May 24, 2023 · — The ongoing migrant crisis has reached far beyond the southern border and is now making its way to Erie County. County Executive Poloncarz announced just hours ago that an unknown number of...

Oct 26, 2024 · BUFFALO, N.Y. — Migrants living in hotels in Cheektowaga and Amherst will have to be out of those rooms soon. 2 On Your Side learned Friday that asylum seekers staying in area hotels must...

Mar 7, 2024 · BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — Imagine living with your children in a hotel for nearly a year. That's what has happened to the 500 asylum seekers who came to Buffalo from New York City last June and...

Oct 24, 2024 · BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Asylum seekers who are living in a hotel in Western New York or anywhere upstate have been notified that they must leave by December 31, 2024. There are at least...

As of June 25, more than 81,200 migrants had arrived in New York since the spring of 2022. Since the first two busloads of asylum-seekers came from New York City to the Buffalo region in the...

Sep 6, 2023 · In one incident in early August, a migrant at a hotel being used as a shelter in Buffalo raped his partner in front of their child, police said. New York State brought in the National Guard to...

May 24, 2023 · BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz says migrants seeking asylum are expected to come to Buffalo. Poloncarz spoke at length about the topic while in downtown Buffalo...

Aug 25, 2023 · BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Town of Cheektowaga received a temporary restraining order to prevent more asylum seekers from taking shelter in the town, Supervisor Diane Benczkowski confirmed...

Sep 14, 2023 · The surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border has made its way to New York City – and now may have an impact on Buffalo.

Jun 16, 2023 · CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — Dozens of asylum seekers are calling Western New York their home, at least for now. Two buses with 50 people on board arrived in Erie County early Friday, according to the...