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NY Representatives Calling for COVID Restrictions to Ease on U.S-Canada Border

October 6, 2022 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

New York representatives are calling on the Biden administration to ease restrictions along the U.S.-Canada border. The request comes as Canada allowed its COVID-19 entry restrictions to expire on October 1. Those restrictions included random … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Brian Higgins, Canada, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19, Joe Biden, Kirsten Gillibrand, United States-Canada Border

New York’s Congressional Representatives Send Bipartisan Request to Trump Administration for Federal Coverage of COVID-19 Costs

April 20, 2020 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

WASHINGTON - New York’s entire 28 member bipartisan delegationsent a letter to President Donald Trump on Friday requesting his administration expeditiously grant the state a waiver to provide 100% federal funding for all Federal Emergency Management … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Adriano Espaillat, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Anthony Brindisi, Antonio Delgado, Barack Obama, Brian Higgins, Carolyn Maloney, Charles Schumer, Chuck Schumer, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Eliot Engel, Elise Stefanik, Federal Emergency Management Agency, George W. Bush, Grace Meng, Gregory Meeks, Hakeem Jeffries, House of Representatives, Jerry Nadler, Joe Morelle, John Katko, Jose Serrano, Kathleen Rice, Kirsten Gillibrand, Lee Zeldin, Max Rose, Nita Lowey, Nydia Velázquez, Paul Tonko, Peter King, Sean Patrick Maloney, Thomas Suozzi, Tom Reed, U.S. Senate, Yvette Clarke

Reed Again Voices Criticism of Green Light Legislation Recently Passed in Albany

June 20, 2019 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

WASHINGTON - Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning, NY 23) is joining the ranks of other Republican officials from across the state in criticizing the newly approved Green Light legislation, which gives undocumented immigrants the ability to get a driver's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Andrew Cuomo, Brian Higgins, Congress, Green Light Legislation, Patrick Shanahan, State Legislature, State Senate, Tom Reed

Reed Says Tax Cuts are Helping Rank-and-File Workers as Democrats Call on Walmart to Show Proof

September 20, 2018 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON - Chautauqua County's representative in Congress says the Federal Tax cuts that were approved at the end of last year are paying dividends for rank and file workers, and he used a recent visit to the Jamestown Home Depot to make that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Amy Ritter, Barbara Lee, Bobby Rush, Brian Higgins, Congress, Doug McMillon, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Gene Green, Home Depot, House of Representatives, Jan Shakowsky, Making Change at Walmart, Marcy Kaptur, Mark Pocan, Mark Takano, Pramila Jayapal, Raúl Grijalva, Rosa DeLauro, Tax Cuts 2.0, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Tax Reform, Tim Ryan, Tom Reed, Walmart

25-Year Development Odyssey: The National Comedy Center Finds a Home in Jamestown’s Historic Train Station

June 8, 2018 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

JAMESTOWN, NY - The acquisition of the Gateway Train Station (formerly "Erie-Lackawanna Train Station") and its surrounding property by the National Comedy Center in the Summer of 2017 was the culmination of a 25-year renovation and development … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Andrew Cuomo, Arts Council for Chautauqua County, Brian Higgins, Buffalo Billion, Charles Schumer, Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency, Community Development Block Grant, Downtown Jamestown Development Corporation, Downtown Jamestown Revitalization Corporation, Erie-Lackawanna Train Station, Federal New Markets Tax Credit, Gateway Train Station, Gebbie Foundation, Hillary Clinton, Historic Tax Credit, Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, Jamestown Renaissance Corporation, Jamestown Urban Renewal Agency, John Evan, Journey Gunderson, Lee Harkness, Lucille Ball, Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Center for Comedy, National Comedy Center, National Register of Historic Places, New York Register of Historic Places, New York State Regional Economic Development Council, Ralph C. Wilson, Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation, Sam Teresi, Tom Benson

Public Kept in the Dark as NCC Gains Ownership of Train Station Property

June 7, 2018 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The National Comedy Center (NCC) has been in ownership of the Gateway Train Station property on W. Second St. since August 2017, but it was never publicly announced. The news of the change in ownership was made public on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Brian Higgins, Downtown Jamestown Revitalization Corporation, Federal Transit Administration, Gateway Train Station, National Comedy Center, Tom Andolora

Latest Congressional Non Partisan Ranking List has Reed Among Top 10 Percent

May 3, 2018 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON - Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning, NY 23) has been recognized for being one of the most bipartisan members of congress. The Lugar Center completed a non-partisan ranking of how often each Member of Congress works across party lines and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Brian Higgins, Chris Collins, Collin Peterson, Congress, House of Representatives, Lugar Center, Mo Brooks, Tom Reed

[LISTEN] Reed Calls for Defeat of Radical Islamic Terror in Wake of Orlando Mass Shooter

June 14, 2016 By WRFA Radio 3 Comments

WASHINGTON - As thousands in Orlando turned out Monday to mourn 49 people killed inside an LGBTQ nightclub, federal investigators examined possible motives for the gunman who committed the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The White … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Local News Tagged With: 2nd Amendment, Andrew Cuomo, Brian Higgins, Gun Law, James Comey, Omar Mateen, Orlando Shooting, SAFE Act, Tom Reed

Reed Says U.S. Should Evaluate Screening Process Before Allowing Refugees into Country

November 17, 2015 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday said the U.S. will still allow Syrian refugees to resettle in the U.S. This after authorities in France revealed Sunday that at least one terrorist entered Paris among Syrian refugees. Not everyone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Barack Obama, Brian Higgins, Kirsten Gillibrand, Paris Terrorist Attack, Syrian Refugees, Tom Reed

Teresi Calls Proposed Federal Cuts to CDBG and Home Programs ‘Devastating’

August 13, 2015 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The city of Jamestown – along with other municipalities in Chautauqua County and the rest of New York State - could be adversely affected by an effort to cut funding from a federal program. Lawmakers in Washington are considering the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Brian Higgins, Charles Schumer, Community Development Block Grant, Community Matters, HOME Program, House of Representatives, Kirsten Gillibrand, Sam Teresi, Tom Reed, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Senate

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