By: Doug Sampson

The Governor’s budget proposal also includes some big dollars for Western New York.

YNN’s Doug Sampson tells us how the Governor delivered on promises he made in his State of the State address.

The Governor’s budget proposal also includes some big dollars for Western New York.YNN’s Doug Sampson tells us how the [...]

News Staff Reports

Appointments for leadership positions in 18 Erie County departments, including Parks and Public Works, were announced Friday by Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz.

Poloncarz noted that many of the appointees were career civil servants who had served the county in civil service titles in their departments.

The new appointees are:

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By Denise Jewell Gee

In the end, it didn’t take a mechanic to resolve the latest conflict in Erie County government.

Former County Executive Chris Collins on Thursday returned county-owned emergency equipment from his personal vehicle after removing the light, radio and siren himself.

The items had been a point of contention between Collins and [...]

Payment to remove car items is issue

By Denise Jewell Gee

When Chris Collins was Erie County executive, he trucked around the county in his own Buick crossover that was equipped with county emergency lights and a radio in case an emergency situation developed.

Now, county officials want that equipment back, and an [...]

By Denise Jewell Gee

Erie County lawmakers disagree over how to pay a $7 million legal settlement for a woman who was brain-damaged after she nearly drowned in a public pool in 2009.

County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz wants the county to borrow the money. Republicans in the County Legislature want the county to pay [...]