RESTAINO, ACCARDO TALKED ABOUT AS POSSIBLE MAYORAL CANDIDATES IN THE FALLS….SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ALSO A POSSIBILITY Among those being mentioned as a possible opponent for Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster is former Judge Robert Restaino. Though removed from the bench by authorities for having an entire roomful of spectators arrested because someone’s cell phone went [...]

CHAIRMAN HOUGHTON ON DYSTER: “AN INTELLIGENT MAYOR WHO IS DOWN TO EARTH” As Mayor Paul Dyster’s State of the City Speech on Thursday night at the Niagara Falls Convention Center approaches, Falls Democratic Chairman Dave Houghton is touting Dyster’s record of achievement from the Culinary Institute to the new NF Train Station. “This is a [...]

AN END TO ONE TERM MAYORS IN THE FALLS THANKS TO DYSTER…CUOMO PREDICTS “PERIOD OF SHORT TERM PAIN” For two decades now, Niagara Falls City Hall has been a home to one term mayors whether the incumbent was a former nun or a future felon. Now, however, our sources are telling us that all of [...]

Siena College Poll: Cuomo Favorability Hits 70% after State of State Address President Obama’s Favorability Sees Uptick to Highest Level Since Feb. Most Think Race Relations in NYS are Good – Majority of Black New Yorkers Do Not; Voter Reaction to Tucson Shooting Mixed Loudonville, NY. Coming off his first State of the State address, [...]

CUOMO: “WE CAN NOT ALLOW (MY) POSITIONS TO BE MISREPRESENTED” Newly inaugurated New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Is wasting no time asking for donations to help him fight the airwaves war he will be waging in support of his Albany reform agenda: In an email obtained by the New York Daily News, his campaign fund, [...]

POST INAURGURATION CUOMO AIR WAR BEGINS Former US President Bill Clinton didn’t do it and suffered infinitely as a result, seeing his national health insurance proposal, not to mention his first two years in the White House, go down the drain because he allowed his Republican opposition to dominate the public debate through their control [...]

NYAGV Statement on Tucson Tragedy Congress Can Help Prevent Future Mass Shootings The tragic shooting on January 8, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona may have been avoided were it not for the lax gun laws in our country which flood our communities with ever increasing fire power from guns in the wrong hands. Jackie Hilly, NYAGV [...]

GILLIBRAND ON SIGNING OF FOOD SAFETY BILL: GIANT STEP FORWARD TO PROTECT CONSUMERS, BUT MORE WORK NEEDED TO ENSURE SAFETY OF NATION’S MEAT SUPPLY Food Safety Bill Includes Gillibrand Provision to Notify Consumers About FDA Recalls Senator Plans To Push For Additional Safety Protections For Meat In Next Farm Bill Washington, DC – As President [...]

PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS ON WHO CONTRIBUTED THE $246 MILLION SPENT BY NY CANDIDATES IN 2010 The New York Public Interest Research Group along with Citizens Union, Common Cause and The League of Women Voters have released some interesting data on political contributions to legislature and state-wide candidates in NYS in 2010. For example, did you [...]

GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS: “WHEN WE ACTUALY PERFORM, WE’LL HAVE A PARTY, NOT BEFORE”…THE FULL TEXT AFTER FAMILY AND DIGNITARY INTRODUCTIONS FOLLOWS: Thank you all. This is an austere setting. And it should be, in my opinion. No grand celebrations. There is a lot of disappointment vis-à-vis the government. A lot of suffering from [...]