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Tax break programs in Buffalo and Rochester fail transparency test
11 hours ago · John Kaehny, executive director of the New York City-based watchdog group Reinvent Albany, criticized the practices of the 108 IDAs that operate around the state, including the three municipal agencies included in the Good Jobs First study.. Kaehny noted that many times, an applicant for IDA subsidies will be a developer or a limited liability corporation, not the beneficiary of the tax break.
Democrats suffer incumbent loss while other seats go uncontested
Nov 6, 2024 · Local Republicans, like the national party, wagered heavily on being the party of law and order. The local GOP ran four candidates with law enforcement backgrounds against local Democrats for legislative seats.
Analysis of the vote for Harris/Trump : Investigative Post
Nov 11, 2024 · Buffalo & WNY Investigative Reporting Center. Trump’s election could boost readership and viewership of traditional news outlets, much like it did when he first took office.. But Trump’s hostility towards the press is likely to pose challenges to journalism unlike what we’ve witnessed in modern times.
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Nov 12, 2024 · Low-income tenants for high-income towns Published by I'Jaz Ja'ciel. Section 8 rent allowances to vary by neighborhood. Photo by I’Jaz Ja’ciel With rents increasing throughout Erie County, a trio of Buffalo-based housing agencies hope to see more low-income rentals in some of the region’s most affluent communities.
Investigative Post and Rochester D&C to share content
12 hours ago · The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, owned by Gannett Co. Inc., and Investigative Post, a nonprofit investigative reporting center based in Buffalo, have entered into a content sharing agreement.The two news organizations will share selected stories of interest to their respective readers. The two news organizations at times will publish accountability journalism created by the other.
Buffalo school board race draws at least 4 challengers
May 22, 2024 · Raziya Hill, founder and executive director of Every Bottom Covered, a nonprofit that provides diapers and other goods to low-income families.Hill graduated from Villa Maria College last weekend with a bachelor’s degree.; Janita Everhart, a street team ambassador for 43North, the state-funded technology startup competition, and former program director for the Buffalo Federation of ...
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Plug Power woes cause issues at STAMP, spark data center fight
Oct 9, 2024 · Buffalo & WNY Investigative Reporting Center. “[Plug Power] started building our substation, and they put things on hold, and now we’re coming in to pick up the pieces, so to speak, of the substation,” Chris Suozzi, the IDA’s vice president, said during a September call taped by PRP Real Estate, which shared the recording with Investigative Post.
Cheektowaga, other historically blue towns shifting Republican
6 days ago · Buffalo & WNY Investigative Reporting Center. That’s a significant increase. In 2020, Cheektowaga’s blanks numbered 10,845, accounting for about 19 percent of the town’s registered voters, according to elections board figures.. In those four years, Democratic enrollment in the town fell by about 1,300, while Republican enrollment ticked up by nearly 1,000.