Niagara County reclaiming lakeshore
STAFF REPORTS OLCOTT — Niagara County public works officials are working to reclaim land lost to a swollen Lake Ontario, with heavy earth-moving equipment digging into the lake bed and…
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Schneiderman urges FCC to stop ringless robocall messages
STAFF REPORTS Urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to crack down on the national onslaught of robocall messages, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, and…
President Trump signs Gillibrand bill to help families of fallen first responders
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bipartisan legislation aimed at helping families of fallen first responders receive the survivor benefits they’d been promised was signed into law. The Public Safety Officers…
Gillibrand leads letter demanding answers on reported inhumane conditions at immigrant detention centers
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Kirsten Gillibrand led a letter with 11 Senate colleagues to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly demanding answers to a series…
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Higgins pushes health care reform
PRESS RELEASE Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) says it is time for the conversation about healthcare in American to shift, from one that tears down healthcare to one that builds it…
Lewandowski named ‘Senior of the Year’
STAFF REPORTS LOCKPORT—Niagara County lawmakers paused at a May legislative meeting to honor Lockport’s Leo Lewandowski, naming him 2017’s Senior of the Year. Lewandowski, a fixture in his Sherman Drive…
Rochester Senior Living Facilities reaches $328K settlement for underpaying employees
STAFF REPORTS ROCHESTER – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a $328,000 settlement with First Realty Management Co., Inc. and the seven Legacy Senior Living (“Legacy”) complexes it operates…
Gillibrand calls Paris Accord withdrawal ‘shortsighted’
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today issued the following statement on President Donald J. Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord: “This decision by President…