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Kennedy’s new chairmanship called ‘an economic gift for WNY’

December 17, 2018

The Democratic Party has taken control of the State Senate — a chamber that has been controlled by the Republicans for decades, excepting a brief period in 2008, before a leadership coup paralyzed the chamber until 2010 elections. Tim Kennedy

Tea Party sees a “Rust Belt Recovery Act” as next step in China trade war

July 7, 2018

Matthew Ricchiazzi, New York State’s leading Tea Party activist, is calling on President Donald Trump to propose a “Rust Belt Recovery Act” just ahead of midterm elections this November. “We need to fight the trade war with China much more

43 North contracts with at least three recruitment firms to identify Director

February 19, 2018

The publicly funded business plan competition known as 43 North, has contracted with no fewer than three separate recruitment firms to identify its next Executive Director, raising serious questions about how ‘economic development’ funds are being spent. Executive Director John Gavigan last

M&T Bank should appoint Betty Jean Grant to its Board of Directors

January 3, 2018

Betty Jean Grant may be retiring from the County Legislature (a body that she once chaired), but her supporters know she isn’t going anywhere. With the sheer force of her honest, humble, unwavering style, she has earned greater esteem in

Poloncarz should back film festival

January 1, 2017

THE EDITORIAL BOARD Director Bill Cowell’s network of relationships in the Los Angeles film industry spans the upper echelon of American media. That he maintains roots in Western New York is an opportunity to leverage his talents and networks as

Trump applauds SoftBank announcements

December 29, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump, from the steps of his Mar-o-lago resort in Palm Strings, FL applauded the return of 8,000 jobs to the United States. Trump touted plans announced earlier this month Masayoshi Son, a Japanese tech mogul, that his firm Softbank Capital

Sam Hoyt’s absence at East Side press event raises eyebrows

December 14, 2016

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 in Western New York.” He even modified his

Josh Kushner’s health startup opens trendy Brooklyn clinic

December 8, 2016

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 Center” won’t find administrators pushing papers behind a

Trump wants to overhaul NAFTA?

December 7, 2016

This is the time for Canada to be bold and be prepared to give; freer movement of people, goods and investments within North America should be our objective via Trump wants to overhaul NAFTA? Bring it on — The Globe and

America supports Trump’s Carrier deal

December 6, 2016

Donald Trump’s first big move as president-elect is wildly popular with voters, a poll released Tuesday shows. Trump’s deal with air conditioning manufacturer Carrier is viewed favorably by 60 percent of registered voters, according to the survey by Politico/Morning Consult.

Freeland: “Canada should seize opportunity to attract foreign investment”

December 5, 2016

Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland called Monday for the country to seek greater integration as the United States prepares for isolationist policy via Canada should seize opportunity to attract foreign investment: Freeland — The Globe and Mail – Politics

Scott Belsky on crafting the first mile of product

December 5, 2016

“How do you build a product that engages a user quickly enough to get them to The Zone and keep them over time?” Entrepreneur and Behance co-founder Scott Belsky explores building a product for new users and focusing on the

This town gives Trump a second look after the Carrier deal

December 4, 2016

INDIANAPOLIS — Steeling himself against the cold outside the Carrier air-conditioning plant on Thursday, Brian Dyson is ecstatic. “Look, when Trump came here and said he was going to save jobs, I saw that as just another promise from a

Craft beer industry gets major boost from foreign investors

December 3, 2016

Foreign beer makers are taking some big swigs of the frothy US craft beer business. Just this week, the number of breweries in this country surpassed 5,000 for the first time, up 1,000 in the past year and light years

Depression, suicide attempts, risky sex response of Falls’ youth to life in State’s “most violent” city

November 27, 2016

BY JAMES HUGNAGEL The recently-released FBI report “Crime in the United States” singled out the city of Niagara Falls as having the highest rate of violent crime in all of New York State. During 2015, residents experienced 555 violent crimes,

Bronfman sisters planning a major philanthropic effort on Aboriginal entrepreneurship

October 26, 2016

It has been widely rumored that Clare and Sara Bronfman, heiresses to the Seagrams’ liquor fortune and daughters of the late philanthropist Edgar Bronfman, are planning “a major philanthropic campaign on Aboriginal entrepreneurship and business development,” says a source with

Pridgen stops Gilbane contract amid East Side outrage over Northland project

September 12, 2016

Prominent Black activists from both ends of the political spectrum are outraged at the Cuomo administration’s handling of a construction management contract for the heralded Northland Corridor project proposed earlier this year. At a meeting just before the Labor Day holiday, representatives

Framework for community partnership with LP Ciminelli emerges

May 20, 2016

In talks with LP Ciminelli executives last week, the members of the Contract Compliance Review Committee found much common ground in identifying barriers to entry for minority participation in the construction trades. LP Ciminelli and other construction contractors have been

LP Ciminelli and community would gain from partnership

May 16, 2016

BY KATRINNA MARTIN-BORDEAUX Our city has great potential to be a national model on how to architect inclusive publicly funded economic development projects, like those funded by the Buffalo Billion, to increase equity for marginalized communities and people of color. Working

Sunbelt business brokers look for the right fit

February 6, 2016

BY TONY FARINA “This business changes destinies,” says Cal Lawson, president and co-owner of Amherst-based Sunbelt Business Brokers who has spent more than 24 years evaluating people and entrepreneurial opportunities across Western New York and beyond, looking for the right