After a landslide victory over Candra Thomason in 2007, Mayor Dyster’s performance in general elections has gone south. This is probably due to the persistent poverty and crime, vacant storefronts on the city’s thoroughfares, slavish devotion to big money Albany and Buffalo interests and his tendency to characterize political opponents as “crazy” and “hateful”.
Residents were promised a place to gather, play and enjoy their neighborhood, and the park's unfinished status raises a question that reaches far beyond one park: Why does the city repeatedly…
The next Assembly will likely vote on a new Seneca casino deal that, as the Senecas describe it, sends nothing to New York State. Here's what Nate McMurray could actually fight for — and win — for Niagara Falls in Albany.
An opinion argument that Nate McMurray, a Democrat and former Grand Island supervisor, should beat Republican Becky Wydysh for the 145th Assembly seat, citing his record, his rapid response to families living near radioactive land, and the leverage that comes from sitting in the Assembly majority. The piece also scruti