Urban planners and economic development experts are urging Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to invest in Niagara Falls by acquiring Niagara Falls Redevelopment, LLC, which controls more than 140 acres of prime real estate in the downtown tourism district. The investment group has
Former Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster has been on an orchestrated media tour following his departure from office last week — complete with the paid promotion of self-produced YouTube videos. Long profiles, well-shaped in their messaging, have appeared in The
The City of Niagara Falls may get a new water treatment plant as part of a broader gaming compact between the Tuscarora Nation and Governor Andrew Cuomo that would authorize a second Las Vegas-style casino in downtown Niagara Falls. Sources
For years, Empire State Development blamed its lackluster performance in Niagara Falls — through its subsidiary investment vehicle USA Niagara Development — on its lack of landholdings in the tourism district. Without the land, economic development deals were difficult to
Tuscarora businessman Joe Anderson is rumored to be in talks with Governor Andrew Cuomo to land a gaming compact between New York State and the Tuscarora Nation of Indians. A source who is familiar with Anderson’s thinking tells The Chronicle that Anderson
Now that Empire State Development has acquired a key downtown parcel along Old Falls Street — one in a series of transactions with local businessman Joe Anderson — at the rate-setting price of $1 million per acre — urban planners are
Joe Anderson, the wildly successful Tuscarora businessman and Niagara Falls real estate developer commonly known as “Smokin Joe”, could become a Chief of the Tuscarora Nation in the next few years. If he does become Chief, he expects that Rep. Brian
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