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Longtime Democratic party leader Joseph F. Crangle died early Tuesday morning at his Williamsville home. He was 88. Erie County Democrats mark and mourn the passing of our party s greatest chair, Joseph F. Crangle, said former Democratic Party Chair Len Lenihan. He was a historic figure who truly made history.
Crangle was a Buffalo native and an attorney who served as Erie County Democratic Chairman from 1965-1988, the longest such term. He was also New York State party chairman from 1971-1974 and was nearly elected as national party chairman in 1968.
He enjoyed relationships with prominent national Democratic politicians, such as Lyndon Johnson, Robert and Ted Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and was a member of the Democratic National Committee for two decades. Crangle was also a senior aide to three state Assembly speakers.
Treat us fairly, elected leaders advocate for lifting Orange Zone restrictions in Erie County
Orange Zone restrictions are still in place and some local elected leaders are calling on the state to lift those restrictions.
Posted at 3:26 PM, Jan 12, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-12 23:38:41-05
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â Much of Erie County was designated an Orange Zone by state officials in November in response to increased COVID-19 positivity rates in the region.
Those Orange Zone restrictions are still in place and some local elected leaders are calling on the state to lift those restrictions.
In a COVID-19 update Tuesday Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said he has advocated for the county to have its Orange Zone restrictions shifted to Yellow Zone restrictions and called on the state to treat the county fairly.
Kaminsky-Wallace Bill to Require Judges to Explain Recusal Signed Into Law
December 30, 2020
Town of Hempstead
On Thursday, December 24, legislation sponsored by Senator Todd Kaminsky and Assemblywoman Monica Wallace requiring judges to provide a rationale for recusing themselves from a case (S.8831/A.9542) was signed into law by Governor Cuomo. The new law comes on the heels of three state Supreme Court judges recusing themselves from politically-charged litigation involving the Town of Hempstead and a company that operated a town-owned golf course with close ties to the Nassau County GOP chairman, as well as a “merry-go-round” of recusals in a lawsuit filed by a Buffalo contractor against New York State’s economic development agency.