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WBFO Brief October 12, 2023

On today's WBFO Brief:

  • Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney Tish James are getting behind two bills that would protect children from the harm caused by using social media.
  • One local school is highlighting its Comfort Closet.
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  • The New York Civil Liberties Union obtained records of almost one thousand internal police misconduct investigations from the Buffalo Police Department that were previously unavailable to the public.
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  • In one of his last acts as Buffalo Mayor before announcing his resignation earlier today, Byron Brown issued an Executive Order establishing the Office of Gun Violence Prevention in Buffalo.