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Analysis of the vote for Harris/Trump : Investigative Post
4 days ago · Asians supported Harris 54 to 39 percent. College graduates favored Harris over Trump, 55 to 42 percent. Voters without a college degree voted 56 to 42 percent in favor of Trump. Harris fared best among younger voters (ages 18 to 29), winning by a margin of 54 to 43 percent. Trump did best with middle-age voters (45-64) by 54 to 44 percent for ...
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Using city parking summons data available through Open Buffalo, Investigative Post found 43 percent of over 142,000 summons issued in a one-year period – ending in late October – went to vehicles parked on the wrong side of the street. The next most frequently issued tickets went to vehicles in No Parking zones.
Democrats suffer incumbent loss while other seats go uncontested
Nov 6, 2024 · It was a big loss for Democrats, not because they’re in danger of losing their majority in the Assembly — there’s no chance of that — but because it’s so rare for an incumbent state legislator to be unseated. In 2022, 95 percent of incumbent legislators were returned to office in New York. In 2020 the number was 97 percent.
Plug Power woes cause issues at STAMP, spark data center fight
Oct 9, 2024 · A literal power struggle at STAMP. Financial difficulties have prompted Plug Power, one of the industrial park's few tenants, to halt construction on its facility. Meanwhile, two data centers are vying to locate at STAMP and one is objecting to how the IDA is handling its proposal. Gov. Kathy Hochul, center, flings dirt into the air at Plug ...
2021 - Investigative Post
As 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.
Punishment not befitting the crime - Investigative Post
Nov 26, 2023 · The wait time for unfit defendants in New York state is 90 days, according to James Plastiras, spokesman for the New York Office of Mental Health, which treats people found incompetent to stand trial. The department, which expects 990 cases this year, is using outpatient programs to cut delays, Plastiras told Investigative Post via email.
Officials inquire about struggles of Buffalo's downtown grocery
Nov 8, 2024 · Photo by Garrett Looker. The Buffalo Common Council is sending a new message to Braymiller Market, downtown’s struggling grocery store: If the business is going to fail, it better fail within the next year. That way, University Common Council Member Rasheed N.C. Wyatt said, the city can recoup the $561,000 it loaned the business last year.
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Jan 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.
Hochul, Schumer pressured regulators over STAMP
Jun 27, 2024 · In the drive to build a massive industrial park in rural Genesee County, the offices of Gov. Kathy Hochul and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer pressured regulators to issue approvals for the project that ran afoul of environmental laws and policies, ignoring an indigenous nation’s legal rights along the way. Investigative Post found that: