Katie Skoog

1 week ago | wivb.com | Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini |Dillon Morello |Katie Skoog

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Students and faculty at University at Buffalo, among others, are filing a lawsuit against over 40 police officers, the City of Buffalo, and the president of UB alleging a “violent dispersal” of a pro-Palestine protest last May. On May 1, 2024, more than 50 students gathered in front of Hochstetter Hall for a peaceful protest against the war in Gaza including prayer, speeches and chants, according to the plaintiffs.

3 weeks ago | wivb.com | Katie Skoog |Marlee Tuskes

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Acting Buffalo Mayor Chris Scanlon’s campaign, along with attorney Laurence Laufer, sent a letter to the New York State Board of Elections asking them to clarify contribution limits in State Senator Sean Ryan’s campaign for Buffalo mayor. In the letter, Laufer accused Ryan of a “sweeping evasion of election law limits” and asked the board to confirm if he is taking money from his senate campaign fund to his mayoral campaign.

3 weeks ago | wivb.com | Katie Skoog |Dave Greber

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Diocese of Buffalo agreed to pay $150 million to settle over 800 claims of sexual abuse, sources confirmed to WIVB News 4 on Monday. The settlement follows years of efforts to reach an agreement of compensation for victims, and the Diocese’s bankruptcy filing in 2020. The claims were a large factor in the Diocese’s decision to close and merge churches across Western New York over the past year, along with declining number of priests and parishioners.

1 month ago | wivb.com | Marlee Tuskes |Katie Skoog

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Amherst Town Supervisor Brian Kulpa said Wednesday that the project to redevelop the Boulevard Mall into a mixed-use town center is moving forward as scheduled. Kulpa’s update followed a report by The Buffalo News on Wednesday that Kulpa and Douglas Jemal, the owner of Douglas Development — one of the site’s primary developers — are sparring over how long the eminent domain process is taking. “One person can’t just say, ‘Hey, let’s stop the public process,’” Kulpa said.

Jan 15, 2025 | msn.com | Katie Skoog