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Published September 28City to pay $4.5 million in police shooting lawsuit
The City of Buffalo is poised to pay $4.5 million to the family of Jose Hernandez-Rossy, who was shot and killed by a Buffalo police officer in 2017. The proposed settlement resolves a federal lawsuit brought by Hernandez-Rossy’s mother, Margarita Rossy, five months after Officer…
Investigative Post
Published September 28What passes for democracy in Buffalo
Unite NY, which advocates for election reforms, has issued a report on voting in Buffalo following the unwillingness of the city’s Charter Revision Commission to put the issue on the ballot for November’s referendum. Among Unite NY’s findings: Nearly two-thirds of general…
Investigative Post
Published September 16Buffalo revokes free street parking for ICE
New signs eliminate a “law enforcement” parking zone on South Elmwood Avenue used by ICE agents. Photo by Geoff Kelly. The City of Buffalo this month quietly took away a subsidy it granted federal immigration officials nearly a decade ago: a dozen free on-street parking spots.…
Niagara Action
Published September 12Buffalo Politicians Meddle in Old First Ward as Poloncarz and Ryan Try to Meddle with Native Sovereignty
Local politicians in Erie County seem to have missed the lesson on basic constitutional law and Native American sovereignty. Whenever the Seneca Nation of Indians exercises its federally recognized sovereign right to develop its own land, local elected officials predictably throw…
Investigative Post
Published September 04Judges 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…
Investigative Post
Published September 03Buffalo 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…