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Erie County is distributing $700,000 through Operation Primetime to 80 local organizations to expand supervised summer programming for children across the county.

A 24-year-old Buffalo man was charged in federal court with being a felon in possession of a firearm after police say he produced a loaded handgun and struck a state trooper while fleeing a July 15 street party at Eddie Dawson Park.

Buffalo has begun interim traffic and pedestrian-safety changes at Niagara Square — converting the area to a single travel lane, adding bollards and pavement markings, shortening crossings, and beginning parking enforcement — following a city survey of 562 respondents.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand released a video statement July 16 sharply criticizing President Trump’s primetime address and saying she will spend Friday touring New York to talk about grocery prices.

Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and John Boozman introduced the More Paid Leave for More Americans Act, a bipartisan bill creating a Department of Labor pilot grant program and an interstate coordination network to expand state paid‑leave programs.