Depew is a village in Erie County,New York. The population was 15,303 at the time of the 2010 census. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The village is named for Chauncey Depew,a politician and one of the original investors who bought the land for the village,which was incorporated in 1894.
Cheektowaga is a town in Erie County,New York,United States. As of the 2020 census,the town has grown to a population of 89,877. The town is in the north-central part of the county,and is an inner ring suburb of Buffalo. The town is the second-largest suburb of Buffalo,after the Town of Amherst.
William Ballard "Sam" Hoyt III is an American politician from New York. A Democrat,Hoyt is an economic development professional and was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1992 to 2011. He represented the 144th Assembly district,consisting of part of Buffalo,New York,and all of Grand Island,New York,from 1992 to 2011. Hoyt was first elected to succeed his late father,William Hoyt. He resigned from office in 2011 after a sexual harassment suit and he previously was the subject of an ethics investigation in 2008 concerning a two-year sexual relationship with a 23-year-old assembly intern,named Lori Gradwell.
The Diocese of Buffalo is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church headquartered in Buffalo,New York,United States. It is a suffragan diocese within the metropolitan province of the Archdiocese of New York. The Diocese of Buffalo includes eight counties in Western New York State. The Buffalo Diocese was established in 1847. From the Diocese of Buffalo,the Diocese of Rochester was created in 1868.
Chester Charles Gorski was an American restauranteur and congressman who represented the state of New York for one term from 1949 to 1951.
Micah Z. Kellner is an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat,he was formerly a member of the New York State Assembly from the 76th district,which includes Manhattan's Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island. Kellner was elected to the Assembly in 2007 and served until 2014,when he did not stand for reelection. In September 2013,he lost the primary election for the Democratic nomination for the New York City Council seat for the 5th District to attorney Ben Kallos. During his Assembly tenure,Kellner was admonished twice by Sheldon Silver,then the Assembly Speaker,based on findings that he had engaged in sexual harassment.
William J. Seitz III is the state representative for the 30th District of the Ohio House of Representatives. He is a Republican. The district consists of Cheviot,Delhi Township,Green as well as portions of Cincinnati,in Hamilton County. Formerly,Seitz represented the same seat from 2001 to 2007. He served in the Ohio Senate from 2007 to 2016. He has also served as Majority Leader since 2017.
Vance Desmond Joseph is an American football coach and former player who is the defensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). As a player,Joseph attended the University of Colorado as a quarterback and running back in the 1990s,and was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 1995,playing cornerback for them and then the Indianapolis Colts in 1996. After spending 12 years as a defensive coach in the NFL with San Francisco (2005–10),Houston (2011–13),Cincinnati (2014–15) and Miami (2016),Joseph was hired as head coach by the Denver Broncos in 2017,serving until he was fired after the 2018 season;Joseph was the second African American head coach in Broncos history,after Eric Studesville was interim head coach for 4 games in 2010,and their first African American head coach on a permanent basis. After his first tenure with the Broncos,Joseph served as defensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals from 2019 to 2022,before being re-hired by the Broncos as defensive coordinator in 2023.
Riverside Institute of Technology was a public high school located in Buffalo,New York. It served Grades 9-12 and taught according to the Board of Regents. Riverside closed in June 2019 after years of low academic performance and safety concerns.
Kathleen Hochul is an American politician serving as the 57th governor of New York since August 24,2021. A member of the Democratic Party,she is New York's first female governor,as well as the first governor from Upstate New York since Nathan L. Miller became New York's governor in 1920.
Timothy M. Kennedy is an American politician from New York. He is currently a Democratic member of the New York State Senate,representing the 63rd District since January 2013. He previously represented the 58th District from 2011 to 2013.
Michael P. "Mickey" Kearns is an American politician who serves as Clerk of Erie County,New York. Kearns previously represented the 142nd New York State Assembly District,which spans South Buffalo,half of the city of Lackawanna,West Seneca and Orchard Park,from 2012 to 2017;he has also served on the Buffalo Common Council. Kearns was elected Erie County Clerk in a 2017 special election.
Raul Justo Bocanegra is an American politician,and a former member of the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat who represented the 39th Assembly District,encompassing northeastern San Fernando Valley.
Chad A. Lupinacci is an American politician who served as the town supervisor of Huntington,New York and as a former member for the 10th District of the New York Assembly. He is a Republican.
Angela Wozniak is a former member of the New York State Assembly,serving from 2015 to 2016. She represented the 143rd district,which included Cheektowaga,Lancaster,and Depew,New York. A registered Conservative,Wozniak caucused with the Republican minority in the Assembly.
The 2017–18 United States political sexual scandals saw a heightened period of allegations of sexual misconduct,including sexual harassment and sexual assault,and resulted in the subsequent firings and resignations of American politicians. Some of these allegations are linked to the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases starting in October 2017 amid the wider MeToo movement.
Patrick B. Burke is an American politician who serves in the New York State Assembly from the 142nd district,which represents South Buffalo,the City of Lackawanna,and the towns of West Seneca and Orchard Park. Burke is a South Buffalo native.
Andrew Cuomo,the 56th governor of New York,was accused of sexual harassment by multiple women starting in December 2020,with the accusations covering a range of alleged behavior. He denied all allegations and has apologized for his comments being interpreted as sexually charged. On February 28,2021,New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she would hire and deputize a law firm to conduct an independent investigation into the allegations. On March 11,the New York State Assembly authorized an impeachment investigation into the allegations. In August 2021,James released an investigatory report which stated that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women during his time in office,with actions such as unwanted groping,kissing and sexual comments. The controversy surrounding these allegations culminated in Governor Cuomo's resignation from office.
New York's 143rd State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Monica Wallace since 2017.
