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Bill Hammond, the health policy analyst for the Empire Center, said other state and municipal health departments have released more detailed numbers.

I would say it's a quadruple shot to political system, said University at Buffalo Professor and Urban Director Dr. Henry Louis Taylor. I don't think anybody took India Walton seriously. And I think they thought that their power was forever.

Rene Robert had been on life support since being hospitalized in Port Charlotte, Florida, last week after suffering a heart attack.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo takes issue with comments by White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who said over the weekend that the federal government does not plan to get control of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cattaraugus County saw over 1,200 people this past weekend get to the polls for early voting. The national election is a big reason for that. And according to Olean Times Herald Reporter Rick Miller, it’s one of many factors that could impact the race to represent New York’s 23rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.

With Thanksgiving about a month away, and neighboring states now joining many more on New York's travel advisory list, health experts and leaders admit this year may not be one for large gatherings around the table for many families.

The count Monday in Erie County was 56,000 mailed-in ballots and 95,000 applications.

Minor parties in New York face strict new rules this year to keep their candidates on the ballot without having to resort to petitioning for thousands of signatures, and the left-leaning Working Families Party is making an all-out effort to boost votes on its line.

Nearly 700 Orleans County residents cast early ballots this weekend, a dramatic increase from last year. Orleans Hub Journalist and Editor Tom Rivers tells WBFO the presidential election is a big factor for the large turnout, but it isn’t the only one.

By the time the second day of Erie County's early voting closed Sunday night, 4.5% of the county's voters had cast their ballots. That translated into 28,000 ballots during the first weekend of early voting - more than the total number of ballots cast in last year's general election.

This week, the FDA approved Remdesivir for treatment of hospitalized COVID patients. UB tests that began in April collected just some of the data needed to get the drug on its road to approval.

It’s the second year New Yorkers have the option to vote early, but it’s taken on greater importance this year with a presidential election and COVID-19 pandemic that necessitates social distancing.

Buffalo Police and Fire crews were conducting a water recovery operation Thursday afternoon, after a private contractor fell into a well while working at the Buffalo Sewer Authority's wastewater treatment plant on Bird Island. Early this morning, Buffalo Police tweeted that the contractor's body had been found.

Many of the speakers at yesterday's hearing took the mayor to task for not immediately signing the measure into law. It was passed by the Common Council in late-September and would mandate police officers intervene in situations where officers are being too aggressive with a suspect.

They covered a wide variety of issues, from the economy and COVID-19 to immigration, abortion rights and racial inequity. But the debate among three candidates for New York's 27th Congressional District at St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute had none of the interruptions and other problems witnessed in recent nationally-televised political debates.

The candidates for NY 27 faced off in St. Joe's annual election debate. Hear highlights on this morning's #WBFOBrief.