The Buffalo Chronicle https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Buffalo gets a second shot at federal lead money as the White House moves to cut the program by nearly two-thirds Washington’s ‘big shift’ is landing on New York’s books, and counties still don’t know what Albany will pass down DOJ threatens California election workers with prosecution as New York, which beat the department in court, opens early voting Ontario will buy 600 megawatts of New York power this winter, weeks after Ford threatened to cut the U.S. off Trump again reserves most U.S. refugee slots for white South Africans, keeping Buffalo’s resettlement pipeline nearly shut Albany’s data center review closes its first comment window Tuesday as Western New York’s biggest proposal sits on hold Copart now owns ACV, and the merger filings show what Buffalo workers were promised, and for how long Buffalo wants its control board to borrow $20 million for emergency repairs. Its comptroller wants the math first Erie County still chasing $617,700 from Albany for jail stays left over from the prison strike Niagara Falls froze its trash fee for 2027, leaving a $1.12 million gap for the mayor’s budget North Tonawanda traffic stop that ended in Border Patrol arrests is under state review Seneca Nation bans all Level 3 sex offenders from its territories, with annuities and leases on the line Western New York’s $16 minimum wage is frozen for 2027 by a jobs test Albany now calls ‘overly sensitive’ Upstate voters sour on Hochul, Buffalo’s hometown governor, as downstate megaprojects draw billions Hotels chosen for convenience and self-approved credit cards: what four new audits found in Western New York Josh Allen ties Jim Kelly in Las Vegas, but a spitting ejection leaves the Bills with a suspension question UB keeps the Flagship Cup in overtime and climbs to 4-3 in its first season at Broadview Stadium Bills fans paid $1.08 million in Erie County’s stadium surcharge in August. Where does it go? Sabres keep digging out of early holes, and Lindy Ruff wants them to stop digging Bills are 4-1, but Jim Leonhard says his defense can’t keep waiting for Josh Allen to rescue it Volunteer firefighter tax credit quadruples to $800, but Hochul’s office describes a narrower law than lawmakers passed Niagara SPCA gets $5,000 county boost as grace year for New York’s new shelter rules runs out No charges in Cheektowaga Flock camera misuse, leaving discipline and oversight as the open questions WNY ‘No Kings’ rallies turn protest energy toward early voting Buffalo schools revise closure plan after community pushback on high school merger and bilingual seats HEAP winter heating aid opens Nov. 2 as delivered-fuel benefits rise Brooklyn judge tosses Trump’s sanctuary suit against New York City and finds a key federal information-sharing law unconstitutional With the grape crush ending, Lake Erie growers who lost their buyer are still waiting on help Alberta votes Monday on a path to separation as Carney warns ‘some outside our borders’ want to break Canada Tops gunman’s lawyers say Western New York’s jury lists shortchange Black residents as death-penalty jury selection begins Canadians are driving back to the U.S., but not across the Peace Bridge, StatCan data show Niagara County weighs suing Albany over immigration law it says shields noncitizen voting, though the law exempts election work Contact the Newsroom Advertise Send a Tip Standards & Corrections The Morning Briefing About & Masthead Buffalo Water Board sues 17 companies over PFAS in Lake Erie as city tests show levels near federal limit A year after Trump’s promise, New York is still owed $87 million in counterterror grants Gillibrand bill would let Washington and the Seneca Nation end New York’s criminal jurisdiction on Seneca land Hochul opens $76 million county infrastructure round, raising housing-linked award caps Taylor Devices clears IDA hearing for $8 million aerospace landing-gear expansion in North Tonawanda City declares Broadway Barns emergency after concrete panels fall, winter plow gear at risk Love Canal family wants out of its 99th Street home. The state says the data don’t show the landfill is to blame With talks stalled and a Jan. 1 auto tariff looming, the Niagara Frontier braces for a longer trade war Six Nations’ Haldimand Tract lawsuit is finally on trial, and its roots run through New York New York is $7.3 billion ahead of its tax forecast at midyear. Watchdogs are split on what to do with it Current Breaking