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February 19, 2025
A $1.5 million grant has been secured to restore the greenhouse at Buffalo’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, Senator Sean Ryan announced Tuesday.
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February 19, 2025
The project that crosses Cattaraugus, Allegany and Wyoming counties received the backing of the Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency, which approved $52 million in tax breaks. for an investment that totals $618.9 million just in the one county.
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February 19, 2025
Western New York Medical P.C. agreed to pay $251,477 to resolve allegations that it submitted improper Medicare billing, the United States Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.
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February 19, 2025
The Buffalo and Erie County Land Development Campaign is getting $11.5 million from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Focused Attraction of Shovel-Ready Tracts New York grant program.
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February 19, 2025
#BorderPatrol Niagara Falls Station Agents arrested Junior Eduardo Garcia-Castroan, an ILLEGAL ALIEN from Honduras in North Tonawanda, NY with multiple prior orders of removal.
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February 19, 2025
BorderPatrol Niagara Falls Station Agents arrested Javier Antonio Cruz, an ILLEGAL ALIEN from Honduras in North Tonawanda, NY with multiple prior orders of removal and a criminal history of Felony Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.
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February 18, 2025
New report shows rise in poverty among those 65 and older across New York State
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February 18, 2025
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive budget provides $1.25 billion for OASAS, the Office of Addiction Services and Supports, a net increase of $22.3 million from last year.
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February 18, 2025
New York’s ethics watchdog ruled constitutional by state’s top court
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February 17, 2025
In the wake of Trump’s unprecedented actions since his Jan. 20 inauguration, The News reached out to Republican Reps. Nick Langworthy and Claudia Tenney and Democratic Rep. Tim Kennedy and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to get their views.
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February 17, 2025
New developments in the Albert the Alligator case. This decision comes after the court found that the state made an error in denying his original application.
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February 17, 2025
A new $8.2 million caretaking center, featuring child care for 155 children, is taking shape on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
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February 16, 2025
Former Christ the King Seminary sale is complete. Money from the sale will help fund a settlement for the nearly 900 people who say they were sexually abused as children by employees of the diocese.
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February 16, 2025
The verdicts against Robert Roy, 42, came after a five-day trial on two counts of predatory sexual assault against a child and single counts of second-degree criminal sexual act and second-degree rape.
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February 14, 2025
The Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced that a jury found 42-year-old Robert Roy guilty of child sexual assault.
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February 13, 2025
‘It’s not working’: Does New York State need to make more changes to bail reform?
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February 13, 2025
New York lawmakers learned more about one of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget proposals that many have viewed skeptically as an effort to stall a universal child care plan: a New York Coalition for Childcare.
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February 13, 2025
Local corrections officers, elected officials furious over working conditions at state-run correctional facilities
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February 13, 2025
Save This Life microchip company shut down suddenly. Pet owners should re-register their pet’s chips as soon as possible to restore information.
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February 13, 2025
Last night, Buffalo Station Agents arrested Juan CASTRO-CHICAS an ILLEGAL ALIEN from El Salvador in Cheektowaga, NY with a criminal history of Possession of Burglary Tools, Battery and DWI as well as 13 apprehensions by the USBP! We are working hard to safeguard our communities!
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February 13, 2025
The City of Buffalo needs to find ways to put more money away in its fund balance in order to follow its own policies.
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February 13, 2025
U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy’s district office in Clarence was evacuated on Thursday after a suspicious package was found at the location, the Republican congressman said.
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February 13, 2025
Former WNY teacher Frank E. Noeson III, 47 sentenced to prison after child pornography conviction
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February 12, 2025
Arrested Amherst teacher was caught in online sting operation, police say
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February 12, 2025
New simplified divorce process open in NYS
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February 12, 2025
$190 wings. $98 brownies. $590 for drinks. In one Bills suite, NYS often pays the bill
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February 10, 2025
Hochul issues ban on DeepSeek AI on government devices, networks
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February 10, 2025
Over the weekend, Niagara Falls BORDER PATROL AGENTS arrested an ILLEGAL ALIEN from El Salvador in North Tonawanda, NY with a criminal history including Assault as well as having an Immigration Final Order of Removal.
Western NY Observer
February 10, 2025
Venezuelan man Jose Manuel Salas-Gimenez, 27, wanted for attempted murder arrested at Peace Bridge
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February 10, 2025
A Texas man Javier Vasquez, 22 was extradited to Lockport on Friday after an investigation determined that he coerced a minor into sex last August, New York State Police announced.
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February 10, 2025
Hochul: $60 million to accelerate electric vehicle charging infrastructure, enabling construction of 267 new charging stalls across nine sites in NYC
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February 8, 2025
Tonawanda man 62-year-old Neil Stuckey sentenced to 2 years for possessing 600 images of child pornography
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February 8, 2025
Refugee resettlement agencies are asking the Western New York community for help after the Trump administration abruptly cut off funding for individuals who have moved to the region.
