Sports

Evander Kane has a really hot girlfriend

Buffalo Sabers player Evander Kane is being accused of rape in an incident that allegedly occurred last Sunday at the Harbor Center hotel room where he lives. Kane is a well liked public figure know for his charitable work in

Economy

State development agencies secretive on spending

BY TONY FARINA, The Niagara Falls Reporter I’ve written articles for several publications in recent months and years about the lack of transparency employed by state development agencies that spend millions and millions of taxpayer dollars on various projects and big

Republican Party

Cox to fund moderates in WNY?

Buffalo based businessman Carl Paladino is flirting with another run for Governor of New York. Observers suspect that Paladino is posturing to force out the current party Chairman Ed Cox — a moderate establishment figure who Paladino has lambasted harshly

Corruption

Brown, Evanko thick as thieves

Today — at the second full day of the allegedly ‘public’ hearing to remove Joe Mascia as an elected official under New York State Housing Law — hearing officer Anne E. Evanko instructed court officers to detain and search a

Corruption

State cannot afford project labor agreements

BY RICH PURTELL A project labor agreement is a protectionist strategy, usually applied to public work, which mandates a certain labor pool to be used for a construction project.  New York State already has a prevailing wage law for public

Civil Rights

Fisher discusses hiring disparities in construction

Charlie Fisher, the widely respected President of BUILD and longtime community activist hosted The Advocator with Nikita Williams to discuss ongoing efforts to force LP Ciminelli and other government contractors to meet minority hiring and contracting goals. LP Ciminelli has been unwilling

Economy

Where is Dyster’s $200 million in economic development?

By Mike Hudson, The Niagara Falls Reporter The standard definition of economic development is that of efforts seeking to improve the economic well-being and quality of life for a community by creating and retaining jobs and supporting or growing incomes and

Economy

Did Dyster know about DuPont closure before election?

By Mike Hudson, The Niagara Falls Reporter  Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Back on July 30, 2013, we stated unequivocally that the 200 jobs at DuPont’s Niagara Falls facility were in grave danger. “The future of the DuPont plant in

Commerce

Obama and Trudeau should open the Canadian border

It would require the elimination of customs tariffs, border crossing fees, and travel restrictions between the federal governments of the United States and Canada — but the concept of an open northern border is more politically plausible in the current

Economy

Continued stagnation necessitates statehood for northern New York

The release of recent economic data reveals that the widely decimated Cuomo administration propaganda that suggests that “Buffalo is Booming” has been a complete hoax, orchestrated by administration operatives with the complicity of the Buffalo News. Federal data reveals that

Economy

Perfect corruption and the slow death of innovation

By Rich Purtell Adam Smith is widely considered to be the “Einstein of modern economics” with his Wealth of Nations monumental work published in 1776. He brought forth many concepts of free market capitalism which helped to usher in an

Economy

Guercio’s, as an economic development strategy

Rumor has it that Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found inspiration in a visit earlier this week to Guercio’s, the ethnic Italian delicatessen that founded by an immigrant family who, four generations later, continue to own and operate it today. The Grant-Ferry landmark

Zeitgeist

Tsouflidis says haters can’t stop the New Buffalo

By Paul Tsouflidis  Taking the lead of a fellow entrepreneur today, I am going to address my haters. I think its important and I think you should do the same someday. So here it goes.. Hello haters. I know you

City

Canalside development should be driven by affordable housing

It’s time to buildout Canalside into a real neighborhood — dominated by affordable mixed use primarily residential development with ample storefronts and pedestrian oriented streetscapes. How can we do it? By creating an affordable housing tax credit — not dissimilar