The Buffalo Chronicle
City & Region
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Following governance crisis, Nevergold begins to stabilize Buffalo schools
Board of Education President Dr. Barbara Seals-Nevergold has gracefully managed a series of public relations crisis wrought by fellow board member Carl Paladino‘s deplorable political antics. In recent months she has asked State Education Commissioner…
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Hertel Avenue business owners are still sour over Mayor Brown’s parking policies
In recent years Mayor Byron Brown‘s administration, under the direction of Parking Commissioner Kevin Helfer, has seen parking fines as a source of revenue growth. The administration has increased parking fines and expanded parking…
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Brown should demolish WWII-era housing project
THE EDITORIAL BOARD The Commodore Perry Homes is a vast public housing complex that is half abandoned — with 212 apartments vacant and uninhabitable. The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority had pursued a…
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Don’t settle for an Amtrak station — demand a fulsome transit system
THE EDITORIAL BOARD The region is badly in need of a massive buildout of the light rapid rail system. Rather than being distracted with the prospect of a new Amtrak station —…
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Mascia requests a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on BMHA spending
In a letter this week, former elected housing commissioner Joe Mascia asked United States Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) to conduct an investigation into “pervasive corruption and mismanagement” at the Buffalo…
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Different times call for a different highway system in Buffalo
THE EDITORIAL BOARD It is time to amend the region’s highway infrastructure. The 1950s-era concept of the metropolitan ‘beltway’ damaged Buffalo badly for the following seven decades. The city has been severed from its…
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Make every school a charter school
THE EDITORIAL BOARD Improving public education: No issue is more entrenched in the wild and unruly machinations of New York State’s politics, nor is any issue more central to our economic recovery…
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Rus Thompson slams Chris Jacobs on Grand Island tolls
Grand Island’s high profile anti-tax activist Rus Thompson is slamming freshman State Senator Chris Jacobs. Not only does Jacobs want to keep the New York State Thruway tolls at both the North…
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Terry Robinson, candidate for Mayor, calls for the complete removal of the Scajaquada
Terry Robinson, the high profile preservationist who is expected to enter the Democratic Party primary for Mayor of Buffalo, is planning to call for the complete removal of the Scajaquada Expressway. Robinson opposes…
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Christine Townsend, nurse beaten by Buffalo Police, sues for civil rights violations
In the US District Court, Western District of New York, a Buffalo woman, Christine Townsend, is suing the City of Buffalo, the Buffalo Police Department, Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda and two Police…
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Developers support locations for Albright Knox, Philharmonic near Niagara Falls State Park
Gordon Reger, who leads the ownership group of the landmark One Niagara Center, is preparing a redevelopment plan for the former Occidental Chemical headquarters that has since been redeveloped into a tourist…
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Another perspective on the Buffalo school board and the teachers’ union
BY AUSTIN HARIG Former Candidate for Buffalo School Board In May 2016, I ran for the Buffalo School Board against Carl Paladino. I lost (by 2% of the vote), but it was…
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Flynn seeks special prosecutor in inmate’s death, citing conflict for DA’s office
BY TONY FARINA Citing a conflict because an assistant in his office is related to a potential target of the investigation, Erie County District Attorney John Flynn has asked a judge to…
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Buffalo scrambles for train station money
BY JAMIE MOSES When the state announced it was providing $25 million for a new Amtrak station in Buffalo, with the likelihood that the federal government would match that figure, it created…
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McMurray: State welcome center will be a boon to Grand Island
BY NATE MCMURRAY As you may have heard, a brand new, state of the art Welcome Center is coming to Grand Island. The Governor visited last week and he mentioned it specifically…
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Louie’s Texas Red Hots celebrates 50 years in business
Since opening its doors in 1967, Louie’s Texas Red Hots has proudly been serving its delicious Sahlen’s hot dogs, special sauce, Greek favorites and more. The name has become synonymous as one…
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Crime at Marine Drive prompts placement of a mysterious camera
Buffalo Police want to know who placed a camera to a street light overlooking the parking lot of Marine Drive Apartments. After a number of car windows were broken into in recent…
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Rizzo to depart NT Council as Republicans laud his record
Alderman Phillip R. “Russ” Rizzo will retire from public service next month, and released the following statement: “Serving my neighbors in North Tonawanda has been the greatest privilege of my life. I…
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Myrick wants the Cornell endowment to fund city operating costs
THE EDITORIAL BOARD Ithaca, NY is a geographically blessed place. It’s almost magical — a place where you can literally swim in dozens of different waterfalls, hike breathtaking gorges, sail the Finger…
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Poll: Vote for Mayor of Buffalo 2017
Despite much criticism of Mayor Byron Brown’s three terms in office, he is considering a bid for a fourth term. City Comptroller Mark Schroeder has announced his intention to unseat the Mayor,…
