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February 1, 2025
Ex-attorney on probation for sexual assault admits to attempted tampering
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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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January 23, 2025
Part of the Kathy Hochul’s budget includes a proposal to allow people ages 25 to 55 to get free tuition for certain programs at community colleges.
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January 23, 2025
Buffalo Police and New York State have located two missing girls 12 and 7 after they were reported missing on Monday night.
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January 23, 2025
What Buffalo mayoral candidates think about the Kensington Expressway project
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January 23, 2025
Hochul’s Foundation Aid proposal gets mixed reaction from education leaders
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January 23, 2025
Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District will be offering tree and shrub seedlings for those interested.
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January 23, 2025
Mayor Austin Tylec apologizes for sending cops to question resident at work regarding parody page that has disappeared from. Facebook
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January 23, 2025
Gov. Hochul reveals details of plan to ban smartphones in New York schools as part of her FY 2026 Executive Budget proposing $13.5 million in funding for assistance purchasing storage
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January 10, 2025
Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday up to $2 million in funding to expand mental health efforts among military veterans and uniformed personnel.
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January 10, 2025
The Town of Hamburg is set to receive $1,172,559.72 in FEMA grants for repairs to the town park caused by the Dec. 2022 winter storm, Congressman Nick Langworthy announced Thursday.
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January 10, 2025
Olean secures $25M grant to transform historic West State Street
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January 10, 2025
New York Hotels will no longer be able to provide small bottles of shampoo or lotion beginning in 2025
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January 10, 2025
Governor Kathy Hochul wants to make sure more than 2.7 million students across the state get free breakfast and lunch at school
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January 7, 2025
UB receives $500,000 grant to study effects of immigration on local democracy
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January 5, 2025
Federal agent carries a firearm on the job but is blocked from buying any guns
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January 4, 2025
GOP senators question Hochul rebate check plan, want money used to pay down debt
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January 4, 2025
New York reparations commission requests more time, money in next budget. Funding for the commission will depend on how much of the group’s $5 million has already been spent.
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January 4, 2025
Hochul highlights statewide counterterrorism preparedness in 2024
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January 3, 2025
Williamsville nursing center slapped with fine after resident escapes twice in a day
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January 3, 2025
Impaired drivers now permanently lose license after four incidents in New York
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January 3, 2025
Governor proposing change to involuntary commitment for those with severe mental illness
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January 2, 2025
New York recreational cannabis sales have surpassed $1 billion, annual report says
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January 1, 2025
Hochul: Nearly $6.5 billion in food assistance provided to New Yorkers in 2024
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January 1, 2025
Landowners express concern over new DEC freshwater wetland regulations
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December 31, 2024
New year, new laws: What’s changing in New York State in 2025
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December 31, 2024
Arman Farmani, 38, of Ontario arrested for possession of child porn at Peace Bridge
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December 31, 2024
4 local organizations to get promised ARPA funds after bookkeeping error
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December 31, 2024
Decrees issued by Bishop Michael W. Fisher to close or merge Catholic parishes in WNY make it clear that the sale of parish properties could help fund a settlement in bankruptcy court of hundreds of sex abuse claims against the Buffalo Diocese.
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December 31, 2024
Arts and cultural organizations in Buffalo will get $2 million from the city through American Rescue Plan funds. The city will use $17 million left over to cover gaps in its budget.
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December 30, 2024
Congressman Kennedy proposes SNOW Act for federal help in snowstorms
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December 26, 2024
In a letter to the governor, advocates from Buffalo to the Bronx urged her to allow “every FDA-approved opioid reversal agent” to be available under a standing prescription order that since 2016 allows only naloxone to be obtained without a prescription.
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December 26, 2024
Assemblyman Patrick Burke asks Biden to pardon Lackawanna man
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December 26, 2024
Kathy Hochul signs new law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change-fueled damages
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December 26, 2024
A regional economic development council announced $36.1 million in grants for Western New York to fund a number of environmental projects.
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December 23, 2024
Hochul signs bill into law to create category for Middle Eastern, North African individuals in state data
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December 23, 2024
Acting mayor: Buffalo Water misused $11 million in pandemic relief funds. Outgoing Buffalo Water Board Chair O.J. McFoy disputed that claim.
