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Mark Poloncarz
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Former hockey coach, frustrated golfer, political and history nerd. Just a kid from Sunny LA (Lackawanna that is) who grew up to be Erie County's Executive.
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...to remind all the Pulaski Association will be having a fun, festive celebration of Paczki Day tonight from 5-10 PM at St. Teresa's Parish Center at 35 Mineral Springs Road in Buffalo. Stop on by to enjoy free Polish food and plenty of Paczki. Click on the pictures below for more. 👇🏻 2/2
Today is Paczki Day, a traditional day from my Polish heritage where they celebrate the upcoming Lenten season with tasty Paczki, a heavier version of a donut. My friends from the General Pulaski Association of WNY and the Polish Harmony Dancers stopped by to deliver some delicious blackberry Paczki and to remind everyone the Pulaski Association will be having a fun, festive celebration of Paczki Day tonight from 5-10 PM at St. Teresa's Parish Center at 35 Mineral Springs Road in Buffalo. Stop on by to enjoy free Polish food and plenty of Paczki. Click on the pictures below for more. 👇🏻
February 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Today is Paczki Day, a traditional day from my Polish heritage where they celebrate the upcoming Lenten season with tasty Paczki, a heavier version of a donut.

My friends from the General Pulaski Association and the Polish Harmony Dancers delivered some delicious blackberry Paczki and 1/2
Today is Paczki Day, a traditional day from my Polish heritage where they celebrate the upcoming Lenten season with tasty Paczki, a heavier version of a donut. My friends from the General Pulaski Association of WNY and the Polish Harmony Dancers stopped by to deliver some delicious blackberry Paczki and to remind everyone the Pulaski Association will be having a fun, festive celebration of Paczki Day tonight from 5-10 PM at St. Teresa's Parish Center at 35 Mineral Springs Road in Buffalo. Stop on by to enjoy free Polish food and plenty of Paczki. Click on the pictures below for more. 👇🏻 Today is Paczki Day, a traditional day from my Polish heritage where they celebrate the upcoming Lenten season with tasty Paczki, a heavier version of a donut. My friends from the General Pulaski Association of WNY and the Polish Harmony Dancers stopped by to deliver some delicious blackberry Paczki and to remind everyone the Pulaski Association will be having a fun, festive celebration of Paczki Day tonight from 5-10 PM at St. Teresa's Parish Center at 35 Mineral Springs Road in Buffalo. Stop on by to enjoy free Polish food and plenty of Paczki. Click on the pictures below for more. 👇🏻
February 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Great News! Gov. Hochul announced NYS will invest $30 million towards infrastructure at the Eastern Hills Mall, which will allow Uniland to build a huge Town Center. Erie County already invested $3 million towards the infrastructure design and Uniland is investing hundreds of millions towards it.
Great News! Yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul announced NYS will invest $30 million to update the sewer infrastructure at the site of the Eastern Hills Mall, which will allow Uniland to build a huge Town Center there. Erie County already invested $3 million towards the design of the infrastructure and Uniland is committed to investing hundreds of millions towards it. Thank you Governor Hochul for committing NYS assistance towards this worthy project. Great News! Yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul announced NYS will invest $30 million to update the sewer infrastructure at the site of the Eastern Hills Mall, which will allow Uniland to build a huge Town Center there. Erie County already invested $3 million towards the design of the infrastructure and Uniland is committed to investing hundreds of millions towards it. Thank you Governor Hochul for committing NYS assistance towards this worthy project.
February 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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It's #BlackHistoryMonth, and on this date in 1909, the NAACP was founded. Notably, its precursor was the Niagara Movement, a significant early national civil rights association established in Buffalo and Fort Erie by prominent intellectuals in 1905, including Buffalo's own Mary Burnett Talbert.
February 12, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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When the Rasmussen firm releases numbers like this you know the American people have definitely turned on this administration:
-56% of US voters disapprove of the president's job performance and
-48% of US Voters believe Joe Biden did a better job as president, compared to 40% for Trump. 👇
February 12, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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Today, I was honored to join NYS AG Letitia James, families of those who were taken during the racist mass shooting at Tops Supermarket on May 14, 2022, and others to announce the settlement of multiple public and private suits related to the shooting. Please click below for my full statement:
February 11, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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Their business is growing and this expansion will grow their local workforce by a third and strengthen their corporate HQ is based here.

