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December 6, 2024
When the City of Yes housing plan was under negotiation, we stepped in with $1 billion to bring it across the finish line.
Western NY Observer
December 6, 2024
Hochul will deliver 2025 State of the State address on Jan. 14 in Albany as she sets course for another run for governor in 2026.
Western NY Observer
December 6, 2024
Several New York and Pennsylvania House Republicans, led by U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy, called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to end opposition to a proposed natural gas pipeline that would’ve run through parts of the Southern Tier and Western New York
Western NY Observer
December 6, 2024
The Erie County Legislature has officially approved the 2025 budget
Western NY Observer
December 6, 2024
There’s a dispute brewing in Buffalo’s Allentown neighborhood after $100,000 in funding was secured to convert a vacant lot into greenspace.
Western NY Observer
December 6, 2024
City seeks millions in state funding to help rehabilitate Hostel in the Theatre District.
Western NY Observer
December 4, 2024
Automatic fire sprinkler systems could soon be required in all newly built homes in New York State, but business owners disagree on whether home buyers should have a say in this decision. “A standard price [for fire sprinklers] is usually less than 2% of the value of a home”
Western NY Observer
December 4, 2024
Buffalo’s Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon shared his $110 million capital improvement plan in Buffalo Common Council Chambers
Western NY Observer
December 4, 2024
Congressional Democrats agreed with Republicans that Andrew Cuomo and his top aides were not transparent about how they counted nursing home deaths during the pandemic.
Western NY Observer
December 4, 2024
Property owners may apply for grants of $50,000 or $75,000 from a pool of more than $13 million being spread across Western New York to renovate apartments as part of New York’s Vacant Rental Improvement Program.
Western NY Observer
December 4, 2024
Mark your calendars: The minimum wage in New York is increasing on January 1!
Western NY Observer
December 4, 2024
‘Unprecedented’: Dunkirk Common Council aims to lower tax rates in the 2025 proposed budget
Western NY Observer
December 4, 2024
Buffalo’s acting finance commissioner addresses $17.68M budget deficit at council meeting
Western NY Observer
December 4, 2024
$7 Million of Federal funds announced for removal of lead paint from over 300 Erie County homes
Western NY Observer
December 3, 2024
Former SmileDirectClub customers may be eligible for a refund
Western NY Observer
December 3, 2024
Today, we made history again with the opening of the first LGBTQ+ museum in the nation at @nyhistory. – Kathy Hochul
Western NY Observer
December 3, 2024
Attorney Michael Connett is probably the world’s expert on fluoridation. His unequaled knowledge and his master skills using discovery and cross-examination of pro-fluoridation “experts,” for the recent #fluorideLawsuit against the EPA, revealed that, despite public claims of safety and efficacy, when put under oath, CDC officials could not prove fluoridation was safe or effective.
Western NY Observer
December 3, 2024
The Rockefeller Institute of Government on Monday released a highly anticipated reassessment of the Foundation Aid formula, the primary formula New York state uses to fund public schools.
Western NY Observer
December 3, 2024
Buffalo recently got a new mayor.But who really runs the city? The rich & powerful, a new report concludes.
Western NY Observer
December 3, 2024
Using the county’s cultural capital grant, the Sardinia Historical Society replaced its building’s roof and completely rebuilt and repainted its interior, restoring it to the same design as when the building was first used as a church in 1829.
Western NY Observer
December 3, 2024
Construction begins on 65 new affordable housing units in Hamburg
Western NY Observer
December 2, 2024
With $1 million funding from New York State & champions from the city council to Congress, we will restore the theater’s historic facade
Western NY Observer
December 2, 2024
Changes coming to long-delayed Elmwood Village five-floor building with 48 residential units $15 million project
Western NY Observer
December 2, 2024
Fluoride ‘Poses a Risk to Human Health’
Western NY Observer
December 2, 2024
Officials say the purchase will give Amherst full control of the site and the four softball fields built there by the town for use by the Amherst Girls Softball League.
