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New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is pushing legislation that would increase the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 an hour, and would then adjust it for inflation every year. Silver says census numbers show nearly half of the U.S. population has fallen into poverty or joined the ranks of the working poor. A spokesman says Governor Andrew Cuomo has supported previous proposals to raise the minimum wage and will review this one. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

BUFFALO, NY — Clinical and administrative leaders at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) commend the New York State Legislature for taking steps to remove a barrier that has prevented many New Yorkers from accessing needed chemotherapy drugs. Both houses of the Legislature voted this week to approve legislation removing cost as a barrier for high-quality, targeted cancer care. The bill, which now awaits the signature of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, seeks to eliminate a cost disparity that has left countless cancer patients unable to afford oral chemotherapies. “This is outstanding news for people with cancer, who now have dramatically improved access to some of the most advanced and promising therapies,” said Alex Adjei, MD, PhD, Chairman of the Department of Medicine and Senior Vice President of Clinical Research at RPCI. “Discovery and innovation are constantly changing the way we treat cancer, and the bill just passed by the New York State Senate and Assembly is an appropriate and crucially ...