Thank you to CEO Cornelius Steele and his team for their commitment to our community and I look forward to seeing the new facility when it is complete! 2/2
Today I was pleased to join the team from Niedex and Abnex as they broke ground on their new $15 million 45,000 sq. ft. addition to their advanced manufacturing facility on Hopkins Road in Buffalo. Niedex makes metal trays for all kinds of purposes, including supporting conduit and IT cables. Their business is growing and out of all their US plants they chose Buffalo to be the home of this new expansion, which will grow their local workforce by a third and strengthen their corporate headquarters which is based here. Thank you to CEO Cornelius Steele and his team for their commitment to our community and I look forward to seeing the new facility when it is complete! Today I was pleased to join the team from Niedex and Abnex as they broke ground on their new $15 million 45,000 sq. ft. addition to their advanced manufacturing facility on Hopkins Road in Buffalo. Niedex makes metal trays for all kinds of purposes, including supporting conduit and IT cables. Their business is growing and out of all their US plants they chose Buffalo to be the home of this new expansion, which will grow their local workforce by a third and strengthen their corporate headquarters which is based here. Thank you to CEO Cornelius Steele and his team for their commitment to our community and I look forward to seeing the new facility when it is complete! Today I was pleased to join the team from Niedex and Abnex as they broke ground on their new $15 million 45,000 sq. ft. addition to their advanced manufacturing facility on Hopkins Road in Buffalo. Niedex makes metal trays for all kinds of purposes, including supporting conduit and IT cables. Their business is growing and out of all their US plants they chose Buffalo to be the home of this new expansion, which will grow their local workforce by a third and strengthen their corporate headquarters which is based here. Thank you to CEO Cornelius Steele and his team for their commitment to our community and I look forward to seeing the new facility when it is complete!
February 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Today I was pleased to join the team from Niedex and Abnex as they broke ground on their new $15 million 45,000 sq. ft. addition to their advanced manufacturing facility on Hopkins Road in Buffalo.

Niedex makes metal trays for all kinds of purposes, including supporting conduit and IT cables. 1/2
Today I was pleased to join the team from Niedex and Abnex as they broke ground on their new $15 million 45,000 sq. ft. addition to their advanced manufacturing facility on Hopkins Road in Buffalo. Niedex makes metal trays for all kinds of purposes, including supporting conduit and IT cables. Their business is growing and out of all their US plants they chose Buffalo to be the home of this new expansion, which will grow their local workforce by a third and strengthen their corporate headquarters which is based here. Thank you to CEO Cornelius Steele and his team for their commitment to our community and I look forward to seeing the new facility when it is complete! Today I was pleased to join the team from Niedex and Abnex as they broke ground on their new $15 million 45,000 sq. ft. addition to their advanced manufacturing facility on Hopkins Road in Buffalo. Niedex makes metal trays for all kinds of purposes, including supporting conduit and IT cables. Their business is growing and out of all their US plants they chose Buffalo to be the home of this new expansion, which will grow their local workforce by a third and strengthen their corporate headquarters which is based here. Thank you to CEO Cornelius Steele and his team for their commitment to our community and I look forward to seeing the new facility when it is complete! Today I was pleased to join the team from Niedex and Abnex as they broke ground on their new $15 million 45,000 sq. ft. addition to their advanced manufacturing facility on Hopkins Road in Buffalo. Niedex makes metal trays for all kinds of purposes, including supporting conduit and IT cables. Their business is growing and out of all their US plants they chose Buffalo to be the home of this new expansion, which will grow their local workforce by a third and strengthen their corporate headquarters which is based here. Thank you to CEO Cornelius Steele and his team for their commitment to our community and I look forward to seeing the new facility when it is complete!
February 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Did you know Conde Nast Traveler named Buffalo as a top destination to visit in 2026 and Travel + Leisure named us the "Most Festive Place to Celebrate Christmas"? They did and that's because of the work of @buffaloniagara.bsky.social. Read up about Erie County's investment to help make it happen.
February 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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Today's #BlackHistoryMonth feature is the Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier (AAHANF), a scholarly organization established in 1974 focusing on the collection, preservation, and dissemination of Buffalo and Western New York's African American history. Learn more: AAHANF.org
February 11, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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Watch as I travel to Wilson County, Tennessee to meet the attendees at the Wilson Co. Democrats Dinner and tell them why Wilson County matters and why I am proud to be a Democrat. 3 years ago 50 people were at this dinner. This year 600 attended. Change is coming across America!
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Mark Poloncarz's Visit to the Wilson County, Tennessee Democrats Dinner
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February 11, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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I recently joined David Martin of @goodgovpodcast.bsky.social to discuss our award winning Erie Corps program. The idea of Erie Corps is based off of Franklin Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps and trains young individuals for parks and public works careers.

