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“We battled to get that food store:” What the Tops supermarket meant to Buffalo’s Black community
The racist mass shooting has left a deep scar at a symbol of resilience on the city’s East Side.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Peoples-Stokes: I’m disappointed in how America allows racism to continue
The Assembly majority leader discusses the aftermath of the Buffalo mass shooting and impact on her community.
News & Politics
Politics
Biden visits Buffalo after mass shooting to comfort a grief-stricken city
The president called the attack “domestic terrorism” in a speech and met with the families of the victims.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
India Walton and Byron Brown debate for the last time
Buffalo voters will choose between the Democratic nominee for mayor and the incumbent who lost the primary in a highly scrutinized race that pits progressives against moderates.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
AOC, downstate progressives help India Walton
Many Buffalo Democrats are staying on the sidelines. So the party’s mayoral nominee has gathered support elsewhere.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
India Walton still has a general election to win, and Buffalo’s elite aren’t making it easy
Byron Brown will not be on the ballot, but not for lack of pulling strings.
New York State
Politics
Upstate incumbent mayors face challenges from the left
Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany all have races to watch on June 22.
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Personality
Crystal Peoples-Stokes is on the precipice of her biggest achievement
How the first woman, and first African American, to serve as Assembly majority leader fought for equitable marijuana legalization.
New York State
Politics
Has Trump made upstate great again?
Outside its urban centers, much of New York voted heavily for Donald Trump. But the president hasn’t fulfilled his promise to fix the rural and Rust Belt economy.
New York State
Personality
Can a Trump-loving upstater bring back the New York GOP?
Nick Langworthy got what he wanted. Now what will he do with the Republican Party?
Criminal justice
Policy
Will upstate Catholic legislators support the Child Victims Act?
The sex abuse scandal in Buffalo makes it more likely.
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Chris Collins
Politics
Chris Collins’ office entryway campaign
The indicted congressman has been even harder to reach than usual, but many voters didn’t mind.
Marcus Molinaro
Personality
Is Marc Molinaro the next George Pataki?
Marc Molinaro is an appealing GOP candidate who is strikingly similar to New York’s last Republican governor. But George Pataki never had to contend with President Donald Trump.
New York State
Policy
Cuomo banned fracking. But is he still vulnerable on natural gas pipelines?
Cynthia Nixon tries to ride the environmentalist tide that propelled Zephyr Teachout in 2014.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