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December 23, 2024
Governor Hochul signs Child-Sensitive Arrest Bill into law aiming to prevent trauma for children of arrested parents and guardians
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December 23, 2024
New York State allocates $20 million to expand anti-violence initiative
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December 23, 2024
The pilot who died in an Aurora plane crash Thursday morning has been identified as Paul S. Marsh, who was reportedly traveling to visit family in White Plains, N.Y. from his hometown of Lansing, Mich.
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December 23, 2024
Gov. Kathy Hochul has vetoed the latest version of a bill to expand the state’s wrongful death statute, the third time she has rejected the piece of legislation.
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December 20, 2024
Independent Health has agreed to pay up to $98 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted invalid diagnosis codes in order to receive increased payments from Medicare.
Western NY Observer
December 19, 2024
Canada has agreed to close a “flagpoling” loophole in immigration law that regularly tied up border resources and caused traffic backups at the Peace Bridge and other bridges on the American border with Canada.
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December 19, 2024
The Western New York region received over $4.6 million to help deliver high-speed internet to lower income households. It will connect 39 properties in the Buffalo metro area, serving 349 buildings and 5,033 units and approximately 14 miles of fiber.
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December 19, 2024
The rate agreement will increase the average National Fuel residential customer’s monthly bill by nearly 19% over the next three years.
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December 18, 2024
Gov. Kathy Hochul called for an end to the Electoral College while presiding over New York casting its 28 electoral votes for president and vice president in Albany on Tuesday.
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December 18, 2024
Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, $20 million is coming to the city of Buffalo for winter weather emergency preparedness as well as workforce training.
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December 18, 2024
Shea’s raises curtains on plans for $15M expansion, as part of larger potential $30M investment.
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December 18, 2024
Lancaster man Christopher Gostick sentenced to 24 years for new child pornography charge
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December 18, 2024
$3,300 for a Las Vegas hotel. $2,400 for a Saratoga Springs steakhouse. And that’s just the beginning.
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December 18, 2024
The Dunkirk City Council recently voted to approve a budget containing an 84% tax hike in a special session.The approved tax hike is 24% lower than the 108% increase that was included in the original financial proposal.
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December 17, 2024
New communication tool to help law enforcement in Erie County respond to crisis calls
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December 16, 2024
A Tonawanda woman, 30 year old Maria D’Amato was sentenced to nine years in prison after sexual images and videos of a 14-year-old victim were found on her phone, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
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December 14, 2024
New York state launches ‘Be Well’ campaign aimed at mental health awareness
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December 12, 2024
Yemeni American woman says her family held her against her will and tried to force her into an arranged marriage.
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December 12, 2024
New: A state Supreme Court in Albany County has issued an injunction ordering @nys_cannabis to not issue any more CAURD or provisional retail licenses to applicants.
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December 12, 2024
West Seneca man gets 15 years for possessing child pornography
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December 11, 2024
Officials push for more lifeguards in Buffalo region
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December 11, 2024
Home builders in Western New York say the housing shortage can be partly blamed on building moratoriums. They say New York State needs to ease up on regulations.
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December 11, 2024
Erie 1 BOCES wants to build a new centralized school to meet the growing needs of special education students across the region.
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December 11, 2024
*UPDATE* New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said her proposed “inflation refund” checks of up to $500 to taxpayers won’t impact the state’s finances in terms of emergency funds.
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December 11, 2024
Hochul teased new and detailed policies around immigration and enforcement, saying the public, law enforcement and Washington need to know where she stands.
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December 11, 2024
Ice cream manufacturer WellsEnterprises gets low-cost powerboost for expansion
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December 11, 2024
“The Freedom of Information Law [FOIL] system in NY is broken,” said Paul Wolf, president of the New York Coalition for Open Government.
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December 11, 2024
Buffalo lawmakers approve $110 million in capital spending, despite comptroller’s warning
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December 10, 2024
The Isaías González-Soto Branch Library on Buffalo’s West Side reopened Monday morning after undergoing a seven-month long $2.5 million renovation project.
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December 10, 2024
A onetime aide to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has voluntarily dismissed a federal lawsuit she had filed against him and several of his aides two years ago alleging he sexually harassed her and then smeared her reputation.
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