Listen below for more.
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"If we're doing a good job, then people don't recognize us. They don't. You don't see us on TV. You don't see us in the news." Mark Poloncarz

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February 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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Today's #BlackHistoryMonth feature is the Buffalo Juneteenth Festival, one of the oldest celebrations of its kind in the northern U.S. Started in 1976, it is also considered one of the nation's largest and honors Juneteenth, the day the last US slaves were freed.

Learn more: BuffaloJuneteenth.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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The Act sends a signal to residents that local law enforcement will not be an arm of the federal government.
The Act also provides protections and remedies for residents whose constitutional rights are violated.
This Act is timely and very necessary. I thank Governor Hochul for proposing it. 3/3
oday, I was honored to join Governor Kathy Hochul, county executives, district attorneys, sheriffs, and police chiefs to discuss the impact of ICE actions on local communities and law enforcement and how we can protect our counties and constituents. Governor Hochul's "The Local Cops, Local Crimes Act" is a commonsense way to ensure that our local law enforcement personnel and resources are reserved for use in our communities, policing them according to the law and not subjected to federal overreach such as we are seeing across the country with ICE. Eliminating 287(g) agreements sends a signal to residents that local law enforcement will not be an arm of the federal government and that local detention centers are off-limits to ICE for their immigration raids. The Act also provides protections and remedies for residents whose constitutional rights are violated by federal officers. This Act is timely and very necessary. I thank Governor Hochul for her vision in promoting it and call on the New York Senate and Assembly to support it.
February 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Governor Hochul's "The Local Cops, Local Crimes Act" is a commonsense way to ensure local law enforcement personnel and resources are reserved for use in our communities, policing them according to the law and not subjected to federal overreach such as we are seeing across the country with ICE. 2/3
oday, I was honored to join Governor Kathy Hochul, county executives, district attorneys, sheriffs, and police chiefs to discuss the impact of ICE actions on local communities and law enforcement and how we can protect our counties and constituents. Governor Hochul's "The Local Cops, Local Crimes Act" is a commonsense way to ensure that our local law enforcement personnel and resources are reserved for use in our communities, policing them according to the law and not subjected to federal overreach such as we are seeing across the country with ICE. Eliminating 287(g) agreements sends a signal to residents that local law enforcement will not be an arm of the federal government and that local detention centers are off-limits to ICE for their immigration raids. The Act also provides protections and remedies for residents whose constitutional rights are violated by federal officers. This Act is timely and very necessary. I thank Governor Hochul for her vision in promoting it and call on the New York Senate and Assembly to support it.
February 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Today, I was honored to join Gov. Kathy Hochul, county executives, district attorneys, sheriffs, and police chiefs to discuss the impact of ICE actions on local communities and law enforcement and how we can protect our counties and constituents. 1/3
oday, I was honored to join Governor Kathy Hochul, county executives, district attorneys, sheriffs, and police chiefs to discuss the impact of ICE actions on local communities and law enforcement and how we can protect our counties and constituents. Governor Hochul's "The Local Cops, Local Crimes Act" is a commonsense way to ensure that our local law enforcement personnel and resources are reserved for use in our communities, policing them according to the law and not subjected to federal overreach such as we are seeing across the country with ICE. Eliminating 287(g) agreements sends a signal to residents that local law enforcement will not be an arm of the federal government and that local detention centers are off-limits to ICE for their immigration raids. The Act also provides protections and remedies for residents whose constitutional rights are violated by federal officers. This Act is timely and very necessary. I thank Governor Hochul for her vision in promoting it and call on the New York Senate and Assembly to support it. oday, I was honored to join Governor Kathy Hochul, county executives, district attorneys, sheriffs, and police chiefs to discuss the impact of ICE actions on local communities and law enforcement and how we can protect our counties and constituents. Governor Hochul's "The Local Cops, Local Crimes Act" is a commonsense way to ensure that our local law enforcement personnel and resources are reserved for use in our communities, policing them according to the law and not subjected to federal overreach such as we are seeing across the country with ICE. Eliminating 287(g) agreements sends a signal to residents that local law enforcement will not be an arm of the federal government and that local detention centers are off-limits to ICE for their immigration raids. The Act also provides protections and remedies for residents whose constitutional rights are violated by federal officers. This Act is timely and very necessary. I thank Governor Hochul for her vision in promoting it and call on the New York Senate and Assembly to support it.
February 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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It's #BlackHistoryMonth and today we're featuring the Ujima Company. Founded in 1978 by Buffalo theater legend Lorna Hill, Ujima creates a thriving artistic environment that celebrates the city's diversity, and brings socially-relevant theater to Buffalo's audiences.

