Niagara Falls

Sources close to Niagara Falls Mayor Bob Restaino tell The Chronicle that his administration ‘generally supports’ a casino compact with the Tuscarora Nation after the Seneca Nation‘s exclusivity agreement with New York State is scheduled to end in 2023. Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul

Stuck deep in a fiscal crisis that could force a 20% budget cut to restructure the City of Niagara Falls, Mayor Robert Restaino is unwilling to fund the construction of new canals and public spaces near Niagara Falls State Park.

Activists are calling on the City of Niagara Falls and the Seneca Nation of Indians to form a ‘cooperation task force’ that could circumvent Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s office and open direct Nation-to-City talks that move beyond the ongoing casino revenue

Local urban planners are arguing that New York’s Reservoir State Park — located just outside of Niagara Falls in Lewiston, NY, along Interstate-190 and adjacent to the Niagara Power Project — should be sold to accommodate to Disney or another

Governor Andrew Cuomo and economic development officials in his administration are considering a Niagara Falls-specific tax credit that would fund 40% of the construction cost of performance venues ranging from 150 to 5,000 seats. Administration officials tell The Chronicle that

Sources tell The Chronicle that Seneca Gaming executive David Sheridan has informally agreed to allow two locally owned broadcasters — WBBZ Channel 5 and WEBR 1440 AM — to broadcast their daily programing from the lobby of the Seneca Niagara

Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul late this evening to lead what is being colloquially referred to as a ‘tiger task force’ of civic leaders that will be tasked with the objective of landing the world’s largest logistics

Beginning on July 16, 2020, Office for the Aging will begin distributing Farmers’ Market Coupon Booklets at sites throughout Niagara County.  The Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, headed by the NYS Dept of Agriculture and Markets, provides coupons to all

The city’s lack of public assembly facilities, cultural attractions, and weather-protected family destinations (such as indoor waterparks, museums, and other amenities) has been preventing its emergence as a year-round destination. Every year, during the City’s short 90 day summer season,

On Thursday, June 11th, Niagara County Emergency Services will be hosting a drive thru for sanitizer and/or cloth face coverings for pick up to help assist our local businesses in the Niagara Falls area. This event will take place at

Legislator Jesse Gooch today announced that the Niagara County Employment & Training OneStop Center located in the Trott Access Center will reopen on a limited basis beginning Monday, June 8th.  The center has been closed since March due to the

A look around Niagara Falls State Park, one quickly notices a slew of social distancing cones and other measures that have been implimented to mitigate risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.  With the region in the second phase of reopening,

County and City leaders representing Niagara Falls are calling on Congressman Brian Higgins and Admiral Brett Giroir, the Assistant Secretary for Health, who has been designated the coronavirus National Testing Czar, to coordinate testing sites in the City of Niagara

Those in Niagara Falls’ business community know that a post-industrial reality for the city requires new entertainment and event infrastructure capable of cultivating it.   The City’s stark lack of convention, event, and performance venues is a central obstacle to cultivating

One-third of Canada’s population lives within 90 miles of Niagara Falls, and half of that population are women.  Some of them are married, many of them are single — but a booming Ontario economy, with strong labor laws, has ensured

Toronto is growing so fast that Niagara Falls, NY is on the brink of rapid gentrification that is likely to triple the value of the City’s lexceptionally low-cost housing stock over the next ten years.  The catalyst for it all

Former Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster has been on an orchestrated media tour following his departure from office last week — complete with the paid promotion of self-produced YouTube videos.  Long profiles, well-shaped in their messaging, have appeared in The

NIAGARA FALLS, NY — Some political prognosticators are speculating that Manhattan billionaire Howard Milstein could be interested in exiting his investment in a 140-acre aggregation of parcels that he owns in downtown Niagara Falls, through his investment vehicle, Niagara Falls