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A city in Erie County, New York — population 254,479 as of 2020.
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September 5Man Shot in the Back During Armed Carjacking
POLICE AUDIO CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE: Law enforcement received a call around 8:42pm on September 4th after reports of an armed carjacking in the area of Grider Street and Northland Avenue in Buffalo. 911 callers advised police of shots fired. Dispatch was then…
Public Safety
Niagara Action
September 4Buffalo Police Officer Marc Hurst Files Lawsuit Against Gunman Who Shot Him Six Times During Ambush
A Buffalo police officer who survived being struck by half a dozen bullets during a violent domestic disturbance call in May has filed a civil lawsuit against the man who pulled the trigger. Officer Marc Hurst, a nine-year member of the force assigned to C District, filed a…
Public Safety
Investigative Post
September 4Judges can take months to rule if migrants wrongly detained
Downtown Buffalo’s federal immigration court. Photo: J. Dale Shoemaker. This story was originally published by ProPublica. When President Donald Trump returned to the White House, he pushed for a seismic shift in immigration enforcement resulting in mass detention. Immigrants…
Government & Civic
Niagara Action
September 3Two Teens Dead After 9-mile Police Chase of Stolen Car Ends in Buffalo Crash
A high-speed multi-jurisdictional police pursuit spanning more than nine miles ended with fatalities early Thursday morning, leaving two teenagers dead and three others seriously injured after a stolen vehicle slammed into a city intersection on Buffalo’s East Side. The crash…
Public Safety
Investigative Post
September 3Buffalo is ground zero for ICE enforcement
Vicki Ross, right, a board member of the Western New York Peace Center, protests a Homeland Security job fair Tuesday at Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. Photo by J. Dale Shoemaker. The City of Buffalo has been an epicenter of a surge in arrests by ICE agents this year. Apprehensions are…
Government & Civic
Investigative Post
September 2State stymies Buffalo’s efforts to combat lead poisoning
A Buffalo house cited for lead hazards. Photo: Adam Smith-Perez. New guidelines from state health officials could derail Buffalo’s latest efforts to ramp up the fight against lead poisoning. The guidance, a 77-page document issued in June, forbids any “formal enforcement action”…
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See & do
- 10 Lafayette Square
- 500 Pearl
- A Developing Jewish Museum in Buffalo
- Abbott Library
- Absolute Health and Wellness
Eat, drink & stay
- (716) Food and Sport
- 007 Chinese Food242 Grant St
- 100 Acres: The Kitchens at Hotel Henry
- 007 Chinese Food242 Grant St
- 67 West
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Buffalo by the numbers
- Area
- 40.38 sq mi (104.58 km²), 12.1 sq mi water
- Median age
- 34.3
- Households
- 119,630
- Persons per household
- 2.3
- Median household income
- $50,041
- Median house value
- $164,200
- Office
- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF STRATE
- Address
- 65 NIAGARA SQ, BUFFALO, NY 14202