Beneath the homes, schools, and playgrounds of Love Canal, nearly 20,000 tons of toxic waste lay buried. What started as a quiet suburban neighborhood became one of the worst environmental disasters ...

A 14-term Democrat from Western New York, he sponsored financial reforms to aid consumers and pressed Washington to protect Americans from environmental hazards.

Former Congressman John LaFalce has died at the age of 85, Erie County Democratic Party Chairman Jeremy Zellner confirmed. A ...

To those who knew him, John LaFalce was a statesman in every sense of the word. But look around Western New York, and one can ...