Movin’ and shakin’

UB Unveils Plan to Move Law School South, Med Schools Downtown

The University at Buffalo unveiled it's draft plan to re-design and refocus the activities at 3 campuses, including an increased downtown presence Wednesday, and related building and transportation changes.

The school is pushing for increased transportation links between downtown where they are beefing up medical facilities near Buffalo General Hospital, wants to add buildings for professional schools- including a relocated Law School- at the Main Street/South Campus, and would like to develop a corridor of housing and related ventures between The South Campus and Amherst. It also advocates removing a lane of Audubon Parkway in Amherst, replacing it with a bike and pedestrian lane and concentrating all undergrad activity in Amherst.

A new Downtown Campus will bring to downtown Buffalo the five schools in UB's Academic Health Center:

- Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,
- Nursing
- Pubic Health and Health Professionals
- Dental Medicine and Pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Cools Stuff, The entire draft plan, up for comment can be viewed Here

Baby its cold out there.

The National Weather Service has posted a Lake effect snow warning for the counties of Chautauqua and Cattaraugus through Saturday at 6 pm. The snow may subside late today before rekindling Friday afternoon. Additional accumulations of 6 to 10 inches are possible.

Canisius Shells Out $18.45M For Main street Site

1901 Main Street, the former home of Health Now and an adjoining plot on East Delavan Avenue were purchased By Canisius College. The four-story building consists of 237,000 total square feet, with 170,000 net usable square feet, set on three and a half acres. It includes a three-level parking ramp with a total of 1,350 spaces.

Cansius is expected to use the property to develop an interdisciplinary science center and relieve some of the college’s parking issues.

Around And About

As the Budget Turns

Governor Paterson had to table budget deficit talks until next month after admitting a compromise on closing the budget deficit wasn't in the offing.

In Albany yesterday, fiscal experts derided lawmakers for successfully blocking Paterson's effort to trim spending now in hopes of lowering future deficits.

"They aren't escaping the problem," said Elizabeth Lynam of the nonpartisan Citizens Budget Commission. "The cuts are going to have to be double now ... they are bickering while the budget deficit is growing by the minute."

Where have I heard that before?

State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos finally offered some alternatives to the draconian cuts and its hoped by this citizen some good may come out of all this madness.

Stay tuned guys and dolls it aint over yet

Thanks but no Thanks

Gov. David A. Paterson yesterday ruled out appointing himself to replace Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton if she were tapped for a cabinet post by President-elect Barack Obama."I want to run for re-election as governor in 2010," Paterson told reporters in a telephone conference. He also said he was "very happy" serving as the state's chief executive


Be There or B Square

A draft of the University at Buffalo's plans for its campuses will be on display at 105 Harriman Hall on the South Campus. Presentations and discussions are planned at 8 a.m., noon and 6 p.m. the event is free to the public, Register to sign up at www.buffalo.edu.


November 22nd is the date of the Buffalo Reuse building fund fundraiser to be held at 63 Kenmore Ave Tickets are $25 available at the door and include dinner, dessert & a chance to win some fabulous door prize.

See ya There

Intrigue and what not in NY

Word that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was a contender to become President-elect Barack Obama’s secretary of state set off wild speculation in New York political circles on Friday about who could replace her as senator.

Under New York election law, if the Senate seat becomes vacant, Gov. David A. Paterson will appoint someone. But, assuming the person is appointed in 2008, that person must stand for election in 2009.

There in lies the rub. Whomever he selects has to appeal to the governor on several levels. First and foremost he needs someone that will help him get reelected. 2010.

While worlds away for most of us, that is right around the corner for politicians and the governor is painfully aware of dissatisfaction from usins (ya I said it again) that live north of Westchester County in all three leadership positions in Albany — governor, speaker of the State Assembly and majority leader of the State Senate — are held by officials from downstate. We kind of notice stuff like that.

Enter Mr. Higgins, a second term congressman whose district stretches from Buffalo to the Pennsylvania border. Democrats said they viewed Mr. Higgins as a contender who could help shore up the area for Mr. Paterson, who will be on the ticket in 2010.

Mr. Paterson insisted on Friday that he had not given the issue much thought. “I don’t know anything,” the governor said coyly as he was leaving an award ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm