The Buffalo Chronicle
The Buffalo Chronicle
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A short take on today’s news
BY JOE GENCO –“I need to be able to talk about it and have someone talk back to me.” Christina Abt finishes climbing her Mount Everest — 52 interviews in her 65th…
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Look who says GOP’s last-minute raises out of line
Virtuoso slams GOP for Peck, Tamburlin raises, as he enjoys pension ala Dyster Some of us here at the Niagara Falls Reporter had to laugh when we saw the story that Dennis…
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Virtuoso says last minute raises are out of line
BY TONY FARINA A last-minute budget amendment giving hefty pay raises to two appointees of the GOP majority of the Niagara County Legislature is coming under heavy fire today from Minority Leader…
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New signage shows Cuomo’s contempt for city, Reporter
BY JAMES HUFNAGEL Gov. Andrew Cuomo, through his associates at State Parks and the New York Power Authority, sometime over the past week perpetrated an act of such petty vindictiveness and blatant…
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A short take on today’s news
BY JOE GENCO –Snow Roll. Bike riding in the cold. Noon. Be there. http://slowrollbuffalo.org/site-map-snow-roll-barrel-facto…/ –Alan Bedenko glibly gloats as Chris Collins bleats and croaks about e-mails attacked and hacked. Bedenko has a point:…
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Schroeder: Can Trump make America great again?
BY BUDD SCHROEDER A new administration will take place in America next month and the cabinet is beginning to be presented. Some of those chosen will have to be approved by Congress,…
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Thompson case may be dismissed, in the interest of justice
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI When acting District Attorney Mike Flaherty levied five felony charges against conservative activist Rus Thompson – in the heat of a contested Democrat primary – it was so wrought…
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Bills keep sinking as playoff hopes disappear, again
BY TONY FARINA There’s not much I can say about the Buffalo Bills that I haven’t said before many times in numerous articles dating back many years, long before the Buffalo sportswriters…
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Dyster’s 2017 city budget riddled with inconsistencies
Mayor Paul Dyster’s 2017 final budget for the city of Niagara Falls, approved by the city council last week, is a document based more on political calculation than fiscal responsibility. After the…
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Tonawanda Coke making headlines for the right reasons
BY TONY FARINA The Explore & More Children’s Museum planned for Buffalo’s Canalside received a much welcome $1 million capital gift from the Paul A. Saffrin Foundation this week for the planned…
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A short take on today’s news
BY JOE GENCO –Looking for something fun to do this morning? Why not visit Eastern Hills Mall at 11:30 a.m. You can see the Akron Marching Santas and stop at the Cheesy…
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Sam Hoyt’s absence at East Side press event raises eyebrows
Since Governor Andrew Cuomo was elected to his current office in 2010 and made Sam Hoyt an official at Empire State Development, the former Assemblyman has promoted himself as “Cuomo’s top guy…
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At WKBW, a struggle to balance stature and freshness
WKBW-7 ‘Eyewitness News’ has been stuck in third place among competitors in the Buffalo television market, with WGRZ-2 expected to lose the region’s top spot to WIVB-4 shortly. While WKBW is still…
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Betty Jean Grant calls on Pridgen, Schroeder to unseat Mayor Byron Brown
Longtime Erie County Legislator and two-time candidate for State Senate, Betty Jean Grant — a formidable political figure in her own right — is calling on Common Council President Darius Pridgen and…
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Mayor Brown should reinstate Officer Cariol Horne, or step aside
THE EDITORIAL BOARD If Mayor Byron W. Brown doesn’t reinstate Officer Cariol Horne by January 1st, then he shouldn’t run for reelection. On November 1, 2006 Officers Gregory Kwiatkowski and Horne were at…
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Cuomo says he could testify in Percoco-Ciminelli corruption trial
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he has met with federal authorities about the corruption case against a former top aide and close family friend — and acknowledged he could be called…
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Josh Kushner’s health startup opens trendy Brooklyn clinic
BY JAMES COVERT Oscar Health Insurance just opened its first clinic in Brooklyn — and the place looks just as slick as the startup’s hipster-friendly app. Patients who enter the new “Oscar…
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Viola Desmond, civil-rights pioneer, to be featured on Canada’s new $10 bill
In 1946, Viola Desmond’s stand at a segregated Nova Scotia movie theatre made her into a civil-rights icon for black Canadians. On Thursday, the federal government announced that she’ll be the new…
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Professor traces stability of Italian mafias to leadership structure
BY ZAIN MEHDI The organizational structure of Italian mafias impacts each syndicate’s stability and use of violence, according to Prof. Maurizio Catino, sociology of organization, University of Milan Bicocca. Understanding how these…
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Lawyers say convicted ex-state senator continues to break laws
By Lia Eustachewich, New York Post Crooked former state Sen. John Sampson continued to break laws after his corruption conviction and should be locked up for more than seven years, Brooklyn prosecutors…
