WBFO Brief

If it's Friday, it's Theater Talk today with Anthony and Peter with brief reviews of "A Gentleman Caller", "Misery" and "Burst" . Also the latest on early voting, a preview of a race workshop in Buffalo Saturday, and the federal conviction of D'Andrea Wilson in a drug trafficking spree that left 3 dead, and a toddler abandoned on a Bufalo porch in 2019.

Today, a look at two big races on Tuesday's ballot. First, Karen DeWitt looks at Attorney General Letitita James and her challenger Michael Henry. Then, a recap of the annual St, Joseph's Collegiate Institute debate— this one featuring state Senate candidates Ed Rath and Sean Ryan And a big player in the semi-conductor industry is coming to Genesee County, and Ontario labor leaders are warning that a teachers' strike that could start Friday will last quite a long time.

There's a press for more tenant rights in the city of Buffalo . Also a profile of the running mates on the ticket in the New York State Governor's race. Also Ricky Armstrong Sr. has been elected President of the Seneca Nation, and today's lockdown at the Walden Galleria is only a drill.

A look at the struggles that MWBE business face, with business development, and a ransomware attack at Arubis in Buffalo has resulted in a work stoppage.

The spotted lanternfly, an invasive species that has been found near Buffalo, presents a risk to grape growers in Southern Ontario. In Albany, Kathy Hochul and Lee Zeldin have both been invoking Donald Trump and Pres, Joe Biden in their campaigns for Governor, trying to spotlight connections between them and their opponent. And our weekly look at rising gasoline prices, almost 15,000 early ballots cast in Erie County in just two days, and probe of the convey that shut down Ottawa triggering a national emergency declaration in Canada last year.

The Buffalo-area clergy abuse victim that opened the floodgates of complaints against the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, is skeptical that the new outside oversight rules will be enough. Michael Whalen wants criminal prosecutions. General Motors announces plans to power the Tonawanda Engine plant completely by renewable energy within the next 3 years, and Preservation Buffalo Niagara unveils money for building facade restorations on Buffalo's East side.

The NYS Attorney General has reached an oversight agreement for the Buffalo Catholic Diocese to handle sex abuse cases. Candidates on the ballot are making their pitch to disabled constituents in WNY and Gov. Kathy Hochul debates her Republican challenger Lee Zeldin.

In her issue-by-issue look at the Governor's race, Karen DeWitt today looks at abortion rights. Also, Michael Murphy has been ousted as President at Shea's And a NYS Comptroller's report that says New York has the lowest home ownership rate in the nation.

WBFO's Tom Dinki has more on the roots of book censorship efforts in WNY schools. Former Pres. Donald Trump's endorsement of Republican Lee Zeldin for Governor, sparks a flurry of campaign commercials and fresh charges about Zeldin's advice sent to the White House on Jan. 6. Buffalo Schools are filing a human rights complaint after the the forfieit of several football games becuase of imeligible players. And over $6.4 million disbursements are being made from the 5/14 Survivors Fund .

A report from the NYS Attorney General's office shows the expansive role that social media had in radicalizing the accused Tops shooter Payton Gendron, and recommends tougher enforcement against those platforms. Also, the latest polling on the NYS Governor's race.