Gale Burstein

Last weekend Governor Andrew Cuomo said certain low-risk youth sports could start up on July 6th, as long as a region was at least in Phase Three of the reopening. There was confusion locally as to whether that applied to practices as well...

Warm weather is favorable to most of us in WNY as our Winter months are not the most desirable ... however the warm weather may produce some hazards we're completely unaware of...namely, the increased risk of animals with ticks and rabies. Lyme disease is one of those warmer weather associated ailments which is caused by ticks...

This isn't the first rat problem we have heard around Western New York this month. The latest victim to those pesky rats is a Buffalo School though and it the presence of the rodents is forcing the cafeteria to close. Stanley M. Makowski Early Childhood Center has a plan to fix the problem: We are working with the school to remove the source of the rat droppings and the children are getting box lu

The first positive test in 2015 for West Nile Virus (“WNV”) was identified in a mosquito pool in Erie County earlier this month.

Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined by Deputy Director of Clean & Healthy NY Bobbi Chase Wilding, MS, and Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs for the NY League of Conservation Voters’ Education Fund (“NYLCVEF”) Christopher Goeken to release the “Toxic Toys in Erie County” report recently completed by Clean & Healthy NY and the NYLCVEF.

October is Lead Poisoning Prevention Month. Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined by Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26), Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein, community lead-abatement partners, and concerned citizens to call attention both to a $3 million federal grant awarded to Erie County to identify & eliminate lead hazards in 180 local homes and to the “Wipe Out L