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BUFFALO, NY (WBFO) - Five Western New Yorkers are traveling to Ukraine to join US and international delegates who will be there to observe that nation's first round of a presidential election March 31. Yuri Hreshchyshyn, president of the Buffalo Chapter of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, says his organization's interest in monitoring Ukrainian elections began with an election which led to the nation's Orange Revolution.
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - Environmentalists and many residents in the Finger Lakes region are applauding the State Senate for passing a bill that would block the construction of a huge garbage incinerator at the former Seneca Army Depot. The Assembly also passed the measure, and Governor Andrew Cuomo has said the incinerator project is not consistent with his administration's goals for protecting the environment.
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SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) - The binational organization that regulates shared water between the U.S. and Canada is missing the necessary number of members it needs to take any actions. That's alarming some communities along Lake Ontario where water levels are about a foot above average.
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ALBANY, NY (WSKG) - The new state budget, due April 1, will be first one decided by an all-Democratic state legislature in a decade, after Republicans ruled the Senate for most of the past century. And while the leadership of the Senate and Assembly have been newly reasserting their governing powers, when it comes to the spending plan, there’s only so far that they can go in their disagreements with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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ALBANY, NY (WSKG) - With less than a week to go to the budget deadline, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said talks are proceeding in "good faith" with the legislature, but he said many differences still remain. And he indicated that lingering resentments over the failed Amazon deal might be coloring the discussions.
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