Niagara Falls Struggles With Pollution as Tourism Seeks Rebound
Mayor Michael O Laughlin notes Love Canal and CECOS dumps have marred the city’s image while hydropower, factories, and a new $34 million convention center anchor a complex economy. Officials push a tourism revival amid environmental cleanup, bankruptcy scars, and ongoing legal actions shaping Niagara Falls’ future.
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Erie
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DuPont
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Dunlop
Michael O’laughlin
O’laughlin
Schoellkopf
New York Power Authority
Robert Moses
North America
Power Authority
New York City
Lie Laid Bow
Henry Kalfas
SPUR
Kallas
Koch split in New York City sparks mayoral critique
Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell accuses Mayor Edward I. Koch of dividing New York City by addressing groups differently. Farrell, a Manhattan Democratic leader, says Koch panders to fears and cites inconsistency on the Bernhard Goetz subway shooting as evidence of political pandering and polling-driven stance.
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New York
Herman D. Farrell
Edward I. Koch
New York City
Farrell
Manhattan
Bernhard Goetz
Off-Duty Transit Officer Shot in Queens
An off duty Transit Police officer was shot several times in Queens and taken to Elmhurst General Hospital. Police said he was found unconscious at 105-34 65th Ave with obvious blood loss. The attacker and motive were not known and his condition remained unclear.
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Queens
Elmhurst General Hospital
65Th Ave
Ed Burns
Burns
Woman killed after her 21st birthday party in Albany
Theresa Fuller, a 21 year old from Rensselaer, died after being struck by a hit and run driver leaving her birthday party aboard Quail Street and Central Avenue in Albany. Police traced a license and arrested William Ellsworth, 49, on charges of driving while intoxicated leaving the scene of a personal injury accident and vehicular assault.
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Rensselaer
Theresa Fuller
Quail Street
Central Avenue
Albany Medical Center
William Ellsworth
Ellsworth
United Press
Dana Freeman found dead after car plunges into flooded ditch
Dana Freeman, 20, a Chautauqua County college student, died in what coroner Michael Neilson ruled an accidental drowning after her mother’s car slid off Doloff Road into a water-filled ditch. A passing motorist reported the car, and Freeman’s body was recovered nearby days later.
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Jamestown
Chautauqua County College
Dana Freeman
Michael Neilson
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Doloff Road
Poland
Fired unionists to plan strategy at Bombay meeting
Franklin County AP reports workers from four Tru-Stitch Footwear Co plants plan a meeting today with fired colleagues at the Bombay plant to discuss union strategy after leaving to meet a lawyer about affiliating with a new union. The Bombay plant remains open, others in Fort Covington and Constable were set to reopen.
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Franklin County
Tru-Stitch Footwear Co
Cooke
Off duty firefighter rescues three sisters from blaze
An off duty firefighter, Dennis Williams, 34, rescued three sisters aged 2, 3, and 6 by hanging from a window and pulling them to safety as smoke billowed from a fourth floor apartment at 88 Clinton St in Fort Greene Brooklyn. The children were treated for smoke inhalation along with their father and brother who were also rescued.
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George Marron
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Myrtle Avenue
Fort Greene
Tyesha Adams
Serina
Deslaun
Brooklyn Hospital
Frank Goldstein
Wayne
Shannon
State health boss faults NYC medical examiner’s office
New York health commissioner criticizes the city Medical Examiner’s Office for mismanagement and outdated equipment. The report highlights unsealed organ storage, faulty procedures, and overworked staff while noting underfunding and morale issues. Gov Cuomo backs recommendations but cautions the findings cover operations only.
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New York
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David Axelrod
Elliot M. Gross
Axelrod
Mario Cuomo
Brooklyn Democratic Club
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Gross
Spent nuclear fuel shipment cost may exceed 4 billion
Albany based report by Assemblyman Eliot Engel warns a rail transport of spent nuclear fuel through the New York City area could cause over 4 billion in damage and evacuate more than 1 million people. Engel urges action, forming a 15 member coalition to push Cuomo to create a routing commission for alternative paths.
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Bronx
Engel
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New York City
New York
Interstate 81
Mario Cuomo
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