In The News
Mar 9, 2012
Open economic ‘summit’ set for Tuesday at UB
U.S. Rep. Kathy Hochul, D-Amherst, will host an “economic action summit” with government officials, business leaders and community organizations next week to talk over the economic future of Western New York.
Mar 9, 2012
Congresswoman Kathy Hochul Wants USPS Executive Pay Capped
Congresswoman Kathy Hochul says in a time when 700 employees of the US Postal Service could lose their jobs, executives at the US Postal Service should have their compensation limited. She's introducing a bill to do just that.
Mar 9, 2012
Hochul Announces Legislation Cap Executive Pay at US Postal Service
New York Congresswoman Kathy Hochul on Friday announced plans to introduce legislation limiting compensation for executive officers of the United States Postal Service to the same level of pay as the President’s Cabinet.
Mar 8, 2012
Defense sec. to visit turbulent Airbase
The future of operations at the Niagara Falls Air Base remains up in the air, but the fierce battle to save close to a thousand jobs rages on. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta now plans to come to Niagara Falls, himself.
Mar 8, 2012
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Congresswoman Kathy Hochul (D-NY26) tells Eyewitness News that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has agreed to come and tour the Niagara Air Reserve Station.
Mar 5, 2012
Hochul presses EPA on Eighteen mile Creek
U.S. Rep. Kathy Hochul on Monday asked the Environmental Protection Agency to “expedite” a decision whether to add property in the City of Lockport to the so-called U.S. Superfund list of hazardous waste sites.
Mar 1, 2012
Lawmakers in DC Push for Niagara Reserve Station
Members of New York's delegation have been making the rounds, but after several meetings with Air Force officials, the fate of the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station's 107th Air Wing guard unit is still up in the air.
Feb 28, 2012
Hochul Announces Grant For Firefighters’ Gear
About 40 volunteer firefighters in the Wendelville Fire Company will be outfitted with new protective gear under an $85,434 federal grant announced by Rep. Kathleen C. Hochul, D-Amherst.
Feb 24, 2012
Greece firefighters get $8,000 grant
The Ridge Road Fire District will receive nearly $8,000 in grant money from the Department of Homeland Security. The grant was announced last week by U.S. Sen. Kathy Hochul, D-Amherst.
Feb 24, 2012
WNY Lawmakers Urge Feds to Abandon Plans to Close Warsaw VA Clinic
New York Senators Charles E. Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, and New York Congresswoman Kathy Hochul on Friday urged the Department of Veterans Affairs to reconsider plans to shutter the VA Warsaw Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Wyoming County.
