Geoff Kelly
Government and Politics Writer at Investigative Post
Writes about government and politics, and other things, for Investigative Post.
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1 week ago |
investigativepost.org | Geoff Kelly
News and analysis by Geoff Kelly, Investigative Post's political reporter Writing about the City of Buffalo’s finances is like watching the movie Groundhog Day, but the wheel of suffering never stops turning. Before the story reaches its happy-ever-after conclusion, the film rewinds to the beginning. Again and again, year after year.
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1 week ago |
investigativepost.org | Geoff Kelly
Buffalo City Hall. Photo by I’Jaz Ja’ciel. Settlements for police-related lawsuits continue to be a drag on Buffalo’s finances. Recent payouts threaten to create a deficit in the city’s current fiscal year that ends June 30, according to the city comptroller, at a time when the city has no reserves available to plug budget holes. Currently before the Common Council are two such settlements totaling $1.3 million.
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2 weeks ago |
investigativepost.org | Geoff Kelly
News and analysis by Geoff Kelly, Investigative Post's political reporter State Sen. Sean Ryan, who’s running for Buffalo mayor in the June 24 Democratic primary, released his first TV commercial two weeks ago. The ad hits the talking points Ryan has been using since he announced his candidacy in November: He’s the son of a Lackawanna teacher and a Buffalo firefighter.
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2 weeks ago |
investigativepost.org | Geoff Kelly
Erie County Sheriff John Garcia and Chief of Narcotics D.J. Granville. Members of the union that represents Erie County Sheriff’s officers last Tuesday voted to provide $25,000 toward paying the lawyers representing D.J. Granville, the narcotics chief who last April plowed his county-owned pickup truck into seven parked cars on Buffalo’s West Side. But some union members are crying foul on the decision and petitioning for a second meeting to reconsider the matter.
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3 weeks ago |
investigativepost.org | Geoff Kelly
News and analysis by Geoff Kelly, Investigative Post's political reporter Benderson Development wants to move its corporate headquarters — as well as those of Delta Sonic, its car wash company — to an office and warehouse complex the real-estate giant owns in Amherst. And the company wants $1.4 million in property and sales tax breaks from the Amherst Industrial Development Agency to help underwrite the $26 million relocation.
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