Dave McKinley

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Buffalo closes Chippewa Street to cars on weekend nights

1 week ago | wgrz.com | Dave McKinley

BUFFALO, N.Y. — If you plan to go bar hopping on Chippewa Street in Buffalo this summer, be prepared for a change. City officials unveiled a plan to close the section of Chippewa between Delaware Ave. and Franklin Street to vehicles between 10 pm and 4:00 am on Friday and Saturday nights starting this weekend through Labor Day. The aim is to keep this entertainment district lively and successful, but also make it safer.
Concerns rise over Buffalo's Statler tower renovation progress

1 week ago | wgrz.com | Dave McKinley

BUFFALO, N.Y. — There's growing concern about progress at one of the biggest development projects in downtown Buffalo after an article in Buffalo Business First regrading Douglas Development's ongoing efforts to renovate the Statler tower. "I'm starting to get concerned", said Buffalo Common Council member Mitch Nowakowski, who a year ago backed a plan to try to help Douglas Jamal secure state funds to help complete the $160 million makeover of the landmark structure.
Nursing home workers strike for better wages and benefits

1 week ago | wgrz.com | Dave McKinley

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — As they seek a new contract, employees of several local nursing homes spent this Memorial Day weekend on the picket line. It was the continuation of a week long strike authorized by their union, which is set to end on Tuesday but could go longer. The workers are represented by Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which has recently settled contracts with several for profit nursing homes locally.
Efforts underway to raise funds to help restore Lackawanna Veterans Post

2 weeks ago | wgrz.com | Dave McKinley

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Veterans and volunteers joined forces on Thursday to help raise funds toward much-needed renovations of Bett-Toomey Marine Corps Detachment 216 in Lackawanna, and to improve its accessibility to elderly and disabled veterans. In just under four hours veterans, along with volunteers from the Erie County Clerk's Office and BankOnBuffalo were able to raise $3,000.
Hoverlink plans new hovercraft route Toronto to Niagara

2 weeks ago | wgrz.com | Dave McKinley

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Many Western New Yorkers enjoy traveling to Toronto. And, if all goes according to plan, in a few short years there will be a new way to complete that journey. Having already secured a space to develop a docking site in St. Catharines, Hoverlink Ontario has now inked a lease for dock space near the Billy Bishop island airport on the Toronto waterfront.
Dunkirk council member apologizes for homeless remarks

3 weeks ago | wgrz.com | Dave McKinley

DUNKIRK, N.Y. — A storm of controversy has been brewing in Dunkirk following remarks made by lawmakers about a homeless man at a recent common council meeting. It also led one member of the council to issue an apology for what she said.
Niagara Falls plans hotel tax cut to boost tourism

3 weeks ago | wgrz.com | Dave McKinley

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Tourism is the life blood of the economy in Niagara Falls, NY and on Wednesday, civic leaders and hotel owners met to discuss plans on how to get ahead of the potential impact of any problems triggered by forces outside their control.
Congress to introduce bill on body armor restrictions

3 weeks ago | wgrz.com | Dave McKinley

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Wednesday will mark three years since the mass shooting that killed ten people at the Tops Market on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo. On that day, another bill will be introduced in congress to limit the type of body armor that could be purchased and used by civilians. Once again the bill is named after one of the 5-14 shooting victims.
NY passes record $254.3B budget despite spending concerns

4 weeks ago | wgrz.com | Dave McKinley

BUFFALO, N.Y. — At the beginning of his first term in office in 2011, then NYS Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared that what New York State had was a "spending problem". It is 14 years later, and those who'd hoped that state spending might be curbed may be disappointed by the budget finally passed by lawmakers (more than one month late) and signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday. The budget increases state spending by $13 billion for the coming fiscal year and comes in at a record $254.3 billion.
Local priests are stunned by selection of an American as pope

1 month ago | wgrz.com | Dave McKinley

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two Buffalo area priests who watched the announcement that Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., a Chicago native, was elected as the 267th pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV, were stunned and delighted that an American will lead the Roman Catholic Church for the first time in history. "To me, its the same feeling the people in Poland must had had when John Paul II was named ...