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NYS considers $25m offer to purchase "Smokin' Joe's" Niagara Falls properties

Posted at 1:24 PM, Aug 15, 2018
and last updated 2018-08-15 13:24:45-04

A New York state agency is set to vote Wednesday on a $25 million proposal to purchase dozens of properties in Niagara Falls.

USA Niagara Development Corporation is meeting around 2:00 p.m. to discuss buying the property owned by Joseph "Smokin' Joe" Anderson. 

The state is looking to acquire about 11 acres of land in the agreement. The $25 million in state funding would come from the Buffalo Billion II program.

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