Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Review of Cuomo 'Buffalo Billion' finds 'sloppy' work and other top stories.

  • Review of Cuomo 'Buffalo Billion' finds 'sloppy' work

    Review of Cuomo 'Buffalo Billion' finds 'sloppy' work
    Spin Cycle News, views and commentary on Long Island, state and national politics. ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has doubled to $1 million the contract for a private company he hired after his Buffalo Billion economic development project came under federal investigation, according to records released Friday. The contract with Guidepost Solutions, whose CEO is Bart M. Schwartz, will cost as much as $1.04 million under an amended contract outlined in April letter from Cuomo’s counsel ..
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  • Yankees' call-ups have busy travel day

    Yankees' call-ups have busy travel day
    OAKLAND, Calif. — Talk about going in blind. Mason Williams found out at 3 a.m. Friday while on a bus to Buffalo that he had been summoned to the big leagues and was needed that night in Oakland. So Williams, along with catcher Kyle Higashioka, a teammate with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, headed straight to the Buffalo airport for an early-morning flight to Chicago and then from there to Oakland. The pair walked into the Yankees’ clubhouse at just after 4 p.m. Friday. Williams, in particular..
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  • Bills OT Jordan Mills had “one heck of an offseason”

    Bills OT Jordan Mills had “one heck of an offseason”
    Getty ImagesBills right tackle Jordan Mills allowed seven sacks last season and was penalized seven times, including four holds, and the Bills spent a second-round pick on tackle Dion Dawkins. Mills, though, has had “one heck of an offseason,” according to coach Sean McDermott. Center Eric Wood vouched for Mills with the new coaching staff, and the Bills re-signed Mills to a two-year, $4 million contract in March. “I think he’s been playing better and better, and he’ll continue to develop as ..
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  • Tesla Hopes To Remove Five Store Limit In New York State

    Tesla Hopes To Remove Five Store Limit In New York State
    Tesla Hopes To Remove Five Store Limit In New York State 16 hours ago by Steven Loveday 6Comments Tesla’s Former Roosevelt Field Boutique In Garden City, New York, on Long Island Though Tesla’s New York agreement only allows for five stores, the electric automaker hopes to expand upstate. An Aerial view of the giant Tesla (SolarCity) plant at RiverBend in South Buffalo, New York (Image Credit: flickr via Kavanagh Family) Back in 2014, Tesla butted heads with the New York state leg..
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  • Daily News seeks to make public legal files about bid to dissolve ...

    Daily News seeks to make public legal files about bid to dissolve ...
    Lawyers for the newspaper, along with attorneys for the Buffalo News and another media outlet, filed a motion on Friday imploring an upstate judge to make the ...
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  • Tesla Solar Roof Kills 2 Birds With 1 Stone

    This article is the second part of the series about Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) Solar Roof. In part 1, we covered technical issues behind Solar Roof design and installation. In this part, we look at the economics of the solution. Setting aside the technology challenges, a look at the Tesla's disclosures on system economics makes it clear that the Solar Roof pitch is dubious at best. Here are some notable assumptions: Note that this assumption goes back to the failed SolarCity business model. Due t..
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  • Lions willing to give Cyrus Kouandjio a “second chance”

    Lions willing to give Cyrus Kouandjio a “second chance”
    Getty ImagesWith the Lions bringing in a pair of scratch-and-dent tackles yesterday, offering shots at redemption was the order of the day. But while trade acquisition Greg Robinson is just coming back from being a draft bust, signing Cyrus Kouandjio created that awkward moment where no one really wanted to talk about what he was coming back from. Via Carlos Monarrez of the Detroit Free Press, Kouandjio had little to say about the incident in Buffalo this spring, when he was found partially na..
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  • Highway Shooter Who Killed Buffalo Grove Mom Could go Free in 6 ...

    Highway Shooter Who Killed Buffalo Grove Mom Could go Free in 6 ...
    BUFFALO GROVE, IL - It seemed as though justice had been served this past week when a Wisconsin judge sentenced a 21-year-old man who fatally shot a Buffalo Grove mom on an interstate last May to 40 years in a state institution. The judgement was handed down after four doctors ruled Zachary Hays was severely mentally ill and a judge found him guilty due to mental defect for Tracy Czaczkowski's death. While 40 years, the maximum commitment period, seems fair on paper, Hays will actually be able t..
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  • M&T Bank Earns "Outstanding" Community Reinvestment Act Rating ...

    "We've focused on investing in programs that support education, financial literacy, affordable housing and other community development activities to create opportunities for our neighbors," said M&T Bank Chairman and CEO Robert G. Wilmers. "We recognize that for a bank to do well over the long run, the communities it serves must also do well and that includes all neighborhoods of the community." The New York State Department of Financial Services exam includes a review of the bank's overall len..
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  • Welcome to Joshua Tree—May We Recommend the Gingham Filter?

    Welcome to Joshua Tree—May We Recommend the Gingham Filter?
    What’s up? Welcome to the Joshua Tree Visitor Center! I love your shortalls.Before you enter the park, I’d like to share some interesting tidbits with you about this magical place. While the Smoky Mountains are the most heavily trafficked national park in America, and Yellowstone gets to boast that it is the oldest, Joshua Tree is the most #trending—a fact that we volunteers are particularly proud of.Ever since the original landscape got a facelift a hundred million years ago, Joshua Tree has se..
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