The Buffalo Chronicle
City & Region
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Federal judge sends Buffalo’s Seneca One Stop lawsuit back to state court, denies emergency halt
Judge Meredith Vacca remanded the city’s case against Seneca Nation leaders to Erie County Supreme Court and said she lacked authority to grant a restraining order, leaving the Miami Street fight unresolved.
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Blakeman is determined to deliver a Major League sports franchise for Rochester, and it’s most likely soccer
Rochester has been a major league city before. It has not been one in a long time, and the distance between those two facts is the whole argument. Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau…
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Ricchiazzi calls for reinstatement of a ‘hard’ city control board
Buffalo, N.Y. — Local activist and longtime fiscal watchdog Matthew Ricchiazzi is urging Mayor Sean Ryan to join him in petitioning the state Legislature and Governor Kathy Hochul to reinstate a “hard”…
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Terry Pegula urged to repurpose old Bills stadium for soccer venture, amid USL expansion push
It would cost $30 to $40 million to demolish the old Highmark Stadium, while a USL expansion fee is only $20 million, and soccer-specific retrofits would cost less than $15 million. By…
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Contrasting visions shape Buffalo’s mayoral election
OCTOBER 16, 2025 — As Buffalo approaches its municipal election on November 4, 2025, the race for mayor presents voters with starkly different paths forward for a city grappling with fiscal instability,…
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Ryan slams Scanlon’s “short-sighted” sale of City parking garages
Acting Buffalo Mayor Christopher Scanlon has made the sale of the city’s four parking garages a cornerstone of his strategy to address Buffalo’s looming budget deficit, estimated at over $50 million. The…
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Crime and housing crises backdrop Buffalo’s mayoral primary election
Despite Buffalo’s mildly improved economic climate and sense of civic optimism of the last decade-and-a-half, the City still faces stark challenges. Across all indicators, the City is getting older, poorer, and sicker. …
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Buffalo mayoral primary pits business community against party headquarters
The City of Buffalo’s 2025 mayoral primary election is scheduled for June 24, 2025, with the general election to follow on November 4, 2025. The election follows the resignation of longtime Mayor…
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Kulpa proposes zoning law requiring solar panels atop big-box stores
Amherst Town Supervisor Brian Kulpa is planning to propose a zoning law later this month that will require ‘big-box’ retail stores and plazas larger than 50,000 square feet, like Walmart and Home…
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Pandemic drove largest New York population loss ever
BY E.J. McMAHON Thanks mainly to a pandemic-driven boost in its already high outflows to other states, New York has just suffered its largest single-year population loss ever—and the worst, in percentage…
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Following controversy in Florida, Hochul invites Disney to build a theme park in Niagara Falls
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…
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NYPA is willing to establish a special fund to revive downtown Niagara Falls
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…
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Gunman in Cheektowaga dollar store shooting arraigned on criminal mischief charge for damaging Sheriff’s transport vehicle
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…
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Buffalo woman receives probation for pepper spraying medical office employee over mask requirement
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.…
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Parolee sentenced for possession of illegal guns
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…
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Buffalo woman indicted for fatally stabbing her boyfriend
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…
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Defendant sentenced for damaging vehicle with machete during west side assault
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…
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Libertarian Party condemns State actions freezing Seneca Nation bank accounts
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…
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NAACP calls on Peoples-Stokes to demand a downtown site for new Bills Stadium
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…
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M&T Bank CEO Rene Jones is considering a plan to take Kodak private
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…
