This is #5 in the Parcel 0 series. By Jim Szwedo Please do not mortgage our future for Centennial Park  When it comes to the dueling project proposals by the City and Niagara Falls Redevelopment, I believe we can have both. If the City and NFR both give a little,Read More

This is #4 in the Parcel 0 series. Parcel 0 – #1 –Reporter Investigates City’s Fight With NFR Over Best Use – Data Center or Events Center Parcel 0-#2: Pat Whelan, Former NGTI Director: Mayor’s Centennial Park Bound to Fail Parcel 0 -#3: The Battle Between Restaino and NFR IsRead More

Part #3 on Parcel 0. This is Part #3 of a series on Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino’s attempt to force the sale of 12 acres of a private company’s land to develop an events center and park project that the City does not have the money to develop. TheRead More

Parcel 0 is a 12-acre site in downtown Niagara Falls, owned by Niagara Falls Redevelopment LLC [NFR]. Both NFR has a plan for Parcel 0 and Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino has a plan.   NFR wants to build a Data Center on their land. Mayor Restaino wants to use eminentRead More

Nickola Cunha is a divorce lawyer. Allegedly, she made antisemitic claims about Judge Gerard I. Adelman. This led to her disbarment. She said Judge Adelman favors Jewish lawyers and Jewish therapists. He is Jewish.  This series will examine Cunha’s alleged anti-Semitic statements. We will also examine whether Judge Thomas G. MoukawsherRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Famous for historical and iconic landmarks, New York, the self-named “Greatest City in the world”, is also an industry epicentre for the culinary arts. So it’s no wonder people often flockRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter The Niagara County Legislature returned to meeting in person yesterday and acknowledged the leadership team of the Niagara County Health Department (NCDOH) for their tremendous efforts in leading the county throughRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Niagara County Legislator Dave Godfrey and Niagara County Sheriff Michael Filicetti today announced that plans are underway to relocate the Niagara County Law Enforcement Academy (NCLEA) to the campus of NiagaraRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Niagara County Clerk Joseph A. Jastrzemski today announced that the passport office in the Niagara County Clerk’s office is now open by appointment.  The passport office, located in the Niagara CountyRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Niagara County Clerk Joseph A. Jastrzemski today said Niagara County will once again honor Purple Heart Veterans by adding their name to county’s Book of Honor at a ceremony to beRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Niagara County Legislator Dave Godfrey today said a first-of-its-kind local law in New York State that will hold manufacturers responsible for disposing spent solar panels is now drafted and will beRead More

  By R. Turfley February 20, 2021, has become “one of the most tragic days of my life” shared Niagara Falls Human Rights Commissioner Saladin Allah. That morning, he received a phone call informing him that his father, Philip B. Frank, a military veteran and retired city of Niagara FallsRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     19-year-old Saniyya Dennis has been reported missing by family. She has not gone to class, work and her phone is off. She is a student at SUNY Buffalo State and was last seen inRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Niagara University President Rev. James J. Maher, Niagara County Sheriff Michael Filicetti and Niagara Falls Superintendent of Police John Faso released the following joint statement: “Today we met to discuss theRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter In light of Niagara University’s decision to not allow the Niagara County Law Enforcement Academy graduation ceremony to take place on its campus, Niagara County Legislator David Godfrey said today itRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Reacting to an overwhelming number of people who showed up for the Niagara County Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) first walk-in hours since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Niagara CountyRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Charles J. Flynn Most veterans in western New York are not aware that county and town governments cap their property tax exemptions. These caps are rooted in a state statute giving county and localRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Assemblyman Angelo Morinello The proposed Asphalt Plant in the Town of Niagara has been a contentious and controversial project since it came to light recently. The failure of the parties involved to informRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter The Niagara County Department of Health will be holding its COVID-19 Point of Dispensing (POD) vaccine clinic this week at the Transit Drive-In located in Lockport. New first-dose vaccine appointments for eligibleRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE SUBMITTED BY THE NIAGARA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY   On Saturday April 17 outside the County Courthouse Building, numerous Niagara County Democratic Leaders and the Niagara Branch NAACP PresidentRead More