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• WATCH LIVE: Hochul makes announcement on NYS budget

  28-04-2025 23:33 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN) -- New York Governor Kathy Hochul is making an announcement on Monday on the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget. She is set to make the announcement in the Red Room of the State Capitol around 5:45 p.m.You can watch the announcement in the video player above once it starts. As of Monday, the budget is almost a month late.
  
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• Agreement reached on 2026 NYS budget

  28-04-2025 23:33 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN) -- New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a general agreement has been made on the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget. The legislature still needs to vote on budget bills.The budget is $254 billion; however, Hochul did not rule out the potential of future changes depending on actions that may take place in Washington. She said the state of New York has already seen $1.3 billion in cuts from the federal government."The reality is, we can only devise a budget based on the information we
  
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• CDPAP caregivers sue PPL, claiming weeks of underpayment

  28-04-2025 20:49 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — The Legal Aid Society sued Public Partnerships LLC in federal court in Brooklyn on April 25 over PPL's alleged failure to pay home care workers. They argued that the over quarter of a million New Yorkers who rely on the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program could lose the care they rely on.In response to the lawsuit, a spokesperson from PPL said, "We’re committed to ensuring consumers continue to receive care, personal assistants are paid on time, and
  
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• Man dead following motorcycle crash in West Seneca

  28-04-2025 20:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A man is dead after a crash involving a motorcycle and vehicle occurred Sunday afternoon in West Seneca, police announced.The collision occurred at 2:15 p.m. on Seneca Street by the Southgate Plaza. A 35-year-old male died from his injuries. The driver of the car, who has not yet been identified by police, is cooperating.No criminal charges are currently pending and the crash remains under investigation.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Latest Local News
  
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• Buffalo man, Derby man arrested in connection with 15 burglaries throughout WNY

  28-04-2025 20:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man and a Derby man were arrested and charged last week in connection with 15 burglaries that took place throughout Western New York over the last four months, according to New York State Police.Magic Mist Car Wash on South Transit Road in Lockport was reportedly burglarized on Feb. 12, 2025, police said. Over a two-month long investigation, two suspects involved were also linked to 14 other instances of burglary.
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• 1 dead after crash involving bicycle, vehicle in City of Tonawanda

  28-04-2025 20:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- One person died on Sunday after a crash involving a bicycle and a vehicle occurred in the City of Tonawanda, police announced.Officials said just before 10:30 p.m. on Friday, at the 700 block of Young Street, a 29-year-old woman driving a Kia collided with a 29-year-old man operating a bicycle.The woman stayed at the crash site and the man was transported to ECMC after sustaining critical injuries. Police said the man died from his injuries on Sunday.Charges have not curr
  
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• Hungry, Buffalo? Eat Local NY Restaurant Week dishes out can't-miss deals

  28-04-2025 18:19 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Excitement and appetites are building as the first-ever Eat Local New York Restaurant Week officially kicked off across the state on Monday.While restaurants from every corner of New York are participating, WIVB News 4 caught up with the Blue Eyed Baker in East Aurora to hear what it's serving up to celebrate.Owner Nick Robinson said the bakery is featuring its popular sourdough pizza during the event.“We plan to feature some of our more popular items, and the s
  
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• Crime Stoppers offering reward after burglary, vandalism on Niagara Falls school property

  28-04-2025 18:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Crime Stoppers WNY announced it's offering up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest or indictment of people allegedly responsible for several criminal mischief incidents and a burglary that took place on Niagara Falls High School property.The reported incidents, which caused an estimated total of $15,000 in damage, occurred on March 29, April 1, 9, 10 and 15, Crime Stoppers said, and resulted in smashed windows, paint thrown on buildings and vehicles, and illega
  
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• Volunteer gets just under a year for stealing more than $10K from Buffalo church

  28-04-2025 17:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A church volunteer has been sentenced to just under a year in jail for stealing more than $10,000 from collection baskets from a church in Buffalo's Black Rock neighborhood in 2023 and 2024, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Monday.Francis Winiarski, a volunteer at Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, located on Amherst Street, stole a total of $10,699 from the church between Aug. 1, 2023 and March 3, 2024. He did so by pocketing cash pl
  
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• Barack Obama's sister to speak at BPS school

  28-04-2025 16:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The half-sister of former former President Barack Obama, Dr. Auma Obama, is speaking at a Buffalo Public School on Monday.Dr. Obama will speak with students at Public School 194, Math Science Technology Preparatory School. The speech will be on youth empowerment and education.Her foundation, Auma Obama Foundation Santi Kuu, aims to give children across the world "an opportunity to realize their full potential," according to the foundation's website. She has delivered
  
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• WATCH: Tom Homan defends RPD officers involved in ICE detainment ahead of upcoming visit

  28-04-2025 13:30 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – Border Czar Thomas Homan will be visiting Rochester on Tuesday, the Locust Club confirmed with News 8.This follows around a month after Homan posted a statement on ‘X’ showing his support for the Rochester Police Department officers involved in an incident where an officer broke city policy when responding to a call for help from Homeland Security (Border Patrol). WATCH: Body worn camera footage of controversial arrest in Rochester involving CBPHoman sp
  
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• Border Czar Thomas Homan coming to Rochester

  28-04-2025 13:30 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – Border Czar Thomas Homan will be visiting Rochester on Tuesday, the Locust Club confirmed with News 8.
  This follows around a month after Homan posted a statement on ‘X’ showing his support for the Rochester Police Department officers involved in an incident where an officer broke city policy when responding to a call for help from Homeland Security (Border Patrol). WATCH: Body worn camera footage of controversial arrest in Rochester involving CBPIn the
  
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• Conclave date to elect a new pope announced

  28-04-2025 13:27 via wivb.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, delaying the secret voting for two days to help them get to know one another better and find consensus on a candidate before they are sequestered in the Sistine Chapel.The cardinals set the date after arriving for the first day of informal meetings following Pope Francis’ funeral Saturday. In a chaotic scene, journalists shouted out questions to the car
  
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• Buffalo family remembers cold case victim on her birthday

  28-04-2025 02:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The family of a Buffalo woman who was murdered in 2018 remembered their loved one on Sunday on what would've been her 40th birthday. Our cameras caught up with them as they continue to call for justice for Joshlyn Bishop.Bishop's family gathered together at her grave to remember Bishop, who was shot and killed in the doorway of her South Buffalo home just two days after Christmas in 2018."I just want my family to have the justice that we deserve like any other family," sa
  
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• Sean Ryan suggests bonds to solve Buffalo's budget issues

  28-04-2025 01:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- On Sunday, New York State Senator Sean Ryan took to Niagara Square to announce his plan to deal with the financial problems of the Queen City -- deficit finance bonds.“We have to look at solutions that actually provide a structural balance to our budget. And this is the solution,” said Ryan.Ryan proposed introducing legislation that looks to allow the Buffalo Control Board to issue a deficit-financing bond to cover the city's budget gap this year and for the n
  
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