By Tony Farina It has been 12 long years since real excitement was generated for anything in Niagara Falls and nothing that has happened since or is on the drawing boards now will come close to electrifying the city like Nik Wallenda’s historic tightrope walk across Niagara Falls. It wasRead More

Attorneys for Lamar Burks, a Houston entrepreneur wrongfully incarcerated for more than two decades, are intensifying their calls for justice following the emergence of new, compelling evidence that raises serious concerns about misconduct by former DEA Agent Chad Scott and a joint DEA-Houston Police Department (HPD) task force. Civil rightsRead More

Mayor Restaino’s reckless and wanton misuse of our tax dollars seems to know no boundaries. He now wants to renovate the former DPW building in the middle of Hyde Park into an animal shelter. He’s planning on using $4.5 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds to pay for thisRead More

By Tony Farina Batavia Downs Gaming may be in the midst of a leadership change, but the numbers being rung up by the current leadership team continue to set incredible numbers with August ringing up $107.3 million, topping the previous best month by more than $4 million. To be exact,Read More

By Tony Farina The rock band SoleTurn, featuring the new and re-imagined hits they famously deliver, will be on stage Friday night at Angry Buffalo, 2753 Wehrle Dr., Williamsville, from 7 to 10 p.m., outside if weather permits, inside if not. In addition to their usual menu of crowd-pleasing newRead More

By Tony Farina Very few government-sponsored development projects make good on their promise in Niagara Falls and the latest hope for a successful finish is now fading like many of the others with the state-backed subsidized housing plan at the former South End TeleTech call center site now being challengedRead More

The City of Niagara Falls, NY has been plagued by poor development deals since time immemorial. Mayor Restaino promises to keep that tradition alive by marching our city into the development business and right off a fiscal cliff.  First is his abysmal dream of Centennial Park, which appears to beRead More

Sudan, a nation long beleaguered by conflict and political turmoil, stands on the precipice of further division, a prospect that could unravel the state’s already fragile structure. The possibility of splitting Sudan into smaller entities presents a myriad of risks and consequences, each with the potential to exacerbate the currentRead More

Restaino’s Centennial Park project could leave residents footing the bill for decades Niagara Falls’ leaders might wish to examine what has happened in other cities when they borrow money by issuing municipal bonds for speculative ventures like Centennial Park. After failing to secure funding, Mayor Robert Restaino plans to issue municipalRead More

Mayor Robert Restaino has been intentionally misleading his constituents for the past 3+ years by telling us that Centennial Park will cost taxpayers an estimated $150 million. When the Niagara Gazette attempted to uncover the actual projected costs of the project by a Freedom of Information Act request, Restaino’s administrationRead More

By Frank Parlato How Much Has Niagara Falls Spent on Buffalo Lawyers to Stop the AI Data Center ? Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino has decided not to disclose the amount of money the City has spent on a Buffalo law firm for an eminent domain procedure against a privateRead More

In an unusual turn of events, the charges against Leor Kweller, a former teacher, were dismissed before trial, and the prosecution’s attempt to appeal the decision has ended. The dismissal marks a significant victory for Kweller and his family, who have been fighting to clear his name and restore hisRead More

On Wednesday night, all five members of the Niagara Falls City Council voted unanimously to revoke the membership of council appointed Niagara Falls Water Board (NFWB) member Michael Asklar due to “numerous complaints” and “dissatisfactory performance,” and to replace him with James S. Dean. Mark Scheer of the Niagara GazetteRead More

I rarely praise Democrats for legislation, but U.S. Senator Charles Schumer has been doing a great job for New York State. Senator Schumer spearheaded the Federal technology hub program that resulted in Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse joint effort to win $40 million in a competition run by the U.S. EconomicRead More

By Frank Parlato Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino proposes to build an arena on a property the City doesn’t own. To do so, he must stop Niagara Falls Redevelopment LLC (NFR) from developing a $1.5 billion AI Data Center on its own property with its own money. Restaino wants toRead More

By Tony Farina Despite calls for an investigation by the state attorney general of buyouts recently approved for three top leaders of the highly successful Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp., including president and CEO Henry Wojtaszek, Board Chairman Dennis Bassett said the severance packages approved by the board are onRead More

Once again, Mayor Robert Restaino is being accused of racism against Black people in the City of Niagara Falls. For those keeping score – this is the second series of complaints of this nature against the mayor this month. This time, the complaint is coming from members of the NiagaraRead More

Crime Reports Published Between Wednesday and Saturday by Niagara Action. (1) Employee Falls Asleep in Break Room, Awakes to Phone and Credit Card Stolen https://www.niagaraaction.com/employee-asleep-break-room-phone-credit-cards-stolen   (2) McDonald’s Employee Has Vehicle Vandalized – Was the Ice Cream Machine Broken? https://www.niagaraaction.com/mcdonalds-employee-has-vehicle-vandalized-was-the-ice-cream-machine-broken   (3) Use of Force Utilized by Niagara Falls PoliceRead More

NIAGARA FALLS CRIME MID–WEEK RECAP (click the links below to read for free) (1) Another Male Jumped, Seriously Injured by Suspects of Multiple Robberies https://www.niagaraaction.com/another-male-jumped-seriously-injured-by-suspects-of-multiple-robberies   (2) Child Viciously Attacked by Two PitbullsAfter Getting Off School Bus, Owners Arrested https://www.niagaraaction.com/child-attacked-two-pitbulls-school-bus   (3) Vehicle Stolen from parking Garage at Seneca NiagaraRead More

By Tony Farina The super-hot rock band SoleTurn is coming off two tremendously successful shows this past weekend and is planning on another big turnout on Saturday (June 29) at 7 at the Hamburg Public House on Lake Erie where they will be performing on the patio stage, weather permitting,Read More