Democrat Mark Poloncarz and Republican Chrissy Casilio couldn't have been more different in their answers Thursday at a forum hosted by the Buffalo Niagara Partnership. Here are some highlights.
Buffalo City Comptroller Barbara Miller-Williams said she intends to conduct an investigation, but not a full-blown audit, to determine how an employee on administrative leave for 7½ years managed to be paid nearly $600,000 without triggering a hearing or an investigation.
StreamGo has turned to the Buffalo Sewer Authority to help prove it has developed a system that can remove PFAS from heavily contaminated wastewater.
Christopher Ryan claims in a federal lawsuit that he endured a hostile work environment because of his race and because he is an active Republican in the Democrat-led town.
The Legislature's Republican minority leader and others have filed a new suit saying the district maps remain substantively flawed, despite technical corrections, and need to be clarified before the general election.
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s attorneys argue that Attorney General Letitia James’ office has a motivation to keep documents under wraps.
Erie County Board of Elections is looking for about 1,200 people to train, work on new electronic poll books in time for the November general election.
Erie County Board of Elections is looking for about 1,200 people to train, work on new electronic poll books in time for the November general election.
Local governments will shell out millions of dollars more starting this year providing legal defense to those who cannot afford to pay for their own lawyers.
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It's hard to say how accurate this most recent poll will turn out to be.
A State Supreme Court judge's ruling granted attorneys for the state government 10 days to make a request that the entire 2022 state law creating the commission not be struck down; otherwise, the law will be no more.
After a month that was memorable for him for the all the wrong reasons, the uncomfortable question is now being asked: Could County Executive Mark Poloncarz actually lose the race for a fourth term in office?
Uniland Development Co. in August sued the Town of Amherst for what it says was the town's improper closure of a portion of Amherst Manor Drive that directly connected the Hampton Inn to the University at Buffalo North Campus.
Buffalo News Washington correspondent Jerry Zremski recently conducted interviews with the two House members who represent Erie County, Democratic Rep. Brian Higgins and Republican Rep. Nick Langworthy, about the immigration issue.
At a news conference on the steps of the Rath County Office Building, Casilio said Poloncarz should have recused himself from the process by which the Centro Culturale Italiano in North Buffalo received a $60,000 grant in public funds last year.
A complaint filed with Erie County officials accuses County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz of improperly awarding a $60,000 grant to a cultural organization run by a woman he dated. Poloncarz denied that he has done anything wrong.
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Poloncarz was breezing unopposed on the Democratic side in his quest for an unprecedented fourth term in office. But August was anything but a breeze.
Conservative Party leaders failed to persuade a judge to disenroll 68 Town of Evans voters from their party before the June 27 primary and block them from voting in the town supervisor race. Now they are pursuing a new outcome: Ask the judge to reverse the outcome, or at least order a new primary.
The attraction had remained closed since one man died, 11 people were injured when a cave tour boat capsized on June 12.
State Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, has introduced legislation to prohibit marijuana use in public unless a municipality allows it, a measure he says would make New York more like other states that have legalized recreational adult-use cannabis.
Republicans on Friday worked to link the allegations regarding his private behavior to Poloncarz's public behavior.
More than $114,000 in cash has gone missing from the Erie County Clerk's Office since January of last year, and County Comptroller Kevin Hardwick said he's concerned a thief is still working in county government despite mounting evidence of fraud.
The political pro who brought you Erie County Executive Chris Collins and Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw is now hard at work trying to make Vivek Ramaswamy president.
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz is accused of grabbing and restraining a woman in a Buffalo police domestic incident report. Poloncarz denied grabbing or restraining the woman in any way, and he said he did nothing to merit a police report being filed.
As Cheektowaga continues to grapple with an influx of asylum-seekers living in hotels in the community, the town has hired a law firm that has successfully represented another community that did not want migrants living in hotels in its town long-term.
Buffalo Common Council President Darius G. Pridgen says in court papers that the woman who accused him in a lawsuit of sexually abusing her admitted in a phone call to him that he didn't abuse her and that she had never met him.
The Sheridan Drive properties have a combined full-market value of $21.3 million. But the company contends their market value should be slashed by 69%, to $6.6 million, according to its court filing.
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The migrant controversy is also pitting top New York Democrats against each other as they navigate what has become a political hot potato less than three months before Election Day.
Six Western New York fire departments will receive a share of more than $3.6 million in federal grants announced Monday by Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.
In a video posted last week, Rickey Armstrong Sr. said that earlier this summer, the Nation and Hochul administration had only a “percentage point” difference in their positions on the revenue sharing rate, but that the state’s offer had gotten “significantly” worse since then.