With the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station in limbo due to impending cuts in defense spending, New York’s two senators are spearheading an effort to get US Air Force Secretary Michael Donley to visit Niagara County.
Local officials have also written to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and others, trying to plead their case about the bas’e importance to Western New York.
With 3,500 local jobs and a $168 million direct local economic impact, the Falls air base is one of Niagara County