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  • Should city taxpayers fund ballpark improvements?

    Should city taxpayers fund ballpark improvements?

    Former State Senator and longtime City Councilman Al Coppola is on a mission to change the way that the city does business. The Council is sometimes too willing to use public resources…

  • Coppola down by 613 votes, absentees still to be counted

    Coppola down by 613 votes, absentees still to be counted

    Former Senator Al Coppola would have decisively won the Democratic party nomination for State Senate, but the Buffalo News didn’t want to tell you about Marc Panepinto’s history of election fraud. “That publication…

  • Senator Coppola calls for a “Great Lakes Environmental Restoration Act”

    Senator Coppola calls for a “Great Lakes Environmental Restoration Act”

    If he is reelected to the New York State Senate, retired Senator Alfred Coppola is pledging to introduce the “Great Lakes Environmental Restoration Act” (GLERA) to address several ongoing threats to the Great Lakes’ ecosystem. “There…

  • Senator Coppola will work to repeal the NYSAFE Act

    Senator Coppola will work to repeal the NYSAFE Act

    Perhaps no other issue this election cycle has as many New Yorkers outraged over the excesses of government overreach than Andrew Cuomo’s NYSAFE Act, which severely infringes on second amendment protections. Republican…

  • Coppola wants CSEA, PEF union reps on Roswell’s Board, “before it’s too late”

    Coppola wants CSEA, PEF union reps on Roswell’s Board, “before it’s too late”

    Senator Al Coppola, the Democrat challenging Republican Mark Grisanti, is pledging to introduce a bill that requires that the presidents of Roswell Park’s three largest unions be appointed to the institution’s board of directors upon being…

  • Senator Coppola: “Stop bashing teachers, stupid”

    Senator Coppola: “Stop bashing teachers, stupid”

    Senator Al Coppola, the Democrat running for State Senate against Mark Grisanti, is disgusted with the way that today’s political discourse has wrongly bashed teachers in the media, often using hard working career professionals as political…

  • Stocker to repeal Cuomo’s NYSAFE Act

    Stocker to repeal Cuomo’s NYSAFE Act

    Former Town Prosecutor Kevin Stocker is dead set against Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s NYSAFE Act, which was pushed through the New York State Senate swiftly and secretly — with Sen. Mark Grisanti’s help.…

  • Senator Coppola: the 60th District’s only unequivocal “NO-VOTE” on hydrofracking

    Senator Coppola: the 60th District’s only unequivocal “NO-VOTE” on hydrofracking

    Perhaps no other issue has riled environmentalists more feverishly than the prospect of large scale hydrologic fracturing in New York. The natural gas extraction process known colloquially as “fracking” shatters the earth’s deep…

  • Who will fill Mark Grisanti’s Senate Seat?

    Who will fill Mark Grisanti’s Senate Seat?

    Perhaps this year’s most exciting election will be held in the State Senate’s 60th district, the seat now held by Mark Grisanti. In all, six candidates are vying for the nominations of…

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