🌱 🚔 Buffalo Cop Lawsuit + Silo City Development Delay + Reformulated Covid-19 Vaccines

👋 ☕ Hello, everybody! It's me, Hannah, back in your inbox with everything you need to know about what's happening in town. Without further ado, today I have for you…

• 🚔 “Angry Cop” has another lawsuit filed against him
• 🚧 Delays on the Silo City project
• 🎺 Buffalo’s first annual Jazz Festival is this weekend

I also wanted to link you out to this gorgeous time lapse of Wednesday night’s sunset in downtown Buffalo! 🌅

☀️ First, today's weather: Sunny, pleasant and warmer. High: 82 Low: 70.

🗞️ Here are the top stories in Buffalo today:

1.) Richard Hy, Buffalo police officer with multiple offenses and allegations, has yet another lawsuit filed against him in state Supreme Court. Curtis Lee Dean, also of Buffalo, filed the lawsuit yesterday in regards to an incident in June 2021. According to Dean, Hy backed his police vehicle into Dean at a stoplight at the intersection of Delaware Avenue and Edward Street, knocking over both Dean and his bike. Richard Hy has notoriously been called “Angry Cop” and has a large online presence.

To read more, and watch a video of the aftermath of the incident, visit Investigative Post.

2.) Expensive repairs and a year’s delay on the Silo City development project. After replacing construction manager due to poor performance, new Miami-based developers suing for $20.25 million “to correct the construction manager's defective, non-conforming work, and to complete the project in conformance with the project's goal of creating quality, affordable, and safe housing for the residents of Buffalo.”

Learn more via The Buffalo News.

3.) Reformulated Covid-19 vaccines are authorized, for the first time, by the Food and Drug Administration. These vaccines makes officials feel certain they have more control over the upcoming fall wave, anticipated to peak at the start of December. These updated boosters are also better apt to target the current viral strains of Covid-19.

Read more at WBFO: NPR.

4.) Orlando Oquendo-Torres, 31-year-old Buffalo man, sentenced in state Supreme court over rage-road inspired shooting. Last summer, Oquendo-Torres threatened and made several shots at the victim on Mona Drive in Amherst. The victim only suffered minor injuries from consequentially crashing their car into a tree. Oquendo-Torres is facing 7 years in prison, followed by a 5 years of post-release supervision.

Read more at WKBW.

5.) To mark the end of the Seneca One Summer Jam Series, this Sunday will bring Buffalo’s first annual Labor Day Weekend Jazz Festival. The event will feature a diverse variety of jazz, and is free and open to the community. The festival advertises itself as celebratory of the Jazz community, as well as our extended local and downtown communities.

For more information and event details, read JazzBuffalo.

📅 In addition to the Jazz festival, this weekend in Buffalo:

• Artist Pop Up: Nathan Deganis Librera! Hyatt’s All Things Creative. September 3rd, 12:00 P.M. Details!
• Buffalo Lit Tour! No Illusions Tour. September 3rd, 1:00 P.M. Details!
• AQUEOUS PRESENTS: The Great Flamingle! Jack Rabbit. September 3rd, 1:00 P.M. Details!
• Pelo Palooza! African American Cultural Center, Inc. September 3rd, 6:00 P.M. Details!
• Rainbow Kitten Surprise concert! Artpark Amphitheater. September 3rd, 7:30 P.M. Details!

And don’t forget to check out all the local farmer’s markets this weekend!

📱Buffalo Chatter:

• Dinosaur exhibit at the Botanical Gardens!??!: "Not only will you see our cool plant creatures at #ColeusAndCreatures but you’ll also get to see these INCREDIBLE pre-historic friends from Past & Present Science and Nature Store & Free Fossil Museum !" (Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens via Facebook)
• Downtown at Dusk: "Casting shadows downtown. 🌆 #InTheBUF photo by @scott_balzer" (Visit Buffalo Niagara via Instagram)
• Buffalo Style Pizza: "Often overlooked in the discourse around great Buffalo style pizza: the slice case at @dicamillobakery #buffaloeats 📸 x @evanxduckett" (Buffalo Eats via Instagram)
• The Buffalo Zoo wins a grant: "The Buffalo Zoo is excited to announce it has been granted accreditation by the The Association of Zoos and Aquariums. AZA accreditation represents the “gold” standard for Zoos and Aquariums in all aspects of animal care and welfare, ed..." (The Buffalo Zoo via Instagram)

Thanks for following along and staying informed! I'll see you Monday, have a great weekend! 🤗