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The Editorial Board: Grieving Families and Good Food legislation should be reconsidered and tweaked

Gov. Kathy Hochul decided the fate of scores of bills in the final weeks of the year, including her third consecutive veto of a proposed state… I am...

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The Editorial Board: April Baskin pursued social justice in Erie County and should do the same in Albany

Erie County Legislature Chairwoman April Baskin reflects on her time in leadership since 2018. In January, she will take on her new role as a …...

27.12.2024 10

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The Editorial Board: New state program will boost more affordable housing within walkable neighborhoods

At a March 15 panel discussion at the University at Buffalo, three progressive housing experts discussed the reasons for Buffalo's growing aff…...

10.12.2024 4

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The Editorial Board: Good efforts to improve job readiness, housing, learning and food choice

Mohammed Ismail, co-owner of Apon Supermarket, details his motivation and journey to helping open Apon, a new grocer focused on South Asian go… The...

06.12.2024 5

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The Editorial Board: Legislative earmarks are meant to do good in the community, not sit around unspent

Erie County Legislator Chris Greene, R-Clarence, objects to the use of $2 million from the cultural fund, citing a tight budget year. Lindsay …

04.12.2024 3

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The Editorial Board: As the first blast of winter weather arrives, remember the lessons of previous storms

County and city officials talk about preparing for snowstorms. The heavily localized lake snows that pummeled the Southern Tier and much of southern...

03.12.2024 5

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The Editorial Board: If Gov. Hochul signs Good Food NY, local producers and institutions will be the winners

Allison DeHonney, executive director of Buffalo Go Green, talks about the organization's greenhouse on Glenwood Avenue and how it supports the… This...

29.11.2024 7

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Elizabeth Licata: Independent bookshops never left − and now they're booming

Jonathon Welch, co-founder of Talking Leaves Books, describes how his indie bookstore has weathered ups and downs over the decades. BestCellar is a...

17.11.2024 4

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The Editorial Board: Productive action on asylum-seekers by local agency speaks louder than inflammatory rhetoric

Jewish Family Services CEO Molly Carr discusses the agency's coordinated reentry program, which is helping asylum-seekers living in hotels in …

17.11.2024 3

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Sean Kirst: A lost brother and a call for help for those facing mental illness

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16.11.2024 9

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The Editorial Board: Historic preservation and historic beer rack up recent wins in WNY

Big Ditch is canning NA Burner, the region's first nonalcoholic beer since the Prohibition era. The Central Terminal Restoration Corp., the nonprofit...

16.11.2024 4

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The Editorial Board: Large or small, fresh food options on Buffalo's East Side must arrive faster

Buffalo Common Council education committee chairwoman Zeneta B. Everhart introduced "Thriving Together: A Comprehensive Guide for Youth and Fa…...

14.11.2024 6

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The Editorial Board: With the elections behind us, look for ways to enjoy a WNY fall

Tops and Wegmans took us behind the scenes to see what it takes to prepare for one of the busiest weeks in grocery retail. Adam Cichocki's family has...

10.11.2024 2

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The Editorial Board: Advocates are right to push Buffalo Public Schools on numbers, disparity of suspensions

Samantha White, supervising attorney at the Western New York Law Center and part of the Buffalo Suspension Coalition, details the disproportio…...

05.11.2024 7

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The Editorial Board: Ballooning payroll and eyebrow-raising hire justify continued oversight of WROTB

Western Regional Off-Track Betting board member Timothy Callan describes frustration with the lack of information he has requested from the Of…...

30.10.2024 5

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The Editorial Board:Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's legislative successes and new initiatives have earned her re-election

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, joined Gov. Kathy Hochul Friday to promote a new digital portal to make it easier for families to ap… The...

24.10.2024 5

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The Editorial Board: Recently released police disciplinary records should open the door to better oversight

What ended with a shooting at a youth football game started with a gun call and involved a kidnapping and robberies, Police Commissioner Josep…...

21.10.2024 10

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Buffalo has become an entrepreneur's dream come true

The recent lies about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio have caused turmoil. J.D. Vance has admitted that he created these s…...

06.10.2024 9

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The Editorial Board: Excessive referral waits at Buffalo's VA hospital have caused anxiety and suffering

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy spoke Thursday outside the Buffalo VA Medical Center to address concerns over mismanaged oncology referrals. The top health...

02.10.2024 5

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The Editorial Board: Trespassing talk alone won’t address CSX accidents that have crippled and killed

A drone video shows a lack of barriers between railroad tracks and the grounds of the Harvey Austin Elementary School, where the athletic fiel… The...

26.09.2024 3

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The Editorial Board: Cheektowaga is right to address aggressive panhandling, but should also consider solutions

Town officials want to address the issue before it gets worse.

18.09.2024 10

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The Editorial Board: Looking back at Buffalo under Brown highlights major growth as well as longstanding problems

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown talks about how the city must contend with an overall structural deficit in future budgets during an interview with …...

15.09.2024 5

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The Editorial Board: UB is wise to examine its handling of campus assemblies and encourage peaceful protest

Nine people arrested during a peaceful, pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of Buffalo in the spring have filed legal notices of t… UB...

05.09.2024 4

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The Editorial Board: Tree shade helps combat extreme heat and Buffalo needs more of it

News Executive Editor Sheila Rayam and reporter Mackenzie Shuman discuss reporting on environment and climate change issues in the Buffalo Nia… The...

01.09.2024 5

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The Editorial Board: Buffalo's lackadaisical system of police oversight must improve

Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia commented to the editorial board on Jan. 30, 2024, about the police contract. The oversight bodies –...

