The results of an investigation into the fatal arrest of Elijah McClain in suburban Denver released Monday criticizes how police handled the e…
President Joe Biden's administration joined Democrats on Capitol Hill in unveiling a major immigration overhaul that would offer an eight-year…
In order to pass President Joe Biden's big vision for immigration reform it may need to be divided into individual pieces of legislation House…
The need for comprehensive police reform across New York — already a priority we have advocated for — was underscored by the horrendous episod…
Today's look back at local history as captured in the pages of The Citizen:
Some COVID-19 vaccines administered in Washington D.C. this spring may come with a bag of weed. Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.
The son of a longtime Common Council member is running for public office for the first time in a bid to succeed Assemblyman Sean Ryan in the 149th District against a Republican who lost handily when he ran for the seat in 2018.
Incumbent Democrat Patrick B. Burke and Republican challenger Matthew S. Szalkowski face off for the district that covers West Seneca, Orchard Park, part of Lackawanna and most of South Buffalo.
For the second election in a row, U.S. Rep. John Katko received help from a few Democrats to make the case against Dana Balter.
Defund the police is easier to chant than “redistribute funds elsewhere.” Are these calls for police reform doing Democrat and Republican Part…
Six years ago, U.S. Rep. John Katko and John Lemondes competed for the Republican nomination in the 24th Congressional District. Now, Katko is…
Democratic candidate Dana Balter is renewing claims against Republican U.S. Rep. John Katko that he "sold out" Medicare and Social Security by…
Police reform is an issue that's been discussed at many points over the years, but it's usually brushed aside once the spotlight disappears.
U.S. Rep. John Katko joined all but a few of his Republican colleagues in opposing the Democrats' policing reform bill that the House passed T…
Gov. Andrew Cuomo held his daily public briefing Tuesday, June 16, in Albany, on the coronavirus pandemic response in New York state and issue…
Two national groups that are focused on campaign finance reform and voting rights endorsed Democratic candidate Dana Balter in New York's 24th…
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives took up the issues of police violence and racial injustice in America on Wednesday in the fir…
Every day since George Floyd's death on a street in Minneapolis, hundreds of thousands have marched across the country, demanding an end to th…
Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown met with a coalition of police-reform advocates for more than four hours Saturday afternoon, in the aftermath of a viral incident Thursday in which two city police officers were filmed pushing a 75-year-old protester. Advocates from Free the People WNY, a four-month-old police-reform group, are calling on the city to overhaul the way the
• A June 3 story about the state Assembly candidates should've said that Danny Fitzpatrick will advocate for repealing bail reform.
As several New York district attorneys and sheriffs argue that the state bail reform law should be modified or repealed, more than 30 local go…
ALBANY — As the debate over New York's bail law rages in the state Capitol, criminal justice interests have funneled hundreds of thousands of …
Since winning control of the state Senate in the 2018 election, Democrats have had free rein to pass legislation in New York, but lawmakers ne…
AUBURN — The Auburn City Council roundly condemned the state's sweeping bail law changes set to go into effect on Jan 1.