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Workers allege Niagara Falls restaurateur withheld overtime, tips
1 day ago · Shoaib previously received $172,000 in tax breaks and a $262,000 grant from the Niagara IDA in 2023 to open the Moe’s and A&W, despite telling Investigative Post at the time that he didn’t need the money.. A public hearing to discuss Shoaib’s latest request for subsidies is scheduled for Jan. 29 at 2:15 p.m. at Niagara Falls City Hall. The IDA is scheduled to vote on the proposal at its ...
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Buffalo's "House From Hell" demolished - Investigative Post
Jan 15, 2025 · Neighbor Wilmer Peralta spent years calling 311, local politicians and police in an attempt to stop activity at the house, which he said was frequently inhabited by squatters who he suspected were using drugs. “ It seems like it’s impossible to get the courts or to get judges to put an end to these abandoned homes in the city, ” Peralta told Investigative Post in 2022.
Buffalo mayoral candidates rake in campaign cash
3 days ago · Building Foundations & Landmark Opportunities PAC, which donated $5,000, is controlled by former U.S. Rep Brian Higgins. The South Buffalo politician, now president of Shea’s Performing Arts Center — whose facilities are owned by the city — created the political action committee with nearly $800,000 leftover from his now-defunct congressional campaign account.
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Jan 16, 2013 · Buffalo demolishes the ‘House from Hell’ Published by I'Jaz Ja'ciel. An excavator sits at the former site of 149 Arkansas St. following its demolition. Photo by I’Jaz Ja’ciel The troubled house at 149 Arkansas St. that plagued an West Side neighborhood for years has finally been torn down.
Black leaders vetting Buffalo mayoral candidates
2 days ago · Last week a group of East Side leaders met with declared candidates for Buffalo mayor to quiz them on issues ranging from city finances to investment in the city’s predominantly Black neighborhoods.
State board doubles down on secrecy : Investigative Post
Dec 6, 2024 · Explanations for why the board ruled how it did on the Amazon and Wood & Brooks projects were among the records Investigative Post sought. In a third case, the board ruled that developer Luis Rodriguez was required to pay prevailing wages for the Hispanic Heritage Cultural Institute under construction on Buffalo’s West Side.. Rodriguez said the board’s decision came as …
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OTB accuses whistleblower of ‘public smear campaign’ Published by Geoff Kelly. Western Regional Off-Track Betting’s Batavia Downs. Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp has filed a counterclaim against a former executive turned whistleblower who maintains he was fired after he agreed to cooperate with investigations into alleged wrongdoing at the public benefit corporation.