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February 8, 2025
Town of Lancaster cuts funding for Boys and Girls Clubs
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February 8, 2025
Lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow Gov. Hochul to delay special elections in New York, and therefore the anticipated race to replace Rep. Elise Stefanik in the 21st Congressional District if she is confirmed as UN ambassador.
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February 7, 2025
Western New York is set to see improvements in public transit with the introduction of a $107 million Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project on Bailey Avenue, funded by federal and New York State resources.
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February 7, 2025
A Lackawanna judge Louis Violanti resigned for the second time in the aftermath of a fraud proceeding to have a friend’s traffic ticket dismissed.
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February 7, 2025
The North Tonawanda Police chief’s decision in 2022 to not investigate a complaint about a Facebook post aimed at a city engineer is strikingly different from how he handled a similar complaint by the mayor.
Western NY Observer
February 6, 2025
Legislator Taisha St. Jean Tard has filed a resolution calling for an investigation and dissolution of the Corrections Stability Advisory Board.
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February 6, 2025
For Lewiston Police Chief Frank Previte, the recent tariff threat by President Donald Trump wouldn’t have had an effect on his department, but the border support that has resulted from them, according to him, most certainly will.
Western NY Observer
February 6, 2025
Hochul administration discusses gender-based crime proposals, $5 million in flexible funding for service providers, $100 million per year for the next three years to the office, ensuring its efficacy amid concerns federal funding may be inconsistent.
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February 6, 2025
ARRESTED ANDPENDING REMOVAL – 1/30/2025 Buffalo, NY – Jesus Romero-Hernandez
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February 6, 2025
Buffalo State University will be offering another voluntary employee separation program as the institution looks to continue to cut into a structural deficit of $16.5 million that the school announced it was facing last year.
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February 5, 2025
Federal authorities have charged two New York City men with distributing over a million counterfeit pills in Western New York, some of which contained fentanyl.
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February 5, 2025
As Gov. Kathy Hochul tries to expand New York’s ability to involuntarily commit the mentally ill, some lawmakers are saying not-so-fast.
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February 5, 2025
Cattaraugus-Wyoming Project Head Start abruptly shut down operations and temporarily laid off its 84 employees, suddenly leaving without child care nearly 200 children from low-income families.
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February 4, 2025
The Lackawanna City Council voted 3 to 2 on Monday night to ban all short-term rentals, including Airbnbs and VRBOs.
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February 4, 2025
Jamestown woman Jasmin Osteen, 27, sentenced to 12 years for sex trafficking of minor
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February 4, 2025
A WNY airbase is being floated as a potential place to help support the recent expansion of ice operations.
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February 4, 2025
Invest Buffalo Niagara has fielded inquiries from Canadian companies looking to build operations in Buffalo, partly due to tariff threats.
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February 3, 2025
New poll shows public support for Hochul budget, but not Hochul
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February 3, 2025
Dunkirk man, Augusto Mateo Francisco, 33 pleads guilty to trafficking, kidnapping.
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February 3, 2025
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications, days after a physician in the state was charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in Louisiana
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February 3, 2025
NY attorney general tells hospitals to continue transgender care after Trump’s executive order to “end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children.”“end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children.”
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February 3, 2025
Outrage over impacts of proposed data center in Genesee County
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February 2, 2025
Statement by ICE Buffalo following this erroneous report by @WGRZ.
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February 2, 2025
Police and prosecutors are investigating cases of checks stolen from the mail and fraudulently altered and cashed, sometimes for thousands of dollars as a retired judge learned after she used a blue mailbox in her neighborhood.
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February 2, 2025
New York State homeless population doubles in one year. The large increase was mainly focused in the New York City region, which saw an influx of asylum seekers.
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February 1, 2025
New bill would forbid police to stop people for: missing headlight, taillight, brake light, license plate, inspection or registration, or turning without signaling or dark window tint.
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February 1, 2025
Hamburg Central Schools will be receiving $5.5 million from the Hamburg Fairgrounds over a 20-year period, officials said Friday.
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February 1, 2025
Journey’s End Refugee Services forced to cut 20 jobs
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February 1, 2025
New York earns worst-ever ranking on U-Haul’s annual migration report
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February 1, 2025
New York earns worst-ever ranking on U-Haul’s annual migration report
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February 1, 2025
Buffalo Zoo receives $9 million from Empire State Development to make numerous improvements
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February 1, 2025
Geoffrey J. Testa, 45 of Amherst, NY has been arrested on a warrant for multiple Felony Child Exploitation charges out of Fairfax.
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February 1, 2025
Ex-attorney on probation for sexual assault admits to attempted tampering
Western NY Observer
January 31, 2025
Lockport man Javonte Holloway, 23, admits to selling fentanyl following death of child
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January 31, 2025
Nuclear power in North Tonawanda? Cryptocurrency operation shows interest
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January 31, 2025
Some farmers across New York are still looking for lawmakers to fix an issue that left them unable to receive a tax credit following the state’s new farmworker overtime law.
