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‘Poloncarz revealed on Wednesday the last few months of negotiations have been much better than the initial few months of talks, which led to the resolution of a lot of issues. While talks appear to be in the “nuts and bolts” stage, as Gov. Hochul expressed earlier this month, Poloncarz says a lot has gone into the negotiations that will continue.’

‘“Growing up, I was fortunate to be heavily involved in sports. Though I was given the opportunity to do so, I witnessed the obstacles my family had to face in order to provide opportunities, not only for myself, but my siblings as well,” Hyde said in a statement on Monday. “With all of these activities came costs that were not easy for my mother to attain. I can remember being responsible for insurance and participation fees, travel costs along with purchasing the equipment needed. If it were not for my mom doing all that she could do, along with a support system that we were able to fall back on, I would not be where I am today. I know there are many kids that face similar circumstances, but unfortunately, they do not have a support system to depend on. That’s why the IMagINe for Youth Foundation is here to give children the support they need in order to participate.”‘

‘”As a public partner, in addition to Erie County, I think a lot of the parties want to give the Governor the ability to make the announcement. It may be that she announces an agreement in principle, or a memorandum of understanding, or something that allows the Bills to move forward with construction, or at least getting bids and doing the things they need to do before there are too many price increases.”‘

‘Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz Sunday tweeted that as a result of the extremely low number of new COVID cases, the county would not require vaccination proof for attendance at stadium events.’

‘You will have to show proof of your vaccination using the Excelsior Pass, a smartphone app created by New York State and IBM. The pass was first released last month.’

‘In a press release late Tuesday, petition organizer Tim Walton notes the law firm Lipsitz, Green, Scime & Cambria have represented the Buffalo Bills in the past and they’re the same attorneys that represented Orchard Park gym owner Robby Dinero in his court victories over New York State.’

‘He even said a deeper run in the playoffs could end up costing the Bills financially because teams lose money on travel costs, especially if they make it to the Super Bowl.’

‘You need only to look to the sky over downtown Buffalo to see the giant 40 foot wide ‘Let’s go Buffalo’ pennants atop of the Seneca One tower, the tallest building in Buffalo.’

‘”It’s been great for us,” said Chris Bandura, director of player relations at Dave & Adams. “Obviously with the pandemic, sales all across the board for a lot of businesses have been kind of down, but we’ve been very fortunate in what we sell and what we do. The sales of Bills memorabilia, specifically, has been very steady all season long, but it’s really grown over the last month and few weeks.”‘

‘”This is a public health issue first,” Cuomo said, adding he is disappointed in his announcement. “As I’ve said, I follow the advice of the public health experts. Hopefully we get the numbers under control and we continue to monitor this situation on an ongoing basis. If we get the numbers under control, I would very much look forward to watching a Bills game myself.”‘

‘“Typically we use preseason to get comfortable with the Bills, obviously,” Murphy said. “Who’s playing where and where they’re lining up and, at least a sense, of the type of offense and/or defense they’re running. We won’t have that this year. Before a normal regular season game I go back and look at video of the Bills opponents and watch two or three of their games. Obviously you can’t do that for the opener but we’ll get there eventually after a week or two. We’ll know who they’re playing and where they line up and who plays in what situations. We’ll make due this week.”‘

‘According to a team spokesperson, the survey was sent by the NFL, which sends a similar questionnaire to season ticket holders for all organizations across the league every year, and the survey was not specific to the Bills.’

‘The Buffalo Bills continue to operate at normal levels as there is currently no change to the start of the National Football League’s regular season.’