Buffalo Public Schools to get more than $1 billion in state, federal funding
Buffalo Public Schools will get hundreds of millions of dollars through the state budget and pandemic funding from the federal government. Author: Jeff Preval Updated: 8:36 PM EDT May 27, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. As many schools across Western New York, return to full in-person learning, that will not happen in the Buffalo Public Schools district before the end of the school year.
School leaders say they will continue to try to get as many students and staff vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Meantime, the district will receive hundreds of millions of dollars from both the federal government and the state to in large part, address issues related to the pandemic.
Higgins, D-Buffalo, wrote a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo Wednesday, asking him to make vaccines available to Canadian citizens crossing the border.
“It is not only the right thing to do, but it’s also necessary to speed up the resumption of the cross-border commerce that is so important to border communities like Buffalo and Niagara Falls,” Higgins wrote.
Canada has lagged behind the U.S. in allocating vaccines. Just 3% of Canadians are fully vaccinated, compared to about 37% of Americans.
Plus, vaccine demand has flattened across the U.S. Higgins noted all 30 New York state-run vaccine sites have appointments available, and that nearly 50 pharmacy sites near the Peace Bridge have an available supply. The state has even turned to offering free metro rail passes and Buffalo Bisons tickets to incentivize those who are vaccine-hesitant.
By Spectrum News Staff City of Buffalo PUBLISHED 10:00 AM ET May. 15, 2021 PUBLISHED May 15, 2021 @10:00 AM
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The U.S. â Canada border has been closed to non-essential travel for more than a year, and Congressman Brian Higgins says it is time to open it back up.
He points to the CDCâs recent decision that full vaccinated Americans can ditch their masks in most places.
Higgins says full vaccinated people pose virtually no risk to themselves or others. You gotta keep the pressure up, the president of the U.S. has to engage the Prime Minister of Canada to make these arguments because they are based on science, they re based on the data, they re based on fact. We have a very powerful medicine against this disease, there should be recognition of that. People should be able to travel from America to Canada and Canad
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Republicans are signaling they will make a serious effort to beat Congressman Joe Morelle in next year s election.
Morelle and Buffalo area Congressman Brian Higgins have been added to the list of 57 congressional Democrats targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee.
New York will be losing a congressional seat next year, and the redistricting process could put more Republican voters into the territories represented by the two Democrats.