entrepreneurship programing
Senator Rachel May (D-Onondaga, Madison, Oneida) expressed disappointment in Governor Cuomo’s veto of “encore entrepreneurship” legislation that would help support New Yorkers age 50 and older seeking to launch a new business…
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Carlucci lands early labor endorsement in primary to succeed Nita Lowey
Senator David Carlucci is the first candidate in the race for Congress in New York’s 17th district to receive a major labor endorsement New York’s International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union…
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Flanagan: Taxpayer-funded campaigns are a Democrat scam
BY SENATOR JOHN FLANAGAN The recommendations issued today by the Public Financing and Elections Commission should simply be called the “Taxpayer-Funded Democrat Party Protection Program.” It should also sicken every New Yorker…
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FBI uncovers new Clinton emails
Judicial Watch today released a court filing that reveals the FBI found more of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails, and it has turned them over to the State Department for…
