The Town of Aurora is looking at a zoning code change to allow a drag brunch, after controversy after a recent one in a restaurant there. Also hear how some are racial equity workers are conflicted abut the idea of the death penalty for Tops shooter Payton Gendron, get the latest on the City of Buffalo's struggle to appoint an ADA coordinator. And hear that Influenza is on the rise in NYS and Eie County Executive Mark Poloncarz has tested positive for COVID-19.

Today the latest on efforts to ban puppy mills in NYS, with a report from Albany Correspondent Karen DeWitt. Also, Fr. Patrick Melfi of Allegany County has been placed on leave by the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, after accusations of sexual contact with a female parishioner. And NYS has put in place a law requiring expanded accommodations in NYS for breast feeding mothers.

If it's Friday, it's Theater Talk- today with a report on the Neglia Ballet's Nutcracker, a polite poke on ettiquette, and a range of other holiday offerings. Also a new report shows that 1 out of every 4 people in NYS live in poverty, and a warning about sneaker thefts

Doctors and hospitals are bracing for a "tridemic" - with the rise in RSV, COVID-19 and flu cases statewide. Also a ghost-gun possession arrest, and the annual law enforcement blitz to stop DWI.

News of a 70 percent spike in COIVD-19 cases in Erie County, based on public health (not in-home) testing alone. Ontario Correspondent Dan Karpenchuk reports on waste and inefficiency in the province's COVID 19 vaccine efforts. Correspondent Karen DeWitt has a preview of Gov. Kathy Hochul's first state-of-the-state message, which is likely to include gun control, in light of the Tops shooting in Buffalo. And we have more on the efforts to bring a legally-required ADA coordinator to Buffalo City Hall.

The city of Buffalo is legally required to have an Americans with Disability Act coordinator but WBFO's Emyle Watkins reports—- they don't have one and the position has been vacant for a year. . Albany Correspondent Karen DeWitt reports that Former NYS Education Commissioner John King has been hired as Chancellor of The SUNY System. And the 6-day voting period is over and the Buffalo Teachers' Federation has taken a no confidence vote in Superintendent of Schools Tonja Williams, and Douglas Jemal has bought the Butler Mansion, at the corner of Delaware and North Streets in Buffalo.

Albany Correspondent Karen DeWitt has the latest on a push for "Clean Slate" legislation that would give people with some criminal records a chance to have their records cleared and land jobs after they have served their sentences. Ontario correspondent Dan Karpenchuk reports on a massive province-wide crackdown on child pornography. And today we have news on rallies to try and get the state to subsidize home care worker wages, the resignation of NY State Health Commissioner Mary Bassett, and

If it's Friday, it's Theater Talk today with Anthony and Peter with some behind the scenes information on a lawsuit at Shea's, and several plays, musicals, ballets and opera openings. Also an agreement - this time- between Democrats and Republicans on re-drawing NYS assembly districts. And approval of an Erie County budget that includes a property tax decrease, news of a toll increase on the Thruway, and a state report that shows harsher discipline for Black prisoners than others in NYS.

Buffalo teachers- in their third year without a contract- have issued a vote of "no confidence" in Superintendent Tonja Williams. Also today , the press to have the City Of Buffalo add an ADA coordinator, the Bennett Tigers head into their Class AA state championship game this weekend trying to put an odd dispute behind them, and Gov. Kathy Hochul has a chance to achieve any number of firsts in her selection of the state's highest judge.

The latest on Payton Gendron's guilty plea to state murder and domestic terror charges in the Tops shooting massacre that killed 10 people and injured 3 others on May 14. Also today a push for donations to Catholic Charities and a COVID-19 memorial tree in Kenmore.