The Buffalo Chronicle https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Albany is running $9.7 billion ahead of plan. Its own books say Buffalo shouldn’t count on it lasting Albany funds two East Side parks in one day. One is the city’s; the other belongs to a developer-backed nonprofit Hochul should stop vetoing on-time pay for the nonprofits that do New York’s work Rochester lands a $375 million rare earth plant for $3 million in state credits. Buffalo’s last deal cost more per job Akwesasne Mohawks and Tonawanda Senecas are fighting hyperscale data centers at both ends of New York Russia frees an American and agrees to talks. The Russian diesel behind the deal would cover less than a day of U.S. demand Carney and Ford put $8.7 billion behind Ontario steel and autos as the U.S. Embassy accuses Canadians of meddling in the midterms A UB medical student’s first year costs $83,000. Washington now lends $50,000. Albany hears what that means Buffalo’s school board blinked on closures. The district’s own filings show why the math won’t wait Buffalo’s animal shelter is out of room as New York’s new shelter rules near Buffalo officer charged with stalking ex-girlfriend had been investigated by Internal Affairs 13 times Niagara County wants Albany to lock in the Falls’ casino share. The Seneca Nation says the next compact may not have one NFTA board set to add $958,000 to Metro Rail extension consultant’s contract North Tonawanda’s budget asks for a 4.25% levy increase as voters weigh an $18 million community center Lackawanna’s City Hall move is done, but the bill for what it left behind keeps growing Lancaster breaks ground on a $300,000 stage at Cayuga Creek Park, months behind its first timeline Sabres fall behind early again, and the goaltending question follows them on the road Buffalo’s Finest: Christine Baranski, the Cheektowaga girl who dreamed up sophistication and took it to the West End Justice Department starts notifying counties it will monitor on Election Day as New York early voting nears On the day DHS told Kennedy it was building a ‘hard-sided’ unit in Batavia, ICE committed $7.2 million for a tent Buffalo Niagara added jobs again in September, but it’s the only peer region with fewer businesses than in 2020 Solstice will make its Buffalo lab its global research hub, with $1.4 million in state credits for 12 new jobs Orchard Park’s five-story stadium zone stalls after 31 residents take the microphone Buffalo gets a second shot at federal lead money as the White House moves to cut the program by nearly two-thirds Trump’s $8 billion diesel relief pays grain farmers first. Western New York’s dairy and fruit growers have to wait Western New York’s SNAP rolls fell nearly 10 percent in a year. Albany’s free school lunch promise may pay the price Goodyear shuts its Niagara Falls chemical plant on the day its pollution fix was due. Who checks what it leaves behind? Change Buffalo PAC urges governor to help put control board back in charge of city finances Alberta votes to stay in Canada, CBC projects, after a campaign Carney cast as a stand against outside pressure Fix Buffalo’s leaking firehouses, but make the $20 million control board loan show its math first Niagara Falls gets $25 million toward a $338 million sewer plant fix its own engineers call unaffordable Ottawa’s watchdog prices the trade war: a smaller economy, bigger deficits and a budget target propped up by tariffs on U.S. goods Judge refuses to halt Seneca Nation’s Miami Street One Stop, rejecting Buffalo’s bid to stop construction Justice Department will pay fraud tipsters up to $30,000 once charges are filed, and Trump says he’ll settle disputes himself Iran says it offered to reopen Hormuz in seven days. Until there’s a deal, Western New York pays 65% more for heating oil Buffalo’s school board votes tonight on a closure plan that changed again overnight Buffalo’s police overtime keeps climbing, and the city’s own auditors say staffing alone doesn’t explain it Buffalo nonprofits press Hochul on late state payments as two contract bills await her decision Grand Island weighs leasing town land for battery storage, but the terms aren’t public The Broadway Barns hosted Woodrow Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald and pro hockey. City Hall says it will probably come down Radioactive slag was documented at a Town of Niagara drive-in in 2020. Neighbors are still waiting for answers Cheektowaga’s 9.8% tax plan leans hardest on the sewer district as the board clears a path past the cap Erie County Republicans try again to cap the gas tax at $2. Poloncarz, who backed a cap in 2022, calls it posturing M&T’s profit slips as rising rates bite, and its finance chief warns mortgages and commercial real estate will feel it next Hamburg adopts its first Airbnb law, with $2,000 in fees and single-family streets included Niagara Falls froze its trash fee for 2027, leaving a $1.12 million gap for the mayor’s budget Canadians are driving back to the U.S., but not across the Peace Bridge, StatCan data show Brooklyn judge tosses Trump’s sanctuary suit against New York City and finds a key federal information-sharing law unconstitutional Current Breaking