The Buffalo Chronicle
Paul Dyster
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Dyster’s path to political redemption is long and twisted
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,…
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A new mayor in Niagara Falls is likely to partner with local Indian Tribes
Niagara Falls’ new Mayor-elect Bob Restaino is “very open” to new public partnerships with the Seneca Nation of Indians, and a half-dozen other local tribal communities, believing that a collaborative posture will accelerate new…
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Restaino leads in Falls mayoral contest, as political tricks are played
Bob Restaino is the endorsed Democrat running for Mayor of Niagara Falls. He won a heated primary battle that pitted him against Paul Dyster‘s Community Development Director Seth Piccirillo, who often found himself…
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Critics say that Dyster’s record in Niagara Falls has been a titanic failure
Mayor Paul Dyster has decided not to seek reelection in Niagara Falls this year. Three terms of fiscal management finally caught up with him — and a structural deficit somewhere between $15 and…
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As water infrastructure crumbles, what do Niagara Falls’ mayoral candidates plan to do with Sewer Plant?
In recent years, the City of Niagara Falls’ water treatment plant has become an international embarrassment. In 2017, the unsightly and confounding stenches of untimely sewage discharges — merely a few hundred…
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Planning a Niagara revival for years, it’s time for Cuomo to help Milstein, Trevino
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…
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Cuomo, Dyster want Toronto commuter trains to serve New York
Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s administration, at the urging of Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster, is planning to lobby Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the coming weeks. The two men want badly to extend…
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Lisa Vitello misses key FOIL deadline, raising eyebrows
The Chronicle filed three separate requests for information with the Niagara Falls City Clerk’s Office on Wednesday, January 2nd, largely related to Mayoral candidate and Community Development Director Seth Piccarillo — a…
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Dyster likely to sell city parking lots to State to raise needed cash
Sources say that Mayor Paul Dyster is looking to sell the lucrative City-owned parking lots that operate in downtown Niagara Falls. The Dyster administration is desperate to secure cash — hoping to avoid…
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Dyster may levy a new tax on surface parking lots, including state park
In order to close an annual operating deficit that still exceeds $12 million, the administration of Mayor Paul Dyster is considering a new tax on commercial parking lots that operate within the city’s…
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Would regionalization solve Niagara Falls’ budget problem?
The City of Niagara Falls has squandered millions in windfall cash from the Seneca Nation of Indians’ gaming compact with the State of New York — with nothing to show for it…
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Dyster should press Cuomo to remove parking lots from Niagara Falls State Park
Urban design activists, tourism industry advocates, and Niagara Falls residents have been clamoring to remove the two vast surface parking lots located atop Goat Island and another located only a few hundred…
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Challengers floated in 62nd district, as Ortt considers options
Political operatives associated with Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins’ mainline Democratic caucus are contemplating potential candidates to challenge Senator Robert Ortt, of North Tonawanda. The 62nd district stretches from Niagara Falls to Rochester. The most…
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Destino speaks out on his untimely firing by Dyster
BY JOHNNY DESTINO “(I)t is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me?” – Oscar…
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Dyster’s 2017 city budget riddled with inconsistencies
Mayor Paul Dyster’s 2017 final budget for the city of Niagara Falls, approved by the city council last week, is a document based more on political calculation than fiscal responsibility. After the…
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Williams: Dyster’s tax increases must be stopped
BY ANN WILLIAMS Mayor Paul Dyster deceived the taxpayers by waiting until five days after the mayoral election to tell us that he was planning to do a citywide reassessment. He plans…
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DEC launches investigation into illegal dumping in Niagara Falls
BY MATTHEW RICCHIAZZI Since The Reporter broke a story about illegal dumping at a city-operated composting facility last week, the State’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has launched an investigation into the illegal dumping.…
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SolarCity financial woes leave spinoff in limbo
BY THE NIAGARA FALLS REPORTER The company at the center of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “Buffalo Billion” initiative and the stated reason Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster and city Planner Tom DeSantis spent $165,000 of…
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Dyster’s follies cost taxpayers
BY MIKE HUDSON For Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster, it’s not about the destination but the journey. Which is why, since taking office in January 2008, the city has been subjected to…
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Will a road by any other name still cause controversy here?
BY MIKE HUDSON While lawmakers representing Niagara County may lack the political will to remove the Robert Moses Parkway, the state Senate has recently taken the bull by the horns and moved…
