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September 30, 2025

Niagara Falls Continues to Struggle As Opportunities Give Way to Revenge Agenda

By Tony Farina The City of Niagara Falls might better be called the “City of Missed Opportunities’’ because it has a history failing to move on creating opportunities for its hard-working and

Community News·Featured·Ken Cosentino·Local News·Niagara Falls

September 21, 2025

Mayor Closes Rink After Vote Doesn’t go his Way

The following was written by investigative journalist Ken Cosentino. This past Wednesday, Niagara Falls City Council majority voted against awarding the operating contract for the Hyde Park Ice Pavilion to Legacy Hospitality &

Most Cities Court Data Centers; Niagara Falls Is Blocking One

By Frank Parlato Most U.S. cities are rolling out the red carpet

APHL Champions Support Current Hyde Park Rink Operator

The following was written by investigative journalist Ken Cosentino. The contested Hyde

‘Silver Bullet’ Approach Not Working in Niagara Falls; City Needs to Deliver More Than Empty Promises

The quote “It takes an army to win a war” is not really a quote from a famous historical figure but rather a phrase

September 3, 2025

Featured·Niagara Falls

Restaino’s Risky Pick for Hyde Park Ice Pavilion

The following was written by investigative journalist Ken Cosentino. Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino (once again) publicly embarrassed himself in the media last month

August 15, 2025

Community News·Featured·Ken Cosentino·Niagara Falls

Long Island Whistleblower’s RICO Suit Alleges Multi-Million Dollar Fraud in Public Contracting

A Long Island construction industry whistleblower has filed a sweeping civil RICO lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court, alleging a web of public

August 11, 2025

Nassau County·RICO·State and National News

Niagara Falls Mayor Restaino’s Very Loud Anti-AI Crusade: Arena Dreams vs. a $1.5 Billion Future

By Frank Parlato Mayor Robert Restaino will do anything to stop artificial intelligence from coming to Niagara Falls. It’s a crusade. He wants an

August 8, 2025

Featured·Local News·Niagara Falls

Restaino Locked Out Kids like he Locked Up an Entire Courtroom

The following was written by investigative journalist Ken Cosentino. THE (LATEST) INCIDENT The Restaino Brothers have once again shown their asses to our entire

August 1, 2025

Community News·Featured·Ken Cosentino·Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls’s $200 Million Arena Rests on a Report That Forgot the Truth

By Frank Parlato A city on the edge of debt. A mayor with a vision. The feasibility report came. It said: Build it.

July 5, 2025

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Mayor Restaino’s $850-a-Year Arena Tax Bomb for Every Niagara Falls Home

Niagara Falls, NY: Mayor Robert Restaino addressed the public via YouTube, promoting his Centennial Park project—a proposed $200 million arena. The vision was compelling—ice

July 2, 2025

Featured·Local News·Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls Arena Study: No Author, No Team, No Truth

By Frank Parlato The City of Niagara Falls, New York, retained the consulting firm Sports Facilities Advisory (SFA) of Clearwater, Florida, to produce a

June 27, 2025

Community News·Featured·Niagara Falls

Shadows of Little Italy

The following was written by investigative journalist Ken Cosentino. Niagara Falls native Gabriel Porto was a proud Italian-American. His book, aptly titled “Memoirs of

May 31, 2025

Community News·Featured·Ken Cosentino·Niagara Falls

CHECKMATE OR CHECK FRAUD? Mayor’s Eminent Scheme to Block $1.5B Data Center Exposed

By Nick Del Vecchio An intriguing game of chess is being played out in court between attorneys representing Niagara Falls Redevelopment and Mayor Robert

May 30, 2025

Featured·News·Niagara Falls

Niagara No-Brainer: Restaino Dunks $1.5B Data Center

By Nick Del Vecchio Niagara Falls Redevelopment’s proposed $1.5 billion data center adjacent to downtown Niagara Falls has been temporarily derailed by Mayor Robert

May 23, 2025

Featured·Local News·Niagara Falls

Gardengate: Part Four – Exposing the Truth

The following is Part Four of an ongoing series by investigative journalist Ken Cosentino. Part One, Two and Three recap: Niagara Falls Department of

May 17, 2025

A Miscarriage of Justice·Community News·Featured·Ken Cosentino·Local News·Niagara Falls

Gardengate: Part Three – Did the City Act Unlawfully?

The following is Part Three of an ongoing series by investigative journalist Ken Cosentino. Part One recap: Niagara Falls DPW removed a sensory garden owned

May 13, 2025

A Miscarriage of Justice·Community News·Featured·Ken Cosentino·Niagara Falls