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Questions remain about just how many additional deputies should be decertified within the Erie County Sheriff's Office.

While the Buffalo Bills, Erie County, and New York State are hashing out details for a new stadium, community members are working to make sure they're included in the plans.

Police brutality is taking center stage in a brand new report issued Friday by the Partnership for the Public Good in Buffalo.

Civil rights groups, advocates concerned about the pace of police reform in Buffalo Protesters and civil rights groups have watched the Derek Chauvin trial through the prism of how to improve police-community relations at home. Author: Jeff Preval Updated: 6:37 PM EDT April 19, 2021 BUFFALO, N.Y. — 2 On Your Side is hearing from protesters and civil rights groups on their reaction to the Derek Chauvin trial coming to an end and the goal of improving community a...

April 14, 2021 Born in Hutchinson, Kansas, Lou Jean Fleron was raised on the Great Plains by working-class parents; her mother was a schoolteacher, her father worked in the oilfields. She attributes her commitment to equality to her upbringing – a commitment she’s used for 44 years to make Western New York a better place for working people. “I’m a Midwestern pragmatist,” says Fleron, who has led the ILR School’s programs in Buffalo, New York, since 1976. “I believe you have to lis...

Just a few hours after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act on Thursday, an email went out to every Buffalo police officer. "Legal update: Repeal of cannabis law," was the title of the memo. The legalization of adult use of cannabis in New York wiped out a whole category of laws related to possession and sales of marijuana and replaced it with a whole new set of laws that police officers must now learn, enforce and abide by. In Buffalo and in other cities acr...

There are some major changes that took effect immediately. "As a basic rule of thumb, it is now legal for an individual 21 years of age or older to be in possession of up to 3 ounces of cannabis in public and up to 5 pounds of cannabis in their home," the memo said. The new legislation also allows adults 21 and over to smoke, vape or otherwise ingest cannabis anywhere that smoking tobacco is allowed. That means people can smoke marijuana on the street. But they cant in places places where tobac...