City & Region

Governor Kathy Hochul has privately reached out to senior executives and board members of the Walt Disney Company, headquartered in Burbank, California, to extend an invitation to open a new theme park in Niagara Falls, New York. The invite comes in

The New York State Power Authority is preparing to establish a dedicated fund that will be used to finance the revival of the City of Niagara Falls, and to manage that fund the agency intends to create an in-house investment

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 33-year-old Travis J. Green of Buffalo was arraigned this morning before Buffalo City Court Judge Peter J. Savage, III on one count of Criminal Mischief in the Third Degree (Class “E”

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 28-year-old Deshawna A. Taylor of Buffalo was sentenced this morning before State Supreme Court Justice Paul B. Wojtaszek to three years of probation. On August 31, 2021, at approximately 4:00 p.m.,

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 26-year-old Brandon Williams, also known as Branden Williams, of Amherst was sentenced yesterday afternoon before Erie County Court Judge Kenneth Case to a determinate sentence of 7 years in prison followed

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 47-year-old Charrinda Gray of Buffalo was arraigned yesterday afternoon before State Supreme Court Justice Paul B. Wojtaszek on an indictment charging her with one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree

This week, 26-year-old Gay Gai of Buffalo has been sentenced by Erie County Court Judge Suzanne Maxwell Barnes to 364 days in jail. On September 28, 2020, at approximately 4:30 p.m., the defendant attacked the adult male victim on the 200

Just a few days ago a subpoena served by New York State began blocking transactions on the bank accounts of the Seneca Nation and the Seneca Gaming Corporation due to issues regarding casino revenue payments. The Seneca Nation president, Matthew

Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes is at an enormous crux of power in Albany and is the only politician in Western New York — besides Governor Kathy Hochul — with enough clout in the state budget process to alter the

March 12, 2022 — M&T Bank CEO Rene Jones is widely rumored to be considering a not-so-hostile acquisition of Rochester’s legendary Eastman Kodak Company, in a plan that would take the firm private in order to insulate it from the

(December 26, 2021) — Governor Kathy Hochul is looking to pitch Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary on locating the discount European carrier’s North American headquarters at Long Island’s MacArthur International Airport.  The airline is ranked among the busiest in Europe and

(December 26, 2021) — In a new spin on former Mayor Rudy Guiliani‘s ‘Broken Windows‘ theory, Governor Kathy Hochul is creating a new metric for government performance: no more ‘dingy-looking’ bridges. In her first State of the State speech later

Officials in the administration of Governor Kathy Hochul have signaled to longtime Niagara Frontier Transporation Authority (NFTA) Executive Director Kimberly Minkel that she should begin planning a relocation of the agency’s headquarters to new office space, either in downtown Buffalo

(December 25, 2021) — Governor Kathy Hochul is open to creating a second economic development corporation in Buffalo that will be tasked with waterfront transformation, in order to complement and accelerate the type of work that is being done by

(December 22, 2021) — Sources close to Governor Kathy Hochul say that she will include money in next year’s Thruway Authority budget to construct at least ten new exit interchanges on the Interstate 90, between the Pennsylvania and Massachusetts state

Mayor Byron W. Brown and his associates have been promising city jobs to “goons and street thugs” in exchange for doggedly harassing critics on social media platforms, a source familiar with the arrangement tells The Chronicle.  The practice of promising

New York Attorney General Letitia James, leading a coalition of 23 attorneys general, today petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to protect the health and well-being of babies across the United States by accelerating actions to remove toxic heavy metals

Mayor Walsh is proposing $1.7 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to invest in parks facilities, police body-worn camera updates and digital infrastructure. Walsh’s latest pandemic relief proposals, the sixth round since funding became available this summer, will