Partner, Dennis C. Vaccos was quoted in The Buffalo News article "Analysis: Hochul faces the upstater's challenge," discussing the nuances of being a politician in the different New York State regions.

“It’s subtle, but there’s a statewide political perception that upstate and Buffalo is not where it’s happening,” he said upon leaving office in 1998, “that if you’re from Western New York, you’re just a little less.”