Western NY Observer
December 1, 2024
While the region’s 19 state legislators spent campaign money on expected costs such as mailings, office rent and fundraising activities, they also spent donor’s money on expenses most New Yorkers pay from their own pockets.
Western NY Observer
November 29, 2024
Kensington project balloons in cost to $1.5B
Western NY Observer
November 26, 2024
Cheap Ozempic? How millions of Americans with obesity may get access to costly weight-loss drugs
Western NY Observer
November 26, 2024
New York’s SOS program expanding upstate, aims to help homeless
Western NY Observer
November 26, 2024
N.Y. attorney general tours food bank, pushes for more to fight food insecurity
Western NY Observer
November 26, 2024
WNY companies and workers have secured most of the work so far at the stadium. But a lot of out-of-town companies are getting business, too, and team and state officials are refusing to release some key details.
Western NY Observer
November 26, 2024
Today, we proudly cut the ribbon for The Monroe, an $8.4 million rehabilitation project that transformed the iconic Record Theatre complex to 17 affordable apartments and 11,400 square feet of commercial and retail space.
Western NY Observer
November 26, 2024
Buffalo Water has finished sending public notification letters to residents regarding the status of their service lines.
Western NY Observer
November 26, 2024
Higher Paid Family Leave benefits ($313.92) coming to New York in 2025
Western NY Observer
November 25, 2024
New York launches NYX Initiative to improve public services. NYX would build trust in a more user-friendly political establishment.
Western NY Observer
November 25, 2024
Sheridan Park Crematory that was closed in 2020 following a pollution control system failure must close within 6 months after signed bill
Western NY Observer
November 25, 2024
NFTA above-ground Metro Rail service resumes for the ghost town that the Rail created.
Western NY Observer
November 23, 2024
ICE Buffalo official takes shot at NY Gov Hochul after arrest of wanted illegal immigrant
Western NY Observer
November 23, 2024
Community pushback complicates New York state transition to electric school buses. In 2027, New York state schools will no longer be allowed to purchase diesel buses.
Western NY Observer
November 23, 2024
NY Governor Kathy Hochul posts a rebate link for purchase energy efficient appliances that can only be viewed after signing up for subscription
Western NY Observer
November 22, 2024
Advocates push 5-year free universal childcare plan that COULD ease financial burdens on families and boost the state’s economy.
Western NY Observer
November 22, 2024
New York faces bilingual teacher shortage amid higher enrollment
Western NY Observer
November 22, 2024
State lawmakers next session want to strengthen laws prohibiting PFAS, or the “forever chemicals” that have been found to poison ground and drinking water — and electeds on both sides of the aisle are on board.
Western NY Observer
November 22, 2024
Kathy Hochul- Keeping New York families safe has been my top priority since day one.
Western NY Observer
November 21, 2024
New York doubles funding to $8 million for local government efficiency projects
Western NY Observer
November 21, 2024
An $8.3 million state-of-the-art new police training center has opened in Niagara County.
Western NY Observer
November 21, 2024
The City of Buffalo has said it is committed to keeping fluoride in the water supply despite impending recommendations from incoming Health ad Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that it be taken out.
Western NY Observer
November 21, 2024
GlobalFoundries to receive $1.5B federal grant for chip manufacturing
Western NY Observer
November 21, 2024
Over $9M approved by City of Buffalo for legal settlements
Western NY Observer
November 21, 2024
Unfinished $40 million Canalside project continues to face scrutiny with fate uncertain
Western NY Observer
November 21, 2024
Erie County Sheriff reviewing options following a $700M cost estimate for a new jail
Western NY Observer
November 21, 2024
Niagara Falls buys Rapids Theatre out of foreclosure, nears deal for 38 other properties
Western NY Observer
November 21, 2024
Conservationists encourage Hochul to purchase, conserve Whitney Park in Adirondacks, which had a $180 million price tag in August.
