The Buffalo Chronicle
Darius Pridgen
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Brown, Pridgen are considering a $100m privatization of the Urban Development Corp
Sources tell The Chronicle that Mayor Byron Brown and Common Council President Darius Pridgen are considering a sweeping privatization of the Buffalo Urban Development Corporation (BUDC) and the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency…
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Mayor Brown is urged to amend building codes to create a pandemic resistant city
Mayor Bryon W. Brown and the City of Buffalo’s Common Council are being urged to amend a slew of municipal laws and operating procedures, in an effort to cultivate ‘pandemic resistance’ through…
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Peoples-Stokes will shape housing legislation this session
The newly ascendant Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes is expected to play a key role in housing legislation that is expected early this session. Agencies like the New York City Housing Authority…
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If Stewart-Cousins tends to Buffalo, she would pick up two key seats
The newly triumphant Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins is the first woman to lead a state legislative chamber in New York’s history. The test of her leadership will be whether she can…
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Will Bishops Malone and Pridgen partner to preserve historic churches?
The Catholic Dioceses of Buffalo has been in decline for six decades. It was once a mighty institution and the cornerstone of so many of Buffalo’s ethnic communities. The Dioceses’ ornate churches…
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Betty Jean Grant calls on Pridgen, Schroeder to unseat Mayor Byron Brown
Longtime Erie County Legislator and two-time candidate for State Senate, Betty Jean Grant — a formidable political figure in her own right — is calling on Common Council President Darius Pridgen and…
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Ambitious picture of Pridgen, or did he not go far enough?
BY FRANK PARLATO Buffalo Councilman and Pastor of the True Bethel Baptist Church, Reverend Darius G. Pridgen has evidently created and had posted on Facebook a photo-shopped, Mount Rushmore-esque image where he…
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Pridgen must apologize for putting tenants at risk
THE EDITORIAL BOARD Councilman Darius Pridgen is circulating a two paragraph legal opinion on social media, appearing to be on the stationary of Harter, Secrest & Emory, making the claim that the residents at…
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Pridgen knew about toxins at housing site
Councilman Darius Pridgen was well aware of toxic contaminants at 858 East Ferry Street, long before he developed the industrial site into market rate residential housing, located across the street from his ministry.…
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Terrance Heard challenges Pridgen on issue of urban blight
Political prognosticators say that Ellicott District Common Council member Darius Pridgen has a lot to worry about this November. A young, successful, and charismatic political newcomer — Terrance Heard — has emerged to challenge…
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Rumor: True Bethel’s tax exempt status scrutinized for political activities
An unconfirmed rumor has been circulating among political operatives that senior Democrat party officials are actively conspiring to thwart Council President Darius Pridgen’s ambitions on the Mayor’s office. Operatives working at the…
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Pridgen gets ungodly this Sunday, unloads on Buffalo News in Facebook rant
Common Council President Darius Pridgen took to Facebook Sunday evening to lash out against the Buffalo News for, apparently, implying that he supported a mayoral takeover of the public schools. He clearly…
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Does Darius Pridgen have trouble with his base?
Council President Darius Pridgen has political problems with the base of support that elected him. A wealthy pastor of one of the poorest congregations in the city, the Councilman’s expensive tastes, flamboyant…
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Mascia, Pridgen, Schroeder take the Conservative Party nomination
On Thursday night, the Conservative party offered its nomination to Housing Commissioner Joe Mascia — a clear rejection of the longtime incumbent David Franzcyk, who has overseen the utter collapse of his Fillmore…
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Candelario’s privatization strategy endorsed by the Common Council
At Common Council proceedings earlier this week, the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority was authorized to transfer ownership of AD Price Courts, a historically significant public housing complex that has long suffered from…
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Activists want Fillmore district Councilman to retire
David Franczyk has served on Buffalo’s Common Council since the 1970s. He has overseen the social and economic collapse of the Broadway Fillmore neighborhood, which was once one of the city’s most…
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Who will be Buffalo’s next Mayor?
As Deputy Mayor Steve Casey prepares to leave City Hall, political observers expect Mayor Byron Brown to forgo a fourth run for the office. It has been long rumored that Brown will…
