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• How the Taylor Law bans correction officers from striking

  18-02-2025 23:17 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that she's ready to send the National Guard to state-run prisons where staff started an unauthorized strike. She directed her legal team to work with Attorney General Letitia James on the next steps, from a legal perspective, under the Taylor Law.The Taylor Law prohibits public employees from striking, so workers can't leave their posts—or encourage their colleagues to do so—without formal permission from the union. Correctio
  
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• MLK Park greenhouse receives $1.5M grant to fund restoration

  18-02-2025 22:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A $1.5 million grant has been secured to restore the greenhouse at Buffalo's Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, Senator Sean Ryan announced Tuesday.Thousands of plants and flowers are grown annually in the 116-year-old structure.Officials said the greenhouse will become "a hub for workforce development and more." The first phase of construction, costing $8 million, will bring the aging structure up to code for community use. Empire State Development will be funding the bulk of
  
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• Garbage truck operator accused of reckless driving after 17-year-old left critically injured

  18-02-2025 21:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A woman has been accused of reckless driving and assault after she allegedly hit a 17-year-old boy with a Buffalo garbage truck in October, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday.The boy, who Charles Desmond of Desmond Law identified in October as Klaw Reh, has since had his leg amputated and underwent at least fifteen surgeries, according an attorney hired by the boy's family to sue the city.On Oct. 2, 2024, 46-year-old Sasiya Davis Johnson allegedl
  
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• Gary Clark Jr. coming to Artpark in June

  18-02-2025 21:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Four-time Grammy Award winner Gary Clark Jr. will be performing at Artpark in June.The guitarist and singer, who blends rock, soul, blues and hip hop music, will perform on June 24.He has been featured on multiple talk shows, including The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Late Show with James Corden. He has performed on Saturday Night Live and sang a cover of "Come Together" for Justice League (2017).
  The show will take place at 7 p.m. a
  
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• PWHL comes to Buffalo this weekend

  18-02-2025 20:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Professional Women's Hockey League is getting ready to make a stop in Buffalo this weekend.KeyBank Center will host a game at 4 p.m. Sunday between the Boston Fleet and New York Sirens as part of the league's "Takeover Tour," one of nine neutral site games the league is playing this season in an effort to build their audience."Every time we step on the ice it's competitive and we want to bring that to different areas and the Takeover Tour is an excellent example
  
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• Section of Maple Road in Amherst to be closed for a month

  18-02-2025 19:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A section of Maple Road is set to close for maintenance Thursday and be closed for the next month, Amherst police said in a social media post.Utility maintenance will take place daily from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. between Donna Lea Boulevard and Sandhurst Lane for utility maintenance.The closure will be in effect from Feb. 20 until March 20. Latest Local News Section of Maple Road in Amherst to be closed for a month Prison strikes continue into second day, more prisons involve
  
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• 'Amazing accomplishment': No. 1 ranking for Daemen men's basketball team in NCAA Division II coaches poll

  18-02-2025 19:16 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — As the clock ticked down on Daemen University's 23rd men's basketball victory on Sunday, a proud fan hollered over the horn for all in Lumsden Gymnasium to hear.The No. 1 team in the country!It wasn't a prediction. It was a spoiler. Unbeaten Daemen basketball team elevates status with national rankingThe last remaining unbeaten team in NCAA Division II, Daemen (23-0) elevated to the top spot in the National Association of Basketball Coaches' Division poll on Tuesday
  
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• Joel Violanti becomes acting U.S. Attorney for WDNY after Trini Ross' departure

  18-02-2025 17:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WROC) – Joel Violanti is now the acting United States Attorney for the Western District of New York.The announcement follows after former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York Trini Ross left her position after roughly four years of service. 1-on-1 interview as U.S. Attorney Trini Ross prepares to leave positionJoel Violanti, courtesy of the United States Attorney's OfficeRoss, a Buffalo native, was first nominated by former President Joe Biden in July 2021 and
  
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• State preparing to send National Guard to staff prisons where officers are striking

  18-02-2025 15:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State is preparing to send the New York National Guard to staff prisons across the state where corrections officers have gone on strike, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office said Tuesday.Corrections officers at Collins Correctional Facility are striking for a second day on Tuesday, while officers at the maximum security Attica Correctional Facility as well as Wende Correctional Facility began striking Tuesday. Officers are also striking at Lake View Correctional Facil
  
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• Prison strikes continue into second day, more prisons involved

  18-02-2025 15:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Strikes involving corrections officers at several Western New York prisons are continuing for a second day, while more prisons became involved Tuesday.Corrections officers at Collins Correctional Facility are striking for a second day on Tuesday, while officers at the maximum security Attica Correctional Facility as well as Wende Correctional Facility began striking Tuesday. Officers striking outside of Collins Correctional FacilityThere are also corrections officers
  
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• All 80 aboard Delta flight survive after jet flips upon arrival in Toronto

  18-02-2025 03:15 via wivb.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — A Delta Air Lines jet flipped on its roof while landing Monday at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, but all 80 people on board survived and those hurt had relatively minor injuries, the airport’s chief executive said.
  Snow was being blown by winds gusting to 40 mph (65 kph) when the flight from Minneapolis carrying 76 passengers and four crew attempted to land on a dry runway at around 2:15 p.m. Authorities said the cause of the crash remained under investigation.Video
  
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• Southwest Airlines is slashing 15% of its corporate workforce, its first major layoffs in 53 years

  18-02-2025 02:35 via wivb.com
  Southwest Airlines is eliminating 1,750 jobs, or 15% of its corporate workforce, in the first major layoffs in the company's 53-year history.
  The Dallas-based airline said Monday that the job cuts would be focused almost entirely on “corporate overhead and leadership positions,” including senior leadership and directors. Eleven senior leadership positions, representing 15% of the company's senior management committee, are being eliminated.The job cuts, which are scheduled to be mostl
  
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