Western NY Observer
January 31, 2025
Gov. Kathy Hochul is feeling the heat from environmentalists angry at what they claim is her decision to delay a “Cap-and-Invest” program.
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January 31, 2025
Moog Inc. has been selected for a contract worth over $100 million by Lockheed Martin, to provide custom actuators for a U.S. Army weapon system.
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January 31, 2025
An exhibit right now at the Kenan Center, focuses on Lockport and Niagara County’s contributions to the effort to win World War II.
Western NY Observer
January 30, 2025
After veto, NY lawmakers ready to try again with ‘Good Food’ bill that would amend New York’s procurement rules, allowing local governments to award food distributor contracts that encourage values like buying local, environmental sustainability and racial equity, even if the distributor hasn’t made the lowest responsible bid.
Western NY Observer
January 30, 2025
Today, we announced a $142 million investment to support them and to upgrade the emergency room at St. Barnabas.
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January 30, 2025
Buffalo Public Schools superintendent says students’ immigration status will be protected
Western NY Observer
January 29, 2025
The state’s investment in child care assistance has quadrupled during Gov. Hochul’s tenure. Four years ago, funding for the entire child care assistance program was $800 million. It’s now $1.8 trillion.
Western NY Observer
January 29, 2025
An Orleans County man 32-year-old Christian Poole was arrested and charged after over 1,000 videos and images of child pornography were found in his possession.
Western NY Observer
January 29, 2025
Jewish Community Center to receive $3 million in new funding for new child care center in Buffalo
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January 29, 2025
A visit to the Northern Chautauqua Catholic School in Dunkirk for #CatholicSchoolsWeek . The school focuses on faith-based learning. Here’s what some students said about their school: “The teachers are really kind and nice.” “You get closer relationships with God.”
Western NY Observer
January 29, 2025
Buffalo Maritime Center to receive grant for Seneca Chief Canal Boat exhibits. Grants range from $500 to $24,000 and will leverage an estimated $979,087 in additional support.
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January 29, 2025
Arcade woman Anna Holland, 38, pleads guilty to third-degree rape
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January 29, 2025
Kathy Hochul on the Lunar New Year – we made it a school holiday – & this year marks the first time students will have it off!
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January 29, 2025
Downtown location top choice for 10K-seat soccer stadium. The estimated startup cost of building the stadium is at least $40 million. Buffalo Pro Soccer is seeking $20 million from the state.
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January 29, 2025
Oscar Villatoro-Lazo, a Salvadoran national, was arrested by ICE Buffalo on Jan. 27, 2025. Conviction: Murder, sentenced to 19 years to life.
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January 29, 2025
Kathy Hochul is proud to announce $100 million for Pro-Housing Communities program.
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January 29, 2025
A former waiter from the New York City area faces a narcotics charge after a federal investigation indicated he trafficked pain pills using several post offices in Western New York.
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January 29, 2025
Canadian border patrol catches person jumping off moving train in Fort Erie who was deemed inadmissible to enter Canada and was returned to the United States.
Western NY Observer
January 26, 2025
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Buffalo on Thursday arrested two men convicted of sex crimes, as well as a Canadian man convicted of endangering the welfare of a child.
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January 26, 2025
Gov. Kathy Hochul finds herself in a curious position as the top Democrat in New York who must work with the Trump administration on behalf of New Yorkers, but also hold a hard line on issues like birthright citizenship and congestion pricing.
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January 26, 2025
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a warning about phone scams targeting residents nationwide.
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January 26, 2025
New York bill would make ‘masked harassment’ a crime
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January 26, 2025
Land dispute slows Niagara Falls’ effort to attract junior hockey league team
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January 26, 2025
Doctors who prescribe abortion pills could request to have their identities kept off the medication bottles under a bill that has passed both houses of the State Legislature.
Western NY Observer
January 26, 2025
The Casino Gaming Compact between the Seneca Nation of Indians and New York state has now been expired for more than a year. But the two sides have been extending its terms quarterly as they negotiate toward a new deal.
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January 26, 2025
Public comment open, hearing set for Erie County community development programs
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January 26, 2025
Term limit opposition brings Poloncarz and Republicans together
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January 26, 2025
A Capitol rioter from Amherst thanked Trump for his prison release, but Jan. 6 pardons have come with pushback from judges dismissing charges for other defendants.
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January 23, 2025
The Buffalo Diocese will create a centralized school system governed by a diocesan school board and led by a superintendent, as part of a new strategic plan for Catholic schools in the region.
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January 23, 2025
A Southern Tier Republican lawmaker questions major budget elements, especially the increase in spending now $252 billion compared to last year’s eventually-passed budget of $237 billion.
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