The Buffalo Chronicle
City & Region
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National Fuel to reduce rates in PA, increase rates in NY
BY JAMES HUFNAGEL National Fuel supplies natural gas to over 730,000 residential and corporate customers throughout Western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania. The Williamsville, NY-based oil and gas concern is vertically integrated…
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Tear down the Skyway?
BY JIM OSTROWSKI The power elites who have run Buffalo into the ground for decades have largely squandered the greatest inland waterfront in the United States, ours. Only in recent years has progress…
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ECC fiscal crisis could trigger political battle
BY TONY FARINA There are growing signs that Erie Community College’s fiscal crisis may get worse in the near future and could turn into a political struggle as college officials seek to…
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Steve Cohen calls on Schroeder to conduct BMHA audit
BY MATTHEW RICCHIAZZI Steven Cohen, prominent civil rights attorney with the firm HoganWillig, who has championed the case of suspended housing commissioner Joe Mascia in recent months, is calling on City Comptroller…
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Schroeder touts watchdog record, hints Mayoral run possible
BY TONY FARINA Buffalo’s chief fiscal watchdog pulls no punches when describing the work his staff has done under his leadership to save city taxpayers money by refinancing old debt and rooting…
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At 18, Austin Harig with a bold political debut
BY CAROLETTE MEADOWS Eighteen year old Hutch Tech student, Austin Harig is young, bright, and talented. But for some, his youth is an unforgiving obstacle. Despite the cynics, Harig has demonstrated a…
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Mascia, Schroeder balk at BMHA mismanagement
BY TERRENCE ROBINSON In this chapter of the Mascia Chronicles we will take the reader on a hair-raising spin around the track of BMHA chicanery. Be forewarned, there are perilous curves taken…
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Mascia hearing transcripts released
The two weeks of public hearings staged against elected housing commissioner Joe Mascia — behind closed doors with cameras banned — were recorded only by transcript and not available to the public until…
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Despite ‘suspension’ Mascia to run for reelection as a BMHA tenant elected commissioner
BY FRANK PARLATO Joe Mascia, 71, the disputably suspended tenant-elected Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA) Commissioner, is running for reelection. He has filed more than enough signatures to qualify for the ballot…
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West Side residents concerned about school board candidate’s qualifications
BY C.B. MILLER West District school board candidate Jennifer Mecozzi has residents concerned over her lack of educational and professional credentials that would qualify her to sit on the governing board of a agency…
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Harris gears up for school board run
Adrian Harris is a passionate advocate for public education and a well reasoned critic of the school board’s majority bloc led by Carl Paladino. He is a professional educator with the Lancaster…
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Mascia may run for school board
BY C.B. MILLER Housing Commissioner Joe Mascia is considering a run for the Central District seat on Buffalo’s Board of Education. Dwayne Kelly, an activist who once circulated a letter in support of Carl…
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Mascia blasts Council’s Development Committee
BY TERRENCE ROBINSON Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA) Commissioner Joseph Mascia, who is currently suspended from acting in an official capacity by order of Mayor Byron Brown, is outraged that the Development…
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In open letter, Nevergold urges responsiveness from Cash
BY BARBARA NEVERGOLD, PHD Over the last few months I have raised a number of questions, in written and oral communications, about the use of the NYS ELA/Math standardized test scores as…
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Union goons line up behind Mecozzi
BY C.B. MILLER Jennifer Mecozzi has announced her intention to seek the Board of Education’s West District seat currently held by James Sampson, a member of Carl Paladino’s majority bloc. The education…
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County Executive Poloncarz must hold ECC accountable
BY TONY FARINA Erie Community College has gone into damage and spin control now that the state audit has confirmed what I’ve been reporting for several months about how President Jack Quinn…
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Mascia may base reelection bid on bold proposal
BY T.W. HEWITT The high profile elected Housing Commissioner Joe Masica is likely to seek reelection to his office this May, in a campaign intended to draw a sharp and compelling contrast with the administration…
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The Mascia transcript and missing witnesses
BY TERRENCE ROBINSON When the public hearing on Mayor Byron Brown’s attempt to remove Joseph Mascia as Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA) commissioner concluded December 30, 2015, the City of Buffalo had…
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Benczkowski: Sewer infrastructure a top priority
BY DIANE BENCZKOWSKI We are all aware of the outdated sewer infrastructure in our Town. We are reminded every time sewage overflows and is dumped into our waterways or when residents experience…
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Paladino wants to demolish Buffalo’s Stonewall
BY C.B. MILLER The former Republican candidate for Governor and Buffalo area developer Carl Paladino is asking the City’s planning board to demolish a landmark building that the local gay community likens to…
