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Tim Kennedy
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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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DHS records on Batavia ICE expansion leave out beds, staffing and even whether it’s a tent
Documents released by Rep. Tim Kennedy show a $16.7 million no-bid contract for a women’s detention structure in Batavia. The bed count is redacted, and DHS and ICE describe the building differently.
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Hochul expected to use Mahoney Building for gubernatorial office when in Buffalo
Upon taking office on August 24th, Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to set up an Executive Chamber office inside the Mahoney State Office Building on Niagara Square at Court Street, which she…
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Niagara Falls has infrastructure needs too, Senator Kennedy
The massive new infrastructure bill proposed by President Joe Biden makes more than two trillion dollars available to remake the American infrastructure system — and Western New York stands to be appropriated…
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Kennedy, Peoples-Stokes announce new State investment in Botanical Gardens project
$500,000 State Grant Will Support the Botanical Gardens’ Expansion Plans; Museum Addition Will Feature a Butterfly Conservatory, New Classrooms for Educational Programming, Exhibit Space, and a Café Members of the Western New…
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Downstate lawmakers demand more transit projects — as Chairman Kennedy declines to do so for WNY
Members of the Assembly representing Bronx, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties urge MTA Chairman Foye to add critically needed projects currently left out of the $51.5 billion MTA Capital Plan…
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Despite promises, Higgins and Kennedy have yet to significantly deliver for Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls and New York State Parks are regional assets as well as a cash cow to New York State. Despite this fact, two influential politicians — with the ability to deliver…
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When will Tim Kennedy start delivering on Transportation money?
Senator Tim Kennedy has been getting a lot of newfound attention following the Democratic Party’s takeover the Senate chamber last November. He was even named the Chairman of the Transportation Committee by…
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Tim Kennedy may be willing to fight for a wider expansion of the light rail system
Senator Tim Kennedy — the newly appointed chairman of the Transportation Committee — will be overseeing the architecture of a massive omnibus spending bill designed to address New York City’s mass transit…
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Kennedy’s new chairmanship called ‘an economic gift for WNY’
The Democratic Party has taken control of the State Senate — a chamber that has been controlled by the Republicans for decades, excepting a brief period in 2008, before a leadership coup…
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If Stewart-Cousins tends to Buffalo, she would pick up two key seats
The newly triumphant Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins is the first woman to lead a state legislative chamber in New York’s history. The test of her leadership will be whether she can…
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Kennedy asked to return $5,400 from opioid pushers
Senator Tim Kennedy (D-South Buffalo) is being asked by constituent groups to return $5,400 in campaign contributions that he has accepted from firms that have contributed to the Nation’s opioid epidemic. Kennedy…
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Activists urge Benczkowski to run for 63rd district Senate seat
The wildly popular Cheektowaga Town Supervisor Diane Benczkowski — the region’s highest profile advocate for infrastructure modernization — is being urged by environmental activists to seek the 63rd District’s State Senate seat. …
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AG files felony election charges against Pigeon; Kennedy not charged
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman‘s Office filed felony election charges against the renowned political operative G. Steven Pigeon — a confidant of Bill and Hillary Clinton, Governor Andrew Cuomo, and billionaire B. Thomas…
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Senator Kennedy calls Cuomo’s budget process ‘disgraceful’
Senator Tim Kennedy is rumored to be in a precarious legal predicament given his closeness to the indicted former Erie County Democratic Party Chairman G. Steven Pigeon. Such is why his harsh…
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Benczkowski may challenge Kennedy to help Grant
The newly elected Cheektowaga town supervisor Diane Benczkowski — considered a rising star in local politics — is thinking about dabbling in state senate politics this year, a source familiar with her…
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Western New York will be a Senate battleground
As next year’s State Senate elections approach in the distance, the fog is clearing to reveal a political landscape that will make Western New York a central battleground for control of the…
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Will Supervisor Benczkowski run for State Senate next year?
Diane Benczkowski won the Cheektowaga Democratic party primary for town supervisor — guaranteeing her the office — and is already being talked about as a contender for the State Senate seat currently…
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Guercio’s, as an economic development strategy
Rumor has it that Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found inspiration in a visit earlier this week to Guercio’s, the ethnic Italian delicatessen that founded by an immigrant family who, four generations later, continue to…
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DiNapoli tours Guercio’s to support small business growth
This morning, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli — who controls one of the largest institutional investment funds in the world — toured Guercio’s, the third generation delicatessen that has been a…
