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WEBBuffalo & WNY Investigative Reporting Center. Developer Doug Jemal, back in the news. Read our reporting on the colorful - and checkered - history of the developer who once again is thumbing his nose at the rules and regulations that govern his industry.
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WEBJudge Patrick Carney — Buffalo’s longest tenured Housing Court judge — will not seek reelection and plans to retire at the end of the year, Investigative Post has learned. Carney, 68, has served as a City Court Judge since 1994. He was last reelected to his third 10-year term in City Court in 2014, and has presided over Housing Court for ...
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Violent crime in Buffalo is declining, but still high
WEBOct 20, 2021 · Buffalo police solve 48 percent of violent crimes. The clearance rate (that is, cases resulting in an arrest) among the 79 peer cities is 49 percent. Buffalo’s clearance rate for murders, about 26 percent, is the fourth worst. Property crime in Buffalo (that’s burglary, larceny and auto-theft) declined 46 percent between 2006 and 2019.
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WEBAs we do every year, we’re asking our readers to vote for their favorite Investigative Post story of 2021. Twelve stories are up for consideration: Analysis of 911 calls finds requests for service in Buffalo have declined, save for a surge in traffic stops, primarily in minority neighborhoods. Link.
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WEBJun 28, 2014 · Buffalo & WNY Investigative Reporting Center. IDAs look to dish out housing tax breaks Published by J. Dale Shoemaker. This story was produced by Investigative Post and New York Focus and based on interviews with 30 lawmakers, officials, advocates, lawyers and developers, as well as a review of data and historical records.
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WEBJan 2, 2024 · Geoff Kelly’s story on the Buffalo fire department clerk paid nearly $600,000 over seven years while on suspension was the runaway winner of Investigative Post’s best story of 2023. Kelly’s investigation garnered nearly 40 percent of the votes cast by readers, the widest margin since we instituted our story of the year balloting in 2013.
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WEBThe City of Buffalo has backed off from a plan to tax music and other entertainment venues for every event for which they charge admission. Investigative Post last week broke the story about the city’s effort to collect an “amusements fee” described in an obscure and unevenly applied section of the city code. Music club owners and ...
Where's a cop when you need one? - Investigative Post
WEBDec 7, 2021 · Citywide, police responded far more quickly to reports of shots fired (median response time: 6.4 minutes) than to assaults in progress (13.3 minutes) and domestic violence (14.2 minutes). Response times were slower in neighborhoods with more crime, more poverty, and more people of color. For example, …