This morning on the WBFO Brief - the Erie County Legislature’s Minority Leader urges passage of a permit fee waiver to help seasonal vendors rebound from a lost summer of festivals. Housing advocates urge Governor Cuomo to extend the existing eviction moratorium beyond August 31. Niagara Falls marks 10 years of New York’s Marriage Equality Act. Goodwill launches a job training program aimed at filling local manufacturing jobs.
Also, hear about a large-scale watershed cleanup scheduled for this weekend. Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt reports on the state’s newly enacted Gender Recognition Act, and also of a new attempt by a fiscal watchdog group to acquire more state data on COVID deaths, as it asks whether the state undercounted its numbers.