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$2M Study Of Discovery Reforms Proposed By State Assembly Member

Before the state Legislature takes up further rollbacks of bail and discovery reform legislation, a member of the state Assembly wants to spend $2 million studying the 2020 bail reform law. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2025-26 budget includes proposals to streamline New York’s discovery rules ...

City Company Sues Landlord Over Roof Repairs

Editor’s Note: A story in Tuesday’s edition inadvertently switched the plaintiff and defendant in a lawsuit filed recently in state Supreme Court. A corrected version of the story appears below. A Jamestown company is asking the state Supreme Court to require the company that owns its ...

City Company Sues Landlord Over Roof Repairs

A Jamestown company is asking the state Supreme Court to require the company that owns its property to maintain its Blackstone Avenue property. Blackstone Business Enterprises Inc., which owns Blackstone Advanced Technologies, filed suit recently with complaints that Hill City Realty ...

Lacking Options: WNY Lawmaker Seeks Use Of Canadian Road Salt

Legislation introduced recently in the state Assembly would allow local governments to purchase road salt from Canada. Assemblyman Patrick Chludzinski, R-Cheektowaga, has introduced A.5890 to amend state law to allow for the purchase of rock salt or sodium chloride that is mined or harvested ...

Thursday Indictments Tied To Bigger Drug Operation

Five city residents face federal drug conspiracy charges that carry a minimum of 10 years in prison - but that alleged operation has ties to another longstanding case involving drug trafficking between Buffalo and Jamestown. . The indictment announced Thursday by acting U.S. Attorney Joel ...

City Man Charged For Third Time In Four Days

A Jamestown man faces charges for the third time in four days after allegedly being removed from the parking garage underneath City Hall twice Thursday night. Wade S. Pflueger, 44, of Jamestown was charged with third-degree criminal trespass at 11:57 p.m. Thursday after officers removed ...