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Higgins joins Schroeder for Grand Opening of South Buffalo Education Center

Apr 16, 2009 Press Release
Last April, 2234 Seneca Street in South Buffalo was like any other neighborhood bank branch, with a steady flow of customers making deposits and withdrawals. A year later, the massive vault remains, but the people using this building are not investing in CDs or bonds, they are investing in their future.
Issues:
Education

Congressman Higgins & Senator Schumer Urge CSX to Keep Buffalo’s Frontier Yard Open

Apr 16, 2009 Press Release

Today Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) and Senator Charles Schumer issued a letter to CSX Corporation President Michal Ward urging the railroad to abandon downsizing plans that would result in termination of its Frontier Yard operations in Buffalo, NY.

Issues:
Housing, Civil Rights & Liberties

Higgins Announces $493,518 In Federal Fire Grants For East Aurora Fire Departments

Apr 15, 2009 Press Release
Today, Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced that East Aurora Fire Control will receive $493,518 in federal Homeland Security funding in the twenty third round of Assistance to Firefighters Grants Program (AFGP) awards for fiscal year 2008. Funds will be used to upgrade communications equipment at six fire departments that are part of East Aurora Fire Control: the East Aurora Fire Department, Elma Fire Company, South Wales Fire Company, Wales Center Fire Company, West Falls Fire Company, and Holland Fire Company.

Congressman Higgins Announces Application Period for Federal Fire Grants

Apr 15, 2009 Press Release
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now accepting applications for the Fiscal Year 2009 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. All applications are submitted to DHS and go through a non-partisan, merit based review ranked by factors established by a panel of fire service professionals.

Lee, Higgins Applaud State Department's Decision to Propose Opening WNY Passport Office

Apr 15, 2009 Press Release
Congressmen Chris Lee (NY-26) and Brian Higgins (NY-27) held a press conference this morning at Broderick Park on Squaw Island to announce that the State Department has informed them of its intention to open a permanent passport issuance agency in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls region. The lawmakers have been fighting to bring a passport office to Western New York as part of a months-long effort to help ease the implementation of new travel requirements that go into effect on June 1st.
Issues:
Cross Border Commerce

Congressman Higgins Announces over $5.1 Million for Neighborhood Enhancement Projects in Buffalo

Apr 15, 2009 Press Release

Congressman Brian Higgins announced that several agencies in Buffalo will receive $5,109,344 in state and federal funds for programs aimed at enhancing and stabilizing communities in the City of Buffalo. 

Issues:
Housing

Congressmen Lee & Higgins Urge State Department to Open WNY Passport Office

Apr 15, 2009 Press Release
With the next phase of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) set to go into effect on June 1, Congressmen Chris Lee (NY-26) and Brian Higgins (NY-27) are continuing to urge Washington to open a passport office in Western New York. The lawmakers joined forces this week to ask the State Department to shed light on the process by which issuance agency sites are selected. They say that “complete transparency” is critical to providing Western New Yorkers with “a complete understanding of how – and more importantly, when – a passport agency will be placed in Western New York.”
Issues:
Cross Border Commerce

Congressman Higgins Announces $740,000 for Neighborhood Enhancement Projects in Chautauqua County

Apr 14, 2009 Press Release

Congressman Brian Higgins announced that two agencies in Chautauqua County will receive $740,000 in state and federal funds for programs aimed at enhancing and stabilizing Chautauqua County communities.  Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation and Improvement Corp will receive $490,000 and Chautauqua Opportunities Inc. will be awarded $250,000 through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). 

Issues:
Housing, 114th Congress

Higgins, Brown, Holtz, Stachowski, Gabryszak, Thompson & Kennedy Announce Over $2.6 Million to Support Buffalo/Cheektowaga Border Efforts

Apr 14, 2009 Press Release
Congressman Brian Higgins, City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and Town of Cheektowaga Supervisor Mary Holtz were joined by Senator William Stachowski, Senator Antoine Thompson, Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak and Erie County Legislator Tim Kennedy to announce a $2,635,019 state and federal grant which will be used to enhance and stabilize neighborhoods on the Buffalo/Cheektowaga border.

Higgins Announces over $5 Million in Security Grants for Western New York

Apr 13, 2009 Press Release
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced that Western New York will receive over $5 million in federal 2009 preparedness funding through the US Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Infrastructure Security Program (TSGP).

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