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New hopes for Central Terminal neighborhoods

Posted at 6:44 PM, Oct 28, 2016
and last updated 2016-10-28 18:44:44-04

After many years of decline, residents who live around Buffalo's Central Terminal are holding out hope that a new idea of developing the historic building into Buffalo's new train station will actually take place.

Governor Cuomo has allocated $1 million to study possible locations.  So far, members of the WNY state and federal delegation are pushing to see the Central Terminal considered because of existing rail infrastructure and its benefit to helping restore a long-failing neighborhood.

7 Eyewitness News reporter Ed Reilly takes a closer look at the issue in his two reports.