The Erie County Legislature unanimously passed a resolution requesting New York State to reimburse the county for housing parole violators during the state corrections officer’s strike. Legislators said this included individuals who would have been transferred to state custody.The Erie County Fire Academy received two new fire engines on Thursday, donated by local agencies to help with future training.Despite warnings from the acting city controller, the Niagara Falls City Council voted Wednesday night unanimously not to increase the city’s 2027 fiscal year refuse and recycling user fee. The increase would have affected 80% of city residents. Erie County Clerk Mickey Kearns is facing questions about his involvement recently at a gun show at the Hamburg Fairgrounds, where Nazi paraphernalia was displayed and sold.A Buffalo Bills fan has filed an official complaint, claiming that an Erie County Sheriff's deputy punched his car's window and broke his mirror during a postgame motorcade on the 90 following last Sunday's game.