The Buffalo Chronicle
Letitia James
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Buffalo Water Board sues 17 companies over PFAS in Lake Erie as city tests show levels near federal limit
The Water Board’s lawsuit targets makers of PFAS firefighting foam. Buffalo Water’s own report shows PFOS in treated water at up to 3.56 parts per trillion, just under the 4.0 federal limit.
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Dollar General overcharged state investigators on 14% of items. The settlement refunds no shoppers
AG Letitia James’s $1.875 million deal with Dollar General follows secret-shopper visits in Erie and three Finger Lakes counties and hundreds of failed price inspections. The penalty is paid in goods to…
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Buffalo-to-Jamestown drug ring case ends in pleas, with sentences far below the maximums
All seven defendants in the attorney general’s fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine case pleaded guilty. The alleged leader got 10 years after facing up to 24, and two defendants got probation.
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Cuomo aides say he will not seek reelection, plans to endorse Hochul
A source inside Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s administration tells The Chronicle that Cuomo will not seek a fourth term in office and is planning to endorse longtime Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul in a…
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Jacobs seeks legal action against People’s Republic of China
Says China must be held accountable for loss of life and economic damage to New York (Buffalo, NY) – State Senator Chris Jacobs is urging Attorney General Letitia James to bring legal…
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Heastie allows primary for AG, following Cuomo pushback against Bharara
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie had been on the verge of appointing former United States Attorney Preet Bharara as the State’s next Attorney General. But pressure from Governor Andrew Cuomo has thwarted that…
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The Koch Brothers would be wise to back Chris Jacobs against Kirstin Gillibrand
Charles G. Koch and David H. Koch, the owners of Koch Industries, are the founders and funders of a number of conservative and libertarian political organizations, and credited with swinging control of the House…
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Good sense from Letitia James
Of late, Letitia James has been talking plain sense. The easy one was to slam the ethics of Mayor de Blasio’s use of secret “agents of the city” to help forge and…