18.08.2024 8

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The Editorial Board: DA should review 1960s drug conviction of Geraldine Pointer

Geraldine Pointer shares her reasons for seeking exoneration decades after her incarceration. Her granddaughter, Mariah Robinson, speaks on wh…At...

15.08.2024 2

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The Editorial Board: Last-minute meeting, political gamesmanship hurts Cheektowaga voters

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14.08.2024 2

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The Editorial Board: Buffalo peer support system for police is being put to the test

“We see a lot of traumatic things here, stuff that we're not supposed to see as humans,” Buffalo Police Department Mental Health Coordinator M…...

01.08.2024 2

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The Editorial Board: It's no surprise that community groups are pressing for inspections

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, executive director of Partnership for the Public Good, speaks to media at Niagara Square in Buffalo on Feb. 13, 2024. Ó…...

17.07.2024 6

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The Editorial Board: Buffalo office for gun violence prevention is a great idea if run consistently and effectively

Officials announced that two teens have been indicted in the fatal shooting of a 3-year-old in Buffalo. The march was organized by Most Valuable...

12.07.2024 3

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The Editorial Board: New state assessment policy is right to look beyond Regents exams

Buffalo schools must do better in preparing young people to compete in a global economy.

08.07.2024 5

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The Editorial Board: Prekindergarten funding is well worth taxpayers' support

Buffalo Schools is slated to receive for prekindergarten among the largest sums of state money, at about $19 million, for the second consecuti…

26.06.2024 3

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The Editorial Board: Appeals court was right to vacate Sinatra's Starbuck ruling

Union activist Gianna Reeve has been fired from Starbucks, prompting an NLRB complaint. An appellate court has vacated a federal judge's ruling in...

18.06.2024 5

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The Editorial Board: State regulation is welcome for Lockport Cave boat tour

Lockport Fire Chief Luca Quagliano speaks to reporters after a boat capsized Monday, killing one and injuring 11. The law will allow the state Office...

18.06.2024 4

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The Editorial Board: Juneteenth is a day of celebration and remembrance

Drumming as the crowd at Genesee and Moselle streets in Buffalo gets ready for the Juneteenth parade to start. “She was the kind of individual, her...

15.06.2024 10

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The Editorial Board: With tassels now allowed, consistent standards are still important

Moth Poydock is one of six to 10 students at Sweet Home High School who was offered a rainbow tassel to wear for graduation, but was told thre…...

13.06.2024 3

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The Editorial Board: New York must stop suing patients over their medical bills

Patients at state-run hospitals, such as Roswell Park, are sued over medical debt more often than those at public and nonprofit hospitals acro…

04.06.2024 6

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The Editorial Board: In Buffalo, a smaller tax hike but worries ahead

After hours of negotiations, the Buffalo Common Council approved a city budget Wednesday night that slightly lowered the mayor's proposed tax …...

03.06.2024 10

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The Editorial Board: All about making Buffalo better

Launching the 73-foot-long, 44-ton replica Seneca Chief was the culmination of an extraordinary volunteer boat-building effort that began in O…...

01.06.2024 10

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The Editorial Board: Advocates are justified in worrying about logging at Zoar

The densely forested Zoar Valley area along Wickham Road in Cattaraugus County appears to be marked for near total devastation, said some memb… The...

26.05.2024 10

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The Editorial Board: It's important to review what a citizen review panel might accomplish

Amid a wider pushback from police departments and even some state legislatures against civilian review of police misconduct, it appears that e… When...

24.05.2024 30

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The Editorial Board: Cheektowaga town board's squabbles risk residents' health and safety

The politically split Cheektowaga Town Board has been unable to agree on the best way to fund several infrastructure improvement projects, put…...

18.05.2024 30

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The Editorial Board: Dangerous vacant properties need proactive solutions

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, executive director of Partnership for the Public Good, speaks to media at Niagara Square in Buffalo on Feb. 13, 2024. Ó…...

11.05.2024 10

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The Editorial Board: A better plan for asylum-seekers in Erie County

A plan is in the works to get 539 asylum-seekers out of three local hotels and integrated into the regional community nearly a year after they…...

11.05.2024 30

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The Editorial Board: County exec's annual address has good news and common sense ideas

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz talks with The Buffalo News about the theme for his 2024 State of the County address, which will be held … Erie...

26.04.2024 90

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The Editorial Board: For Congress: Tim Kennedy

In a heavily Democratic district, in a race that could further narrow the GOP's majority in the House, West Seneca town supervisor Gary Dickso… A...

21.04.2024 20

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The Editorial Board: There should be better policing of tax breaks for developers

From Amherst, Clarence and Lancaster to Niagara County, local economic development agencies are increasingly approving tax breaks for market-r…...

19.04.2024 3

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The Editorial Board: As Erie County presents its report card, there is much to discuss

"The modern NFL doesn't really care about smaller markets," Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said. "It's a business, and the other owners … The...

16.04.2024 4

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The Editorial Board: Buffalo's Proactive Rental Inspection program should be fully funded

Lead exposure remains a major issue in cities like Buffalo and Rochester with concentrated, segregated poverty and old, deteriorated housing stock. A...

14.04.2024 20

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The Editorial Board: Contentious partisanship doesn't work any better at the local level

Democrats on the Cheektowaga Town Board were not successful in filling the empty seat vacated when Brian Nowak became supervisor.  Hamburg Town Board...

07.04.2024 9

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