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Yahoo
23-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Town of Tonawanda Board alleges police officers participated in strike
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Town of Tonawanda Board has alleged that Tonawanda police officers wrote fewer tickets or ignored violations as part of a three-week strike that began in mid-January. The board is expected to charge its police union on Monday with violating the state's Taylor Law following an investigation that discovered the alleged strike. According to Town Supervisor Joe Emminger, the strike began in mid-January. Officials believe the alleged strike was a response from the police union after an officer — who has since resigned — was disciplined. 'This is public safety of the town, and it was jeopardized here,' Emminger said. 'What happened if there was an accident and the investigation found later that an officer ignored someone speeding and they ran a red light and hit somebody?' In a statement, Tonawanda Police Club president Andy Thompson said: 'Today's egregious and baseless resolution to sue our union is further evidence of the concerted effort by the Town Board to protect the Chief of Police at all costs, even going so far as to destroy our union. … We will not be intimidated by the Chief or the Town Board and we will fight this meritless lawsuit vigorously.' The Town of Tonawanda learned of the alleged strike earlier this month. New York State law requires the town to investigate and file a report within 60 days. The town board is expected to adopt a resolution on Monday to hire outside counsel. Dave Greber is an award-winning anchor and reporter who has been part of the News 4 team since 2015. See more of his work here. *** Mark Ludwiczak joined the News 4 team in 2024. He is a veteran journalist with two decades of experience in Buffalo. You can follow him online at @marklud12. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Tonawanda moving forward in restoring Huntley Plant property
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After years of legal battles, the Town of Tonawanda is finally moving forward in restoring the Huntley Plant waterfront property. Town Supervisor Joe Emminger said Friday that the former owner of the land has exhausted all his legal options, and the town will be moving forward to acquire the property. Now, the town will spend the next 30 to 60 days sending out requests for proposals to developers who may have interest in buying the 93-acre riverfront property, cleaning it up and turning it into something that will benefit the town. What's going on with the Huntley Plant waterfront property? The waterfront property is on River Road off of the Niagara River. Huntley burned coal on the land for more than 100 years before the plant closed in 2016. Eminent domain action was first initiated in 2019. The site has not yet been cleaned up. 'The next step is finally in the town's hands and we are taking those steps as we speak,' Emminger said during his State of the Town address on Friday morning. Emminger also said portions of the former Tonawanda Coke plant, which closed in 2018 amid air pollution issues, drawing the attention of state regulators and environmental activists, will be ready for development and re-development by 2026. Taking a closer look at Tonawanda Coke's turbulent history Ontario Special Contracting took control of the land in 2020. Cleanup costs for that plant are estimated at $80 million. Plans for what it is being turned into have not yet been finalized, but are in the works. You can watch Emminger's full State of the Town speech from Friday in the video player above. Aidan Joly joined the News 4 staff in 2022. He is a graduate of Canisius College. You can see more of his work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
