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Assemblyman: First Niagara should give back job-creation money

A local state assemblyman says First Niagara Bank should give back $28 million it has received to create jobs. If the financial institution is taken over…

News

Buffalo-area leaders oppose KeyBank's takeover of First Niagara

Key Bank's proposed takeover of First Niagara is running into opposition from elected officials. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz and Rep. Brian…

Meeting for the third time in public, the WNY Regional Council's work groups presented to each other in an attempt to draw connections between positive areas of the local economy.

Politics

Buffalo council continues march toward Nov. 14 deadline

Daniel Robison, WBFO

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wned/local-wned-985037.mp3With a deadline just two months away to submit a plan to the governor’s…

Joined by local electeds and dignitaries, First Niagara CEO John Koelmel announces plans to expand the bank's workforce in western New York with the help of tax breaks.

Money

NYS delivers tax breaks in exchange for 500 jobs

Daniel Robison, WBFO

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wned/local-wned-966661.mp3Buffalo-based First Niagara Financial Group is now one of the top 25 largest…