Learn more: ujimacoinc.org
February 8, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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My Minnesota colleague Angela Conley reminds everyone it's not just about what we see on the streets of Minneapolis but how people are so terrorized they won't even leave their homes for healthcare because they fear being detained, including our fellow citizens.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
February 8, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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Remember, if it’s too cold for you, it’s too cold for your pets!

Keep bathroom breaks short and make sure they have a warm, dry place to rest.

Protect Your Pets: Bring Them Inside!
February 7, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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The final open houses for the sale of 2 new homes as part of the Erie County and Buffalo First-Time Homebuyers Affordable Housing Program will be held TODAY (Sat., 2/7) from 11am to 1pm in Cheektowaga:

• 44 Long Avenue, and
• 257 Chapel Avenue

Apply online at www.belmonthousingwny.org/arpa/
The final open houses for the sale of 2 new homes as part of the Erie County, NY and City of Buffalo First-Time Homebuyers Affordable Housing Program will be held TODAY (Saturday, February 7) from 11am to 1pm. Join our construction partner the Buffalo Erie Niagara Land Improvement Corporation at these two beautiful new construction single-family homes in Cheektowaga: • 44 Long Avenue, and • 257 Chapel Avenue Come see them in person and then apply online at https://www.belmonthousingwny.org/arpa/ Applicants' household income must be under 300% of the Federal Poverty Level. That means a family of 4 can make up to $99,000 a year and still qualify. Click the link above to see income and application guidelines, as well as the picture below. All applications must be in by Wednesday 2/11! The final open houses for the sale of 2 new homes as part of the Erie County, NY and City of Buffalo First-Time Homebuyers Affordable Housing Program will be held TODAY (Saturday, February 7) from 11am to 1pm. Join our construction partner the Buffalo Erie Niagara Land Improvement Corporation at these two beautiful new construction single-family homes in Cheektowaga: • 44 Long Avenue, and • 257 Chapel Avenue Come see them in person and then apply online at https://www.belmonthousingwny.org/arpa/ Applicants' household income must be under 300% of the Federal Poverty Level. That means a family of 4 can make up to $99,000 a year and still qualify. Click the link above to see income and application guidelines, as well as the picture below. All applications must be in by Wednesday 2/11! The final open houses for the sale of 2 new homes as part of the Erie County, NY and City of Buffalo First-Time Homebuyers Affordable Housing Program will be held TODAY (Saturday, February 7) from 11am to 1pm. Join our construction partner the Buffalo Erie Niagara Land Improvement Corporation at these two beautiful new construction single-family homes in Cheektowaga: • 44 Long Avenue, and • 257 Chapel Avenue Come see them in person and then apply online at https://www.belmonthousingwny.org/arpa/ Applicants' household income must be under 300% of the Federal Poverty Level. That means a family of 4 can make up to $99,000 a year and still qualify. Click the link above to see income and application guidelines, as well as the picture below. All applications must be in by Wednesday 2/11! The final open houses for the sale of 2 new homes as part of the Erie County, NY and City of Buffalo First-Time Homebuyers Affordable Housing Program will be held TODAY (Saturday, February 7) from 11am to 1pm. Join our construction partner the Buffalo Erie Niagara Land Improvement Corporation at these two beautiful new construction single-family homes in Cheektowaga: • 44 Long Avenue, and • 257 Chapel Avenue Come see them in person and then apply online at https://www.belmonthousingwny.org/arpa/ Applicants' household income must be under 300% of the Federal Poverty Level. That means a family of 4 can make up to $99,000 a year and still qualify. Click the link above to see income and application guidelines, as well as the picture below. All applications must be in by Wednesday 2/11!
February 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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Today’s #BlackHistoryMonth feature is the #FreedomWall. Commissioned by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum’s Public Art Initiative, with Support from Erie County, this block-long mural by local artists depicts 28 local and national civil rights leaders from America's past and present.
February 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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Hi from Rotary Rink in downtown Buffalo! It's a perfect night for skating and the only two here when I recorded this were Lindsey and me. A few more are on the ice now but come on down for FREE skating at a wonderful setting. It's not too cold. So get out and enjoy your Buffalo winters.
February 6, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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With the Olympics beginning, you can enjoy many Olympic sports at our Erie County Parks, but there is one sport that once was held at Chestnut Ridge but no longer: ski jumping.

The hill is small compared to the hills used today but it still must have been a sight to see people jumping on the hill.
February 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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...its rich history includes virtually all of the jazz legends—as seen in the attached photo of a 1950s jam session with Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis.

Learn more at: thecoloredmusiciansclub.com 2/2
The Colored Musicians Club & Jazz Museum
The Colored Musicians Club is the only continuously running, all-Black-owned music venue in the United States. Since 1917.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:10 PM