Erie, Niagara Counties could receive nearly $800 million as part of the American Rescue Plan
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Light shines on the U.S. Capitol dome Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â Erie and Niagara counties could receive nearly $800 million as part of the American Rescue Plan.
In a release sent to 7 Eyewitness News, Congressman Brian Higgins office said President Joe Biden s proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package includes more that $792 million earmarked for communities in both Erie and Niagara Counties.
âOver the last year, our communities have borne the brunt of costs and duties associated with responding to the pandemic and this work continues today,â said Congressman Higgins. âIt is the responsibility of the federal government to provide states and regions with disaster relief during times of national emergency.â
A former student who is suing the Gow School said a teacher raped him in his dormitory room in the 1990s after the two had discussed the studentâs sexuality earlier the same day.
Aaron J. Worby said Gow teacher Thomas Simmeth befriended him to the point that Worby became comfortable to tell him about an experience in the woods he had had with older Gow boys.
âI told Mr. Simmeth about my sexuality, that I liked guys,â Worby recalled. âThat very night, he snuck into my room, and he also raped me.â
Worby, 41, made the detailed accusations in a conference call with reporters Tuesday, more than a year after Manhattan attorney Robert J. Greenstein filed a Child Victims Act lawsuit on Worbyâs behalf.