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Campaign Finance
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Albany Democrats send $196,000 to defend McMahon as public matching money fuels McGuire’s Amherst challenge
The Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee moved $196,000 to Assembly Member Karen McMahon before a $236,000 TV buy, while Republican Terry McGuire has drawn more public matching money than she has in the…
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Flock cameras, crime and party-funded TV ads shape the 143rd Assembly race between Chludzinski and Taughrin
Republican Assemblyman Patrick Chludzinski and Democrat Ryan Taughrin are sparring over license plate readers after a Cheektowaga police scandal, while party money pays for most of their TV ads.
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In the 142nd Assembly race, Burke runs on a trooper leave law and Dickson on West Seneca’s tax record
Assembly Member Pat Burke (D, WFP) points to the trooper critical-incident leave law he sponsored, and West Seneca Supervisor Gary Dickson (R, C) to five years with no town tax increase. State…
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Kennedy presses DHS on Batavia detention expansion as the administration points to Albany and the 2024 vote
Rep. Tim Kennedy wants answers by Nov. 2 on a roughly $16.7 million ICE expansion in Batavia. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says voters backed mass deportations, and ICE says New York’s…
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A democratic socialist and a Hamburg Republican face off for the open 149th Assembly seat
Tenant lawyer Adam Bojak (D, WFP) and Hamburg Councilman Frank Bogulski (R, C) are offering sharply different answers on taxes, utilities and affordability in the open West Side-Lackawanna-Hamburg seat as early voting…
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Wydysh and McMurray vie for open 145th Assembly seat as early voting begins
Early voting began Saturday in the open 145th Assembly District race between Republican Becky Wydysh and Democrat Nate McMurray, who are both drawing on public matching funds and disagree over whether to…
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Langworthy holds a 37-to-1 cash edge in NY-23 as Gies outraises him again in the final stretch
Rep. Nick Langworthy entered the last weeks of the NY-23 race with nearly $2 million in the bank to Aaron Gies’ $54,000. But FEC filings show the Democrat has outraised the incumbent…
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Collins expected to testify against son
Legal experts who are familiar with the indictment against Rep. Chris Collins interpret his public insistence that he “intends to clear his name” as an indication that he is planning to testify…
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Rumor: True Bethel’s tax exempt status scrutinized for political activities
An unconfirmed rumor has been circulating among political operatives that senior Democrat party officials are actively conspiring to thwart Council President Darius Pridgen’s ambitions on the Mayor’s office. Operatives working at the…
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Source: Delaware North was preparing to hire Chris Grant the day of Pigeon raids
Delaware North is interviewing for a senior communications advisor. They were close to hiring Steve Casey, the former Buffalo deputy mayor, for the job. Before he got the offer, he removed himself from consideration due to…
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Cuomo’s medical marijuana law designed for kickbacks, say operatives
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s medical marijuana law — which passed the state legislature last year — is being characterized by local political operatives as “designed for kickbacks.” The law authorizes only a handful…
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Does a caged bird sing?
Western New York’s political world has been inalterably rocked today with the issuance of search warrants at the homes of the renowned political operative G. Steven Pigeon, and two others: former Deputy Mayor…
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Letter to the Editor: Where is Frank Max’s money going?
Dear Mr. Ricchiazzi: I read your website every day and love how you are exposing political corruption around Erie County and WNY. I am very bothered by Frank Max’s Progressive Democrats of…
