Buffalo News: Poloncarz criticizes Collins for lack of budget report
Erie County Comptroller Mark C. Poloncarz on Thursday criticized the Collins administration for failing to submit monthly budget-monitoring reports since August.
Poloncarz, who is running against Chris Collins for county executive, said he had no way to verify a$16.7 million projected year-end surplus included in Collins’ four-year plan without the monthly budget reports.
The last [...]
WKBW: Political Pollster and Pesky Phone Calls
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) – A pollster who is calling Erie County voters on behalf of county executive candidate Mark Poloncarz is annoying voters.
“They called me literally 10 times today alone,” one person complained on an online blog. “I am so sick of it.”
Another writes, “They keep calling and it’s so annoying. How do [...]
By Robert J. McCarthy
NEWS POLITICAL REPORTER
When State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli stopped by a Hertel Avenue restaurant Monday to endorse fellow Democrat Mark C. Poloncarz for county executive, he was most likely aware of two important figures — 287,770 and 153,172.
That’s the respective number of Democrats and Republicans in Erie County. And at [...]
WIVB: DiNapoli endorses Poloncarz for EC exec
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – New York’s fiscal watchdog is lending his support to the Democratic candidate for Erie County Executive.
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli endorsed Mark Poloncarz on Monday. Poloncarz and DiNapoli are pledging to work together to create a more efficient state government.
DiNapoli said, “This is someone who in his 10 years as [...]
Buffalo News: Poloncarz wins backing of state’s senior senator
Mark C. Poloncarz, Democratic candidate for county executive, picked up an endorsement from Sen. Charles E. Schumer on Saturday.
The Democratic senator called Poloncarz “the only candidate who will stand up for the middle class and working families and spend taxpayer dollars responsibly.”
“Mark’s record as comptroller speaks for itself,” Schumer said in a written [...]






