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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Katrinna Martin-Bordeaux, the Chairperson of Young Black Democrats of Western New York, is denouncing Governor Andrew Cuomo’s plan for the redevelopment of the Northland Avenue industrial corridor, only weeks after the administration announced a $25 million contest […]
BY TONY FARINA, The Niagara Falls Reporter I’ve written articles for several publications in recent months and years about the lack of transparency employed by state development agencies that spend millions and millions of taxpayer dollars […]
BY RICH PURTELL A project labor agreement is a protectionist strategy, usually applied to public work, which mandates a certain labor pool to be used for a construction project. New York State already has a […]
