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Erie County
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Zellner shifts focus beyond local races in anticipation of Hochul’s gubernatorial bid
Erie County Democratic Party Chairman Jeremy Zellner is said to have shifted his focus beyond local races — just weeks after his endorsed candidates for Erie County Sheriff and Mayor of Buffalo…
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County waste program makes hazardous waste disposal easy
The Erie County Department of Environment and Planning (“ECDEP”) is offering a new voucher program for residents to dispose of their household hazardous waste (“HHW”) six days a week throughout the year. Residents…
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Erie County announces pandemic EBT benefit
The Erie County Department of Social Services (“ECDSS) has announced that the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (“ODTA”)will be issuing a Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (“EBT”) food benefit…
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Poloncarz announces budget deficit plan to address fiscal challenges
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz today announced his 2020 COVID-19 Budget Deficit Remediation Plan, identifying budgetary gap-closing measures to address a projected $137.8 million pandemic-related deficit in the county’s FY2020 budget. The…
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Could the Central Terminal become a Courthouse and Holding Center?
When Republican Chris Collins was still the Erie County Executive, the Democrats on the County Legislature railed against the administration and Erie County Sheriff Timothy Howard for longstanding civil rights violations at…
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Poloncarz lauded for leadership in the runup to coronavirus crisis
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz is being lauded for his leadership during the ongoing escalation of the public health threat posed by the coronavirus. Poloncarz and Gail Burnstein, the Erie County Commissioner…
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Peter Reese keeps quiet about rumors of a run for Erie County District Attorney
Pioneering election law attorney and Democratic Party official Peter A. Reese is widely rumored to be preparing petitions to run for Erie County District Attorney, but the retired cancer research scientist is…
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Ostrowski is being prodded to run for District Attorney
Jim Ostrowski, who has long led the intellectual wing of the local Libertarian movement, is being prodded by supporters to run for Erie County District Attorney this year. Ostrowski is a prominent…
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Cheektowaga man charged for shooting fast-food restaurant manager
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 44-year-old Anthony B. Jones of Cheektowaga has been arraigned before Buffalo City Court Judge Barbara Johnson-Lee on one count of Assault in the…
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County ‘Live Well’ grant awardees announced
Today, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz announced the selection of thirteen municipal projects for inclusion in the Erie County Consortium 2020 Live Well Erie Block Grant application. The application, which will…
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Poloncarz appoints Szymanski Director of Workforce Development
Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz today announced his appointment of Geoffrey M. Szymanski as Erie County Director of Workforce Development. In that position he serves as Executive Director of the Buffalo…
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The Club 747
BY NORBERT RUG In the 60’s and 70’s, the drinking age was 18 in New York, which meant I was sneaking into bars when I was 16, and I was not the…
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Kirkwood suggests that Poloncarz is a ‘closet Trump Democrat’
Community organizer Duncan Kirkwood slammed Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz for his allegedly weak progressive credentials in a widely read Buffalo News editorial last month. It’s just the latest friction between the County Executive…
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Grant, Fiume emerge as leading contenders for Erie County GOP chairmanship
Republican political operatives Chris Grant and Bryan Fiume are emerging as the leading contenders to replace former County Chairman Nick Langworthy, who has ascended to the State Chairmanship. Grant is a storied figure in local…
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Lenny Roberto, a former Tea Party activist, launches “SplitNY” movement
Lenny Roberto founded the Tea Party-inspired Primary Challenge to disrupt the State’s Republican Party from the quasi-Libertarian right, circa 2010. Now he has an organizing effort underway to “Split New York” into two separate States. …
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Unless staffers feel uncomfortable, rumored womanizing is unlikely to affect Poloncarz campaign
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz has been known to date political colleagues who, in various ways, find themselves subordinate to him. But those relationships have been publicly known and those women haven’t complained…
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Reese plans to take election case to Court of Appeals
The industrial engineer, cancer research scientist, and pioneering election law attorney who is running for Erie County Executive — Peter A. Reese — filed his appellate brief in the case of Reese…
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Lisa Chimera, Kenmore’s triple-dipper, wants another public salary
Lisa Chimera is running for the County Legislature, but the well-heeled public servent’s salary is quickly causing a political stir in the 3rd legislative district, which encompasses parts of North Buffalo and…
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That time Poloncarz appointed ‘patronage hack’ to supervise CPS, following brazen fraud scheme
County Executive Mark Poloncarz‘ appointment of a well-traveled patronage hack as a supervisor in Child Protective Services, (Buffalo News) brought back memories of an interesting Democratic Plumbers scheme from 2006. That caper…
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Poloncarz’s opposition to a new Bills stadium will be a problem in November
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz‘s longstanding opposition to a new Buffalo Bills stadium is badly damaging his chances of reelection at the ballot box in November, area political operatives posit. Critics have lambasted Poloncarz…
