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☆ Buffalo airport closed to international flights after explosion at US-Canada border - US FAA
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

A view of a closed Buffalo-Niagara International Airport in Cheektowaga, NY, which is scheduled to reopen tomorrow, following a deadly Christmas blizzard in the western portion of New York, U.S., December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Robert Kirkham/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Buffalo Niagara International Airport was closed to departing and arriving international flights on Wednesday as authorities continued to investigate a vehicle explosion at the Rainbow Bridge connecting the United States and Canada at Niagara Falls, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on their website. Reporting by Jasper Ward, Katharine Jackson; Editing by Caitlin WebberOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Robert Kirkham, Jasper Ward, Katharine Jackson, Caitlin Webber Organizations: Niagara International, REUTERS, Rights, Buffalo Niagara International, U.S . Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Thomson Locations: Buffalo, Cheektowaga , NY, New York, U.S, United States, Canada, Niagara Falls

☆ Rite Aid is planning to close about 150 locations. See if your local store is on the list.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Rite Aid filed plans to close 154 stores on Monday as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Rite Aid is the smallest of the three major drugstore chains, well behind CVS and Walgreens. Rite Aid was expected to close stores as part of its bankruptcy. Rite Aid told Insider that it considers a variety of factors when deciding to close a store, "including business strategy, lease and rent considerations, local business conditions and viability, and store performance." "We will also strive to transfer associates to other Rite Aid locations where possible," the company said.

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☆ A New York City Migrant Contractor Faces Scrutiny in Sexual Assault Cases
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Jay Root | More About Jay Root | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

New York City has put DocGo in charge of key tasks, including helping to manage its main intake center at a Manhattan hotel. The police in the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga, where some migrants relocated from New York City are staying, say they are investigating the interactions DocGo had with the victims and suspects in two alleged sexual assaults before the police arrived. In one instance, a migrant was accused of assaulting another migrant staying at one of the hotel shelters DocGo operates, and in another instance a migrant was accused of assaulting a DocGo subcontractor. DocGo’s chief executive, Anthony Capone, said the company was “devastated by what happened” and was fully cooperating with law enforcement. After the assault allegations, New York City temporarily halted migrant relocations to Buffalo, and Ms. Hochul has sent National Guard troops to the hotels where they are staying.

Persons: DocGo, Brian Gould, “ We’re, ”, Anthony Capone, Hochul, Brad Lander Organizations: New York City, National Guard Locations: York City, Manhattan, Buffalo, Cheektowaga, New York City, DocGo, Albany, New York, Rockland County

Jay Withey, 27, of Kenmore, New York, made sure 24 people who were stuck on the side of the road during the brutal storm got out of harm’s way, police said. The blizzard stranded Withey in Cheektowaga, just east of Buffalo, on Friday. Security video shows people caught in the storm taking shelter at Pine Hill School in Cheektowaga, N.Y. via Cheektowaga Police Dept. “I’m terribly sorry about breaking the school window and for breaking in the kitchen,” he wrote. The storm is blamed for at least 40 deaths in New York, most of them in Buffalo.

☆ Target workers in Buffalo hosted a slumber party for stranded motorists during its deadly winter storm
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Target workers in Buffalo hosted stranded shoppers and motorists during a deadly storm. Around 24 people took shelter from the storm in the Target over two days, The Buffalo News reported. A group of seven Target employees in Cheektowaga offered the closed store as shelter to around 24 motorists that were stranded during the storm, the Buffalo News reported. One driver, Jessica Sypniewski, told the news outlet she had been refused by a nearby grocery shop before she tried the Target store on December 23. The Target workers hosted the string of people over two days as the blizzard left much of the city in icy conditions unsafe for travel.

☆ Starbucks is using 'illegal tactics' to stop workers in New York state from unionizing, the NLRB claims
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-24 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The NLRB has accused Starbucks of using "illegal tactics" to deter workers from unionizing. Starbucks also "repeatedly" closed the Buffalo stores early "to hold anti-union meetings," which reduced staff's earnings, the NLRB wrote. Workers United – the union that the Starbucks stores are organizing with – previously said Starbucks' actions were affecting staff's stance on unionizing. Starbucks workers in Buffalo first announced plans to unionize last August, citing understaffing, product shortages, and their experiences working during the pandemic. In May, the NLRB also petitioned for injunctive relief for seven former Starbucks employees in Memphis, Tennessee it said were "unlawfully fired" for organizing.

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