The Buffalo Chronicle
Mark Poloncarz
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A year after Trump’s promise, New York is still owed $87 million in counterterror grants
Thirteen New York Democrats are demanding DHS release $87 million in counterterror grants still owed to the state. Erie County says the program funds police radios and in-car connections across Buffalo, Erie…
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Upstate Niagara’s West Seneca dairy expansion has more than doubled in cost. Now it’s back for more tax relief
The farmer-owned cooperative’s plan has grown from $150 million to $325 million in two years, and it needs $30 million in generators because grid power isn’t available. A public hearing on a…
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Poloncarz’s $2.4 billion budget trims the tax rate but raises the levy as federal cuts loom
Erie County’s proposed 2027 budget cuts the tax rate to $3.01 but collects $12.7 million more. It also absorbs $13.8 million in new SNAP costs, with a possible $55 million hit in…
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Editorial Board: Poloncarz should give old stadium to the Senecas, rather than fund $40 million demolition
THE EDITORIAL BOARD Rather than funding a $40 million demolition of the old Buffalo Bills stadium — to accommodate a surface parking lot that will only be used eight days a year —…
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Poloncarz may allow Senecas to repurpose old Bills Stadium for lacrosse rather than fund demolition
(January 7, 2022) — Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz is considering adaptive reuse possibilities for the current Bills Stadium once a new stadium is constructed, whether in Orchard Park or near downtown…
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Dr. Hormoz Mansouri is considering a run for Erie County Comptroller
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…
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Ricchiazzi calls on Poloncarz to sell county convention center to Douglas Development for $1
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…
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Poloncarz announces budget deficit plan to address fiscal challenges
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…
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Could the Central Terminal become a Courthouse and Holding Center?
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…
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Alan Bedenko, a local attorney, smears B. Thomas Golisano as ‘a ratfucker’
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…
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Poloncarz lauded for leadership in the runup to coronavirus crisis
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…
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County ‘Live Well’ grant awardees announced
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…
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Poloncarz appoints Szymanski Director of Workforce Development
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…
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Chestnut Ridge Park ski hill tow rope completed
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…
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Higgins announces committee approval of legislation reversing SALT cap
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…
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Unless staffers feel uncomfortable, rumored womanizing is unlikely to affect Poloncarz campaign
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…
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Reese plans to take election case to Court of Appeals
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…
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County Legislature candidate was involved in shooting at an East Side bar, but circumstances remain unclear
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.…
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Alan Bedenko’s legal work for Erie County raises questions of Poloncarz patronage
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…
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In Reese v. Board of Elections, questions of Republican judge’s political bias loom over suspect ruling
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…
