Tag: Buffalo

Mental Health Advocates of WNY has launched a Community Champions volunteer program, is holding its 6th annual Yogathon in October at The Atrium in downtown Buffalo and has set a Dec. 4 meat raffle in Williamsville, while recruiting part-time peer support workers.

Empire State Development and 43North awarded five startups $1 million each at the accelerator's final finals at Shea’s in Buffalo; JECA Energy Bars also won the $25,000 People's Choice award.

State Supreme Court Justice Paul B. Wojtaszek sentenced 75-year-old Kaled Handal to five years' probation and revoked his license after Handal pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a fatal April hit-and-run on Buffalo's West Side.

Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan can object to the Seneca Nation’s proposed development, but objection is not authority. The city cannot treat Seneca sovereignty as a zoning question it gets to settle unilaterally.

The City of Buffalo has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop construction of a proposed Seneca One Stop fuel depot in the Old First Ward. The city says the project began without required reviews and approvals, while the Seneca Nation says the land is sovereign territory.