Michael DiCienzo

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

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