Western NY Observer
November 21, 2024
Councilmembers disappointed that Rescue Plan funds of $41 million could be used for budget gaps, again
Western NY Observer
November 21, 2024
Kathy Hochul is proud to stand with our city colleagues and add a $1 billion state commitment for affordable housing in New York City
Western NY Observer
November 21, 2024
Buffalo Water Board Chair and Sewer Authority GM O.J. McFoy liked to leave the Buffalo area often when he was in charge of those agencies.
Western NY Observer
November 21, 2024
Eighteen nonprofits and local governments have been awarded $40 million from the state to help rehabilitate vacant and distressed apartments and convert them into affordable homes.
Western NY Observer
November 19, 2024
Study finds cities dole out tax breaks through a bureaucratic system that fails to readily disclose the value of tax breaks or who is receiving them.
Western NY Observer
November 15, 2024
Stabbing at Amherst Red Roof Inn housing migrants also raises questions on relocation plan after DocGo, which was originally hired by New York City in a controversial $432 million contract to relocate migrants upstate will cease those shelter operations and support work at local hotels by year’s end. In addition, the New York State Department of Military Affairs says state National Guard troops, funded by state tax dollars for extra security, have been largely phased out at the hotels.
Western NY Observer
November 13, 2024
Judge rules challenge to New York’s bulletproof vest ban can proceed
Western NY Observer
November 13, 2024
Incoming Seneca Nation president discusses casino compact negotiations.
Western NY Observer
November 13, 2024
Incoming Seneca Nation president discusses casino compact negotiations.
Western NY Observer
November 13, 2024
23-year-old migrant woman who was bused to the area from New York City arraigned after allegedly stabbing juvenile and two others at Red Roof Inn in Amherst
Western NY Observer
November 12, 2024
Chemung County releases negative rabies test results regarding Peanut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon almost 3 weeks
Western NY Observer
November 9, 2024
‘Hundreds of thousands of dollars’: Outdoor gun range owner concerned with cost of proposed NYS financially unrealistic mandates
Western NY Observer
November 9, 2024
Trump’s chief of staff pick has ties to former New York congressman Jack Kemp back in the 70s
Western NY Observer
November 7, 2024
New York Democrats lose supermajority status in the state Senate
Western NY Observer
November 7, 2024
Kamala Harris won New York. But in doing so, she won 1 million fewer votes than past Democratic candidates Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton.The takeaway? New York remains solidly blue, but it grew redder on Tuesday.
Western NY Observer
November 7, 2024
Kathy Hochul shares link to website to protect our communities against hate by reporting a hate or bias incident days after calling GOP voters ‘anti-American’ and ‘anti-women,’
Western NY Observer
November 7, 2024
Election results: A rare incumbent loss, lots of no-contest coronations
Western NY Observer
November 6, 2024
Democratic leaders put an amendment to New York’s constitution that would bar discrimination based on things including “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” on the ballot partly in hopes of boosting turnout by voters passionate about protecting abortion access, in an election year where U.S. House races in New York could help decide which party controls Congress.
Western NY Observer
November 3, 2024
3 Million Rats in NYC. 21,000 Rat Complaints. What does NY Pest Control Do? Kill the One Trained Squirrel.
Western NY Observer
November 2, 2024
New York Governor Kathy Hochul calls people who vote for Republicans “Anti-American”
Western NY Observer
November 2, 2024
Local leaders break ground on Lackawanna’s approximately $18.5 million city hall project
Western NY Observer
November 2, 2024
Cuomo helped draft nursing home report, House committee says, telling the Justice Department that it should consider prosecuting him for not telling the truth about his role in crafting a state COVID report.
Western NY Observer
November 2, 2024
NY AG’s lawsuit against PepsiCo/Frito Lay in which she sought to hold the food and beverage giant responsible for plastic pollution accumulated in the Buffalo River is dismissed by judge.
