Niagara Reporter-
Rally at Wheatfield Town Hall in Opposition to National Fuel Expansion
Last evening over fifty residents turned out for a rally at Wheatfield Town Hall to protest the installation of a natural gas dehydrator off Liberty Drive in the town. The proposed facility is to augment a National Fuel pipeline currently being built to transport fracked natural gas from the drilling fields of Pennsylvania to Canada. This entire issue came to light only last week when locals noticed equipment being off-loaded at the site, even though the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency in charge of pipeline infrastructure in this country, has yet to sign off on the project and
Cohen to Represent Mascia at Hearing
Joe Mascia, the elected tenant commissioner at the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority who was suspended by Mayor Byron Brown for racist remarks that were taped without his knowledge, will have a chance to make his case for reinstatement in front of a hearing officer Friday (Dec.18) at 9:30 a.m. in Buffalo City Court, Part 30. The 70-year-old activist insists he is not a racist, and said if he was, “it would have shown up a long time ago.” He plans to challenge the circumstances of the recording made by Paul Christopher during a four-hour car ride to Albany earlier this
Black ECC Executive Files Discrimination Complaint Against School
With the first state audit of Erie Community College in 20 years due to be released shortly at a time when the institution is facing serious financial challenges, new legal concerns are emerging for President Jack Quinn and his administration in the form of a discrimination complaint filed with the state by the black former associate vice president for legal affairs, Marsha Jackson, who says she was discriminated against “on the basis of my race and color” and denied the opportunity to apply for a higher position. Jackson, who has a Ph. D. from SUNY Buffalo in higher education administration
New Bid Launched to Track State’s Costs to Defend Canalside Suit
In an effort to keep track of the mounting legal fees taxpayers are paying to Buffalo’s second biggest law firm to defend a wrongful termination suit filed against the state by the Dipizio Construction Co. in the replica canal project, we have filed another Freedom of Information (FOIL) request with the ultra-secretive Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC), the state agency created to spearhead Buffalo’s waterfront redevelopment. It was ECHDC led by Sam Hoyt (regional president, Empire State Development) that terminated Dipizio from the $20 million replica canal project in May of 2013 in a messy breakup that had the
Is There a Conspiracy to Stop Kristen Grandinetti From Becoming Chairwoman?
Two weeks ago the Reporter went on record with an editorial recommending that two term councilwoman Kristen Grandinetti be elected council chairwoman for 2016. We had no idea our editorial would cause a stir and set people howling at the notion that we’d seriously promote Kristen for the top council seat. Over the past several years we’ve clearly demonstrated that we’re not the councilwoman’s biggest supporter. However, our argument to seat her as chairwoman reasoned that, after serving six years on the council, and with other council members having failed to distinguish themselves as chairman, she deserved a year with