The Buffalo Chronicle
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Casino Compact with Tuscaroras could help fund a new water treatment plant in Niagara Falls
The City of Niagara Falls may get a new water treatment plant as part of a broader gaming compact between the Tuscarora Nation and Governor Andrew Cuomo that would authorize a second…
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Niagara Falls is poised for development, but will Empire State Development deliver
For years, Empire State Development blamed its lackluster performance in Niagara Falls — through its subsidiary investment vehicle USA Niagara Development — on its lack of landholdings in the tourism district. Without…
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Critics say that Dyster’s record in Niagara Falls has been a titanic failure
Mayor Paul Dyster has decided not to seek reelection in Niagara Falls this year. Three terms of fiscal management finally caught up with him — and a structural deficit somewhere between $15 and…
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Many Niagara Falls residents want the City to benefit directly from State Park operations
Niagara Falls State Park is certainly a lucrative and, some would argue, it is an underperforming asset. Presently, the State Parks system does a very poor job programing the parks during the…
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With highway removal, Niagara Falls can leverage traffic to expand its tax base
For decades, the Robert Moses Parkway has strangled the City of Niagara Falls to near death when New York State began redirecting traffic directly into the State Park rather than through the…
