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Mayor Restaino wants half the land back.

Public Park or Political Ploy? How Restaino’s Last-Ditch Strategy Could Derail Everything

Community News, Niagara Falls February 11, 2025 at 10:31 am

By Frank Parlato NIAGARA FALLS, NY – Mayor Robert Restaino’s fight to seize private property for his unfunded arena project has taken a bizarre new turn. After spending two years—and untold taxpayer dollars—pushing to take 10 acres of land from Niagara Falls Redevelopment (NFR) through eminent domain, Restaino now claimsRead More

Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino

Billion-Dollar Data Center vs. Empty Arena: What’s at Stake in Niagara Falls?

Community News, Local News, Niagara Falls February 10, 2025 at 2:53 pm

By Frank Parlato The land fight between Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino and Niagara Falls Redevelopment LLC (NFR), a privately owned corporation headed by Manhattan developer Howard Milstein, is an extraordinary matter and deserves consideration by all Americans interested in government reach or overreach, property rights, and taxation. Mayor Restaino’sRead More

Well-Known Radio Veteran Joins WLVL on Monday With Talk Show

Well-Known Radio Veteran Joins WLVL on Monday With Talk Show

Community News, Featured, Local News January 21, 2025 at 2:07 pm

By Tony Farina Bill Yuhnke, an entrepreneur who is always looking for new talent for his many enterprises, has struck again, this time is bringing in Buffalo radio veteran Brad Riter who has held numerous important jobs in the local radio market and on Monday, Jan. 27, will begin hisRead More

Myles Says City Council Not Balanced And Rewards the Mayor’s Chosen Few

Myles Says City Council Not Balanced And Rewards the Mayor’s Chosen Few

Community News, Niagara Falls January 20, 2025 at 6:34 pm

By Tony Farina “We need to educate voters and help them hold their city leaders accountable,” says Donta Myles who is seeking a second four-year term on the Niagara Falls City Council which in his view has become pretty much a rubber stamp in its current state to Mayor RobertRead More

Cellino Law Continues to Deliver in Personal Injury Cases

Cellino Law Continues to Deliver in Personal Injury Cases

Community News, Featured January 18, 2025 at 1:26 pm

By Tony Farina Like just about all of us, Ross Cellino has had his share of ups and downs but the personal injury law firm he oversees with a staff of 100 including 29 lawyers is still thriving, returning big numbers to clients, and Cellino Law has rebounded from theRead More

Stay Ahead This Tax Season with Key Updates and Filing Tips: Expert Advice from Michael S. Gawel, CPA, JD

Stay Ahead This Tax Season with Key Updates and Filing Tips: Expert Advice from Michael S. Gawel, CPA, JD

Community News, Gawel, Niagara Falls January 16, 2025 at 8:38 pm

MICHAEL S. GAWEL, CPA, JD NIAGARA BOOKKEEPING & ACCOUNTING FILING STATUS Get ready for Taxes! It is January and Tax time is here. Niagara Bookkeeping & Accounting is open and ready to prepare your 2024 tax returns. New clients can call Michael at (716)-622-0700 for an appointment and existing clientsRead More

Niagara Falls Council Deeply Divided   

Niagara Falls Council Deeply Divided   

Community News, Featured, Local News, Niagara Falls January 6, 2025 at 11:19 am

By Tony Farina The Niagara Falls City Council continues to squabble with Jim Perry winning a second consecutive term as chairman in a 3 – 2 vote at the annual reorganizational meeting while defeated challenger Donta Myles vowed to continue his fight for a return to “checks and balances” betweenRead More

SoleTurn Delivers Musical Magic to Bills Super Bowl Drive

SoleTurn Delivers Musical Magic to Bills Super Bowl Drive

Community News, Local News January 3, 2025 at 10:25 pm

By Tony Farina Will the Buffalo Bills finally bring home a Super Bowl title to their diehard fans who have loyally supported the team for generations, win or lose?  Well, many believe they will and to add a little musical magic to the dream the rock group SoleTurn has deliveredRead More

Culture of Government Secrecy Continues in Niagara Falls and Across the State Despite Efforts by Open Government Group

Culture of Government Secrecy Continues in Niagara Falls and Across the State Despite Efforts by Open Government Group

Community News, Featured, Local News, Niagara Falls December 23, 2024 at 8:11 am

Open Government Coalition Cites Perry for Bad Behavior By Tony Farina “All too often, government wants to conduct business behind closed doors, which is wrong, and despite New York’s Freedom of Information Law, that’s what happens all too often across the state,” says Paul Wolf, the president and founder ofRead More

What’s Next for Niagara Falls? Restaino’s Vision Just Words So Far

What’s Next for Niagara Falls? Restaino’s Vision Just Words So Far

Community News, Data Campus, Featured, Local News, Niagara Falls December 10, 2024 at 3:27 pm

By Tony Farina Now that Mayor Robert Restaino has moved to have Niagara Falls go fully into the development of north Main St. and the Rapids Theater with the purchase of 38 Blue Cardinal properties and the theater, what’s next? No one really knows and it is unlikely Restaino knowsRead More

