The Buffalo Chronicle
Tops shooting
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A Buffalo judge strikes down the body armor ban Albany passed after Tops, on the day Hochul signs new gun bills
Judge John Sinatra Jr. ruled that body armor is protected by the Second Amendment and paused his order for 14 days, leaving the state until just after Election Day to win a…
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Tops gunman’s lawyers say Western New York’s jury lists shortchange Black residents as death-penalty jury selection begins
Payton Gendron’s lawyers moved to dismiss his federal indictment the day before jury selection, arguing Black residents are systematically underrepresented in the district’s jury lists. Here is what they must prove, and…













