Peter Reese's independent expenditure committee aims to derail Erie County Democratic Chair Jeremy Zellner's campaign to succeed Sean Ryan.

They said they were punished in a dark room called the island, where they were trampled, kicked and forced to kneel for hours. One man said officers thrust his head into a tank of water to simulate ...

A Nigerian man suffered frostbite in a failed attempt to cross from the U.S. into Canada. ICE denied or delayed medical treatment.

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According to experts, the community benefits agreement for the new Buffalo Bills stadium lacks key provisions that are common to successful CBAs elsewhere. That’s partly by design. The CBA for the ...

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans in 2013 for what is now Tesla’s factory in South Buffalo, he pitched it as a cornerstone of the “clean energy revolution” and a new high-tech industrial sector ...

Pedestrian entrance to Rainbow Bridge Customs station. Photo by J. Dale Shoemaker. In a departure from past practice, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is detaining people — including families with ...

Buffalo ranked as the nation’s second-poorest city when Byron Brown took office in 2006. The following year, the mayor declared that his administration was working hard to “bring people into the ...

Source: New York State Board of Elections. On Monday morning, Walton held a press conference outside the headquarters of Delaware North, the Jacobs’ family business, to castigate Brown for accepting ...

Lansine Sidibe serves a coconut to a child in Sao Paulo, Brazil, prior to his emigration to the United States. Photo via Kathleen Maynard. Like many migrants, Lansine Sidibe came to the United States ...