James Hufnagel
Local Media mum as Greenway Director throws in towel after short stint
Having held the position for barely a year, Jeanne Leccese abruptly and unexpectedly resigned as Executive Director of the Niagara River Greenway last month, leaving unanswered questions. Namely, why did she leave the high-paying, prestigious position at the public benefit corporation for a staff job at a lowly non-profit? But for an abbreviated, three paragraph notice buried at the bottom of page B3 in the Buffalo News on November 25, it might have escaped the public’s attention entirely, since no other news media outlet in Western New York appears to have reported it. That’s odd, considering that the Niagara River
State Parks trashes Niagara “Scenic” Parkway by tolerating commercial traffic
When it comes to Niagara Falls, it’s like the Wild West around here. That’s because New York State completely and willfully ignores the law when it comes to just about anything to do with the 80% of Niagara Falls waterfront that it owns and operates. The Cuomo administration blatantly violated the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), which mandates public scoping and oversight of major construction activities, when it implemented the Niagara Falls State Park Landscape Improvements plan, attempted to build the new State Parks Police barracks on the Niagara Gorge and approved construction of the new Maid of the
Delaware North western meltdown makes for shocking comparisons with Niagara Falls State Park
As part of an ongoing effort to acquaint our readers with some of the more unsavory aspects of the business and personal dealings of Buffalo billionaire Jeremy Jacobs and his family-held multinational corporation Delaware North, which has the exclusive rights to operate food and beverage concessions in Niagara Falls State Park, we wrote three weeks ago about the disruptive turmoil that Jacobs and his clan stirred up at their swanky winter retreat of Wellington, Florida, a sleepy little equestrian-oriented paradise outside of Palm Beach. A developer named Mark Bellissimo simply wanted to expand the stable facilities, add some amenities and