A two-year moratorium on data centers in Buffalo was proposed in the common council on Tuesday, aimed at halting any additions or expansions of current centers in the city.Relocation plans have now been finalized for the four homeowners living on Chester and Fox avenues in Niagara Falls whose properties have been targeted for additional radiation testing and remediation by the state.Leaders with the Erie County Water Authority are pushing private schools and childcare centers to get their water tested for lead exposure.A researcher at Upstate Medical University was recently arrested by federal authorities after making a wrong turn at the border near Niagara Falls. Ibrahim Topkaya had accidentally crossed over the bridge toward Canada. Starting with the graduating class of 2028, high school students in NY will no longer need to pass their Regents exams in order to graduate.Buffalo Common Council has approved a special-use permit condition allowing limited co-mingling of patrons ages 18 to 20 with patrons 21 and older at a Chippewa Street venue on Thursday nights.