SoleTurn Brings Their Great Sound to Tailgate Fun

SoleTurn Brings Their Great Sound to Tailgate Fun

Community News, Featured, Local News December 7, 2024 at 3:31 pm

By Tony Farina The popular rock band SoleTurn made their musical contribution to the Buffalo Bills tailgate partying last Sunday before the game against the San Francisco Forty-Niners as the Bills fans were gearing up for another big NFL contest on the home turf.  The Bills rewarded their fans withRead More

Fixated and Furious: Restaino’s War Against NFR’s Development Plans

Fixated and Furious: Restaino’s War Against NFR’s Development Plans

Community News, Data Campus, Local News, Niagara Falls December 5, 2024 at 8:57 pm

By Frank Parlato I saw Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino in one of his out-of-control states. Restaino appeared at a fundraising event for Glenn Choolokian between when the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct kicked Restaino off the bench in 2007 and when he was elected mayor in 2019.Read More

$150M Fantasy? Restaino’s Arena Plan Crumbles Under Rising Costs

$150M Fantasy? Restaino’s Arena Plan Crumbles Under Rising Costs

Community News, Data Campus, Featured, Local News, Niagara Falls November 22, 2024 at 11:22 pm

By Frank Parlato Escalating Costs of the Bills Stadium On November 15, 2024, the Buffalo Bills management confirmed the new Bills stadium will cost more than $2.1 billion, 50% higher than the original estimates in 2020 of $1.35 billion. The $560 million increase is primarily due to inflation, which hasRead More

Data Center is Best Path for Niagara Falls

Data Center is Best Path for Niagara Falls

Community News, Data Campus, Local News, Niagara Falls November 15, 2024 at 6:43 pm

By Tony Farina Even if you believe Mayor Robert Restaino’s heart is in the right place when it comes to rebuilding Niagara Falls, his vision on how to get it done is unfortunately an old, worn path that has not delivered in the past and is not likely to proveRead More

Niagara Falls Development Dreams in Limbo Despite Urban Renewal Agency Funds

Niagara Falls Development Dreams in Limbo Despite Urban Renewal Agency Funds

Community News, Data Campus, Local News, Niagara Falls November 15, 2024 at 2:27 am

By Tony Farina New York State has a structural budget deficit with a three-year budget gap of $13.9 billion projected and it is expected to increase further as stop-gap tax measures phase out and public education and health care costs continue to grow. Many experts see the problem as stateRead More

Digital Campus Would Be a Lottery Win for Taxpayers

Digital Campus Would Be a Lottery Win for Taxpayers

Community News, Data Campus, Local News, Niagara Falls November 8, 2024 at 10:00 am

By Tony Farina The real measure of the economic benefits that would accrue to the city of Niagara Falls across the board with the development of a nine-building, $1.5 billion South End digital campus as proposed by Niagara Falls Redevelopment is now becoming much clearer and even beyond the wildestRead More

Niagara Falls Redevelopment is taking the next steps on a $1.5 billion plan to construct a massive data center campus in the City of Niagara Falls.

Niagara Falls Redevelopment is taking the next steps on a $1.5 billion plan to construct a massive data center campus in the City of Niagara Falls.

Community News, Data Campus, Featured, Local News, Niagara Falls November 5, 2024 at 4:17 pm

By Jacob Tierney  The developer, which owns more than 140 acres in downtown Niagara Falls, plans to construct nine buildings – totaling 1.2 million square feet – over five phases on 53 acres of undeveloped or underdeveloped land between Falls Street and Rainbow Boulevard. “We’re talking right now about undevelopedRead More

Legacy Project or Political Vendetta? Mayor Restaino’s Arena Plans Under Scrutiny Amid NFR Dispute

Legacy Project or Political Vendetta? Mayor Restaino’s Arena Plans Under Scrutiny Amid NFR Dispute

This is Part Two of a series on the eminent domain fight between Mayor Restaino and NFR. Read the first article here. Niagara Falls’ mayor Robert Restaino is a lawyer and formerly a city court judge who famously was removed from the bench for an unfortunate episode where he lockedRead More

Eminent Domain Escalates: Restaino’s $150 Million Arena Plan Threatens $1.5 Billion AI Data Center

Eminent Domain Escalates: Restaino’s $150 Million Arena Plan Threatens $1.5 Billion AI Data Center

Community News, Data Campus, Local News, Niagara Falls, Parcel 0 October 29, 2024 at 7:18 pm

An incredible battle is underway in Niagara Falls, NY. The battleground is a 10-acre piece of vacant land. The fight is over what the 10 acres will be used for – the entranceway to a sprawling AI digital data center built without taxpayer funding, a project that will contribute millionsRead More

Essential Deductions Every Landlord Should Know: Expert Advice from Michael S. Gawel, CPA, JD

Essential Deductions Every Landlord Should Know: Expert Advice from Michael S. Gawel, CPA, JD

Gawel October 28, 2024 at 10:54 pm

By Michael S. Gawel, JD, CPA Rental Income For Niagara Falls resident’s rental income is one of the most common forms of taxable income and one of the most misreported. People often start collecting rental income from a spare bedroom, garage apartment, upper apartment or inherited property but forget toRead More

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