The Buffalo Chronicle
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Jamestown weighs $36 million in downtown requests as an EPA grant targets its industrial riverfront
Downtown project sponsors pitch residents Tuesday for a share of nearly $10 million in state DRI money, days after the EPA spotlighted a $1 million brownfields grant to assess and clean up…
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Albany adds $10 million to Buffalo’s East Side Building Fund after 300 applications chased the first round
Thirty-five projects split the first $10 million. With a second round expected, here is how the storefront and mixed-use grants work and who gets priority.
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Elmwood Bidwell apartments start leasing, 10 months past the developer’s target
Studios start at $1,700 at Douglas Development’s long-delayed Elmwood and Bidwell project. City permit records trace a five-year path, mismatched unit counts and a storefront that still has no announced tenant.
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Gendron jury selection enters week three as a fatal taxi crash brings an indictment
Gendron’s lawyers tell prospective jurors the case is about life or death. Also: a DWI homicide indictment in Kensington-Grider, two sentences for Buffalo killings, a Hamburg burglary verdict and an Election Day…
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Claudia Tenney’s campaign has spent $2.6 million in a safe seat, and most of it went to raising more
FEC filings show Rep. Claudia Tenney’s campaign spent about $2.6 million this cycle, more than half on fundraising and digital vendors, about $208,000 on travel and meals, and $160,000 in a single…
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A stuck sewer camera keeps the old Niagara County Infirmary in limbo on Lockport’s city-town line
A plan for roughly 70 homes at the former Niagara County Infirmary is on hold while the Town of Lockport waits for usable video of a city sewer line. Meanwhile, the vacant…
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First Nations and first ministers meet in Ottawa as chiefs press for a sovereign wealth fund and a share of major projects
Canada’s prime minister and premiers meet First Nations leaders Monday in the first gathering of its kind since Kelowna in 2005. Chiefs arrive with a $376-billion gap estimate and a plan for…
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Boston overrides the tax cap for its 2027 budget, and town officials say water lines are the reason
The Boston Town Board unanimously approved a 5% levy increase that lands about $85,000 over the state tax cap. Town officials point to a waterline project costing more than $15 million, along…
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Seneca Nation’s Cattaraugus gas expansion selected in record federal tribal energy round
The Seneca Nation requested $6.7 million from the Department of Energy to expand its own natural gas system on the Cattaraugus Territory. It is one of 63 tribal projects selected in a…
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Lancaster and Depew close out a football rivalry that dates to 1919, and only one side wanted it to end
Lancaster beat Depew 48-8 Friday in what was billed as the last game of one of Western New York’s oldest high school rivalries. Depew chose to end the series, and Lancaster had…
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White House touts refinery funding and diesel relief, says New York hasn’t adopted fuel waivers
The White House says gas and diesel prices will soon drop, pointing to Defense Production Act refinery money and diesel tax deferrals. It singled out New York for not adopting federal fuel…
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UB alum Judge John Sinatra has a consistent answer for New York’s gun laws: show the history
The federal judge behind last week’s body armor ruling earned both of his degrees at UB. Since 2022 he has applied the same historical test to New York’s gun laws, and the…
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Trump weighs a deal or renewed strikes on Iran as Tehran says messages are still moving
President Trump said he is weighing whether to make a deal with Iran or “finish them off,” while Tehran says messages are passing through intermediaries. Israel votes Tuesday.
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Golden Dome hits early milestones as senators from both parties press for steadier funding
President Trump’s missile-defense shield has an operational site and two tests behind it, but most of its 2027 money depends on a stalled reconciliation bill. Senate Armed Services members of both parties…
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FBI surge on unsolved Indian Country crimes doubles arrests, Justice Department says
Operation Not Forgotten 2026 produced 118 arrests and 41 federal charges across Indian Country, the Justice Department says. None of the 12 surge field offices was in New York.
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Erie County’s IDA has backed $143 million in projects this year, a fifth of 2025’s pace, as its board takes up a 2027 budget
Through September, the ECIDA approved seven projects worth $143.1 million, down from $728 million in 2025, and its fee-funded budget now leans on two bond deals.
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Who owns the land around Millrace Park? City records point to a Larkin-linked company
Property records show a company sharing Larkin Development’s address owned the Millrace Park site and at least 22 nearby parcels. The state is paying $6 million of the park’s $8 million cost,…
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A Rochester developer bets factory-built homes can fill Buffalo’s vacant lots for about $175,000
Cook Properties is buying 18 city lots for unsubsidized modular homes, starting on Northampton Street. Its plan comes as Albany funds factory-built starter homes elsewhere and the White House orders a review…
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Buffalo’s long ballot: 11 charter changes, from a human rights commission to who controls the budget
With no city offices on the ballot, Buffalo voters will decide 11 proposed charter changes on Nov. 3. Here’s what each would do, from police advice and human rights to budget power…
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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…
