Cash-strapped Dunkirk could soon receive some much needed relief. On Thursday, state Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor announced in a letter to Common Council members that both introduced legislation to establish an updated Fiscal Recovery Act for the city of Dunkirk. Before ...

Seventeen Democratic Party members of the state Assembly are asking an appeals court to require New York state to proceed with regulations to further implement the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. The CLCPA mandates a 40% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 ...

County officials were involved for nearly a year trying to prevent the closure of eSolutions Furniture’s plant on Mason Drive in Ellicott. Those efforts, according to County Executive PJ Wendel and Mark Geise, county IDA director, included working with Empire State Development, Upstate ...

One day after saying it had no public information to share, Bush Industries closed its doors. Employees were told during a 9 a.m. meeting Thursday that the Jamestown plant — and longtime headquarters of the company — was closing. Rumors had been running rampant throughout the community ...

The lawyer for the motel targeted for shutdown by Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson has offered a lengthy response. Richard Morrisroe, counsel for Dunkirk Hospitality, LLC, owner and operator of the former Econo Lodge motel on Bennett Road (Route 60), called on the village of Fredonia to rescind ...

New York’s uninspiring contest for governor remains stuck in neutral. As Albany Democrats blunder with a state budget that is now four weeks late and counting, both incumbent Kathy Hochul and challenger Bruce Blakeman are giving voters little reason for optimism. Hot-button topics for ...