Western NY Observer
November 2, 2024
The Niagara County Department of Health has confirmed three separate, unrelated cases of rabies in wild animals in the Town of Lockport.
Western NY Observer
November 2, 2024
Nearly Half of Buffalo’s Kids Live in Poverty
Western NY Observer
November 2, 2024
New York State Sheriffs’ Association says no to Proposition 1, which would “rip away safe spaces” for girls in New York State.
Western NY Observer
November 2, 2024
NY state officials have executed Peanut the squirrel and Fred, a rescued raccoon without quarantining them so they could test for rabies. Terrified Peanut bit someone after a 5 hourslong, heavy-handed search by 10-12 DEC officers who raided the rescue owners’ home stemming from a search warrant that was signed off on by 4 departments and a judge.
Western NY Observer
September 30, 2024
Brown offered $295,000 to head OTBAgency refuses to release details aside from salary, which is higher than pay at other OTBs in the state. No starting date was announced. Council President Chris Scanlon poised to become acting mayor.
Western NY Observer
September 28, 2024
Jeremy Zellner elected to seventh term as Erie County Democratic Committee, making him the second-longest serving chair in modern times behind Joseph Crangle.
Western NY Observer
September 28, 2024
Government in Medina is considering allowing 6 backyard chickens per household
Western NY Observer
September 28, 2024
Hochul announces record amount of $33 million in funding for climate smart practices on 184 New York farms, 12 in Western New York will receivea total of $1,655,677
Western NY Observer
September 27, 2024
Lawmakers and the control board offer ways to fill the anticipated $10-15 million dollar Buffalo budget gap
Western NY Observer
September 27, 2024
$90M in state grants to replace lead service lines, improve drinking water in New York. WNY was not included in a breakdown of the communities and the funding.
Western NY Observer
September 27, 2024
Parents in the Lackawanna City School District contacted 7 News to voice their concerns about starting the new school year without a School Resource Officer.
Western NY Observer
September 27, 2024
A March 2023 study finds negligence at Buffalo VA Medical Center causing significant delays in treatment. The report revealed a horrifying level of negligence that left veterans to suffer and, in some cases, lose their lives.
Western NY Observer
September 27, 2024
Dunkirk budget proposal comes with massive tax hikes to addresses a $16 million dollar deficit. Residents could see their property tax rate double if the budget is approved.
Western NY Observer
September 27, 2024
Erie County Republicans call for audit into Mary Hosler the Erie County deputy comptroller who defrauded taxpayers for personal profit
Western NY Observer
September 27, 2024
Wicked Glass Smoke Shop in Kenmore raided, shut down by state cannabis agency. State officials say they’ve closed down more than 1,000 stores saying they have taken business away from licensed retailers.
Western NY Observer
September 27, 2024
Hochul commits $80 million to boost nonprofit arts and cultural organizations in New York post-COVID. No ties to Western New York were mentioned.
Western NY Observer
September 27, 2024
Dickey appointed to Chautauqua County Legislature. In addition to serving the Chautauqua County Legislature, Dickey is also Senior Director in the Finance Department at Geisinger Health System.
Western NY Observer
September 27, 2024
Buffalo Common Council president prepares to potentially take over as mayor. The details of Brown’s OTB contract are not public yet but the chair said his pay would be $295,000. Brown’s possible move is criticized by Our City Action Buffalo.
Western NY Observer
September 27, 2024
Wendy Dominski and Traci Quimby face four charges, including two counts of disorderly conduct in the Capitol grounds or buildings. The pair remained inside the Capitol for about 11 minutes, according to the complaint.
Western NY Observer
September 26, 2024
“Kevin Frey TV Caught up w/ Senator Gillibrand before the indictment against Mayor Adams was unsealed: “I’m very worried about … can someone who has been indicted, can someone who has a circle of investigations around all his senior staff, can they do their job? That’s a really hard issue.”
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