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STAFF REPORTS Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) named nine local veterans to serve as members of his Service Academy Advisory Committee. The panel recently met to interview local high school students…
PRESS RELEASE NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York dismissed a lawsuit challenging…
STAFF REPORTS NEW YORK — Yesterday Senator Klein was accused of sexually harassing a former member of his staff, setting off a discussion about the process by which to handle…
STAFF REPORTS Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced opposition to the January 9, 2018 preliminary decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose tariffs on paper commonly used in the…
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and 34 Senate colleagues sharply criticized the Trump administration’s decision to reopen offshore drilling…
by James Tricoli AMHERST TIMES Mark Poloncarz’s flagrant abuse of handing out patronage jobs to friends and family who aren’t qualified to fill these important positions, for example: giving Michael…
PRESS RELEASE Following the reduction of the federal corporate tax rate, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today joined a bipartisan coalition of 18 state attorneys general, state agencies,…
PRESS RELEASE New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released the following statement upon the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) rejection of the Trump Department of Energy’s proposal to subsidize…
AMHERST TIMES Today is January 8th, 2018. Our new Town Supervisor, Brain Kulpa, has been in office 7 days. There are voices in the crowd asking why he needs a…
STAFF REPORTS BUFFALO — U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today visited Niagara Gear, which supports and rewards its workers through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Niagara Gear manufactures gear parts…