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The city of Buffalo is updating it's documents regarding Title II and the ADA, after reports from WBFO found them inadequate and out of date. Also, NYS legislators have begun the slow process of giving themselves a pay raise, with a possible special session on that soon. And a Siena poll says crime and the economy top New Yorkers concerns heading into 2023.

If it’s Friday, it’s Theater Talk—with Tony and Peter today on “Cabaret” at Shea’s Smith Theater and “The Lifespan of a Fact” at D'Youville’s Kavinoky Theater . Also, a preview of Grace Greenan at Toronto’s North-by –Northeast music fest in Toronto, an in depth analysis of the Tops shooting legal maneuvers and a look a disabled domestic violence victims.

The Buffalo City council held a short session of about 3 minutes long to vote in new city council districts, without hearing from the many there to protest it. Also,the Town of Niagara approves a massive Amazon warehouse project adjacent to the Niagara Falls airport, and Mayor Brown goes to Washington, to seek aid after the Tops shooting.

A report that state officials fudged the numbers on availability of internet service across NY. Also a preview of the latest federal court proceedings after the new indictment against accused Tops shooter Payton Gendrun. And internal polls point to a Carl Paladino lead over Nick Langworthy, as they head toward a Republican primary battle in the NY 27th Cong. district.

Remembering Tops victim Kat Massey. Also, during her regular conversation with Jay Moran, hear Dr. Nancy Nielsen MD say “This variant is really nasty. It is highly contagiouis and it seems to escape the immunization that one has. And former Erie County Dem. party chair Steve Pigeon, a controversial operative for years, has now been sentenced to 4 months in jail.

We have the latest on the lake effect snows, including a chat with the National Weather Service, Also word of a upcoming guilty plea on state charges by accused Tops shooter Payton Gendron, the push for a statewide ban on crypto-currency mining, and ... if it's Friday, It's Theater Talk- this week with a Buffalo-born actor Stephen Stocking on Broadway in "Death of a Salesman"

Andrew Weissmann, one of the best-known lawyers in special counsel Robert Mueller's office, is set to depart soon from that job and the Justice Department, NPR has learned.

The country's citizenship minister and education minister separately announced their diagnoses on social media the same day that the country announced a grim new milestone in the pandemic.

If you’ve walked around Downtown Buffalo recently, you’ve probably spotted the bright yellow billboards and bus ads calling out City Hall. Jay Moran sits down with Harper Bishop and Ariel Aberg-Riger who are two of the organizers of the political action group Our City Action Buffalo. Afterwards, we’re joined by educator, scholar, and author Dr. Silvia Lloyd. Along with the challenges today’s school-aged children face, we speak to Silvia about her new book of spoken word poetry dealing with the Tops May 14th racist attack.

With Tops shooter Payton Gendron due back in court on February 2, today’s episode of What’s Next? features producer Patrick Hosken having conversations with legal experts around the issue of capital punishment. First, Megan Byrne, a staff attorney at the ACLU’s Capital Punishment Project, explains what to expect from the federal case against Gendron, and discusses the implications of race in relation to the death penalty. And William Easton, a partner at the law firm Easton Thompson Kasperek Shiffrin and former supervising attorney at the Capital Defender Office, traces the history of the death penalty in New York State and his experience defending against it.