Mark Poloncarz

Dr. Hormoz Mansouri, an accomplished engineer and one of Western New York’s most successful businessmen, is considering a run for Erie County Comptroller. Mansouri is one of the most prominent Democrats in Western New York. Mansouri would bring an unprecedented

Good government activist Matthew Ricchiazzi is calling on Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz to sell the county’s dated convention center to Douglas Development — the owner of the adjacent Statler Hotel and Hyatt Regency properties — for the nominal price

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz today announced his 2020 COVID-19 Budget Deficit Remediation Plan, identifying budgetary gap-closing measures to address a projected $137.8 million pandemic-related deficit in the county’s FY2020 budget. The Plan identifies seven key measures, including usage of

When Republican Chris Collins was still the Erie County Executive, the Democrats on the County Legislature railed against the administration and Erie County Sheriff Timothy Howard for longstanding civil rights violations at the Erie County Holding Center. The legislators called

A lesser-known Buffalo-based attorney who feeds on local government work provided to him by Erie County and his political patron, County Executive Mark Poloncarz, is smearing the billionaire founder of Paychex and former owner of the Buffalo Sabres as a ‘ratfucker’. 

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz is being lauded for his leadership during the ongoing escalation of the public health threat posed by the coronavirus.  Poloncarz and Gail Burnstein, the Erie County Commissioner of Public Health, have been frequently available to

Today, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz announced the selection of thirteen municipal projects for inclusion in the Erie County Consortium 2020 Live Well Erie Block Grant application. The application, which will be submitted to the federal Department of Housing

Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz today announced his appointment of Geoffrey M. Szymanski as Erie County Director of Workforce Development. In that position he serves as Executive Director of the Buffalo and Erie County Workforce Investment Board (“WIB”). Szymanski

The Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry has announced the completion of a new tow rope installed on the ski hill at Chestnut Ridge Park and now ready (when sufficient snow arrives) to provide downhill skiers with a

Legislation Reinstates Deduction Taken from Homeowners in 2017 GOP Tax Bill; Full House Vote Expected Next Week Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) and his colleagues on the House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means approved the Restoring Tax Fairness for

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz has been known to date political colleagues who, in various ways, find themselves subordinate to him.  But those relationships have been publicly known and those women haven’t complained of the County Executive’s behavior — yet. Over

The industrial engineer, cancer research scientist, and pioneering election law attorney who is running for Erie County Executive — Peter A. Reese — filed his appellate brief in the case of Reese v. Board of Elections and offered oral arguments

Howard Johnson is a candidate for County Legislature in District 1 — the seat that former City Comptroller Barbara Miller-Williams vacated upon her appointment by Mayor Byron Brown to become City Comptroller. Sources say that several years ago Johnson was

The local blogger Alan Bedenko has been known to relentlessly smear weak opposition candidates for public office who dare to challenge headquarters aligned Democrat incumbents.  His political musings had once appeared as a regular feature in Artvoice and later in The Public.   Bedenko’s

A recent ruling in an election law case made by local State Supreme Court Judge Christopher Burns is raising eyebrows in the legal community and is raising questions about his partiality in the political community.  Judge Burns has served on

County Executive Mark Poloncarz‘ appointment of a well-traveled patronage hack as a supervisor in Child Protective Services, (Buffalo News) brought back memories of an interesting Democratic Plumbers scheme from 2006.   That caper involved the efforts of then-County Legislator, now Poloncarz’

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz‘s longstanding opposition to a new Buffalo Bills stadium is badly damaging his chances of reelection at the ballot box in November, area political operatives posit.  Critics have lambasted Poloncarz for his lease negotiation in 2013, which included

No area businessman has been more dogged in his pursuit of Niagara Falls’ economic revival than Roger Trevino, the former NFL sports agent from Texas who now manages Manhattan billionaire Howard Milstein‘s real estate interests in the Cataract City. That