Former reporter seeks spot on Lockport Common Council
PRESS RELEASE LOCKPORT — Rikki Cason, former reporter for the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, announced her candidacy for 3rd Ward alderman today. The Common Council hopeful believes she can make…
Wydysh seeks second term on Niagara County Legislature
PRESS RELEASE LEWISTON — Freshman County Lawmaker Becky Wydysh launched her reelection campaign today, pledging to “continue working for my neighbors in Lewiston and Wheatfield and for families all over…
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…
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…
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…
Higgins says future of DL&W and Amherst Rail Extension in jeopardy under proposed federal budget
PRESS RELEASE Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) says two long-underway local transportation projects, extension of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) Metro Rail to the DL&W and creation of a Buffalo…
Schneiderman comments on planned withdrawal from Paris Agreement
PRESS RELEASE NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released the following statement in response to reports that President Trump plans to withdraw from the Paris Agreement:…