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I'Jaz Ja'ciel

Buffalo

Multimedia Journalist at Investigative Post

Data Girl. Journalist. Flower Child. Social Spider. The Wave. Reporter at Investigative Post. President of the Buffalo Association of Black Journalists.

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  • 3 weeks ago | investigativepost.org | I'Jaz Ja'ciel

    Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, executive director of the Partnership for the Public Good (center) joined by community advocates and state elected officials Jon Rivera (left) and April Baskin (right). Photo by I’Jaz Ja’cielLocal housing advocates and elected officials are condemning Buffalo’s failure to spend over three-quarters of a $2 million federal grant dedicated to removing toxic lead paint from city homes.

  • 1 month ago | investigativepost.org | I'Jaz Ja'ciel

    Lead hazard remediation training at Environmental Education Associates. Photo by Andrew McLellan. The City of Buffalo has spent only a quarter of the $2 million in federal funds it has received to abate lead hazards in houses and apartments. Now, the program is coming to an end with less than two months to commit the remaining money before it has to be returned to the federal government.

  • 1 month ago | investigativepost.org | I'Jaz Ja'ciel

    Investigative Post reporter I’Jaz Ja’ciel this week hosted a segment of Buffalo Toronto Public Media NPR’s What’s Next dedicated to food injustice. She sat down with Nnennna Ferguson, chair of the Buffalo Food Equity Network Advisory Board, to discuss food inequities in the Black community and how community-based solutions may help meet the needs of residents. The episode originally aired Wednesday, May 14 to commemorate the third anniversary of the Tops Supermarket Massacre.

  • 1 month ago | investigativepost.org | I'Jaz Ja'ciel

    Brent Manor Apartments at 366 Elmwood Avenue, owned by APL Property Group. Photo by I’Jaz Ja’cielThe state Attorney General last week filed a lawsuit accusing a former judge-turned-developer and his property management company of misappropriating tenants’ security deposits. Anthony LoRusso and employees of APL Property Group used security deposits to fund the company’s payroll and other operations, according to the company’s former director of accounting, Ann Morelli.

  • 1 month ago | investigativepost.org | I'Jaz Ja'ciel

    A text message between a tester and a real estate agent used as evidence in a housing discrimination complaint. Screenshot provided by Housing Rights Initiative. A non-profit watchdog group Wednesday filed complaints accusing 103 real estate agents, brokerage firms and property owners across the state of discriminating against Section 8 voucher holders. Thirteen of the defendants named in the 52 complaints filed with the New York State Division of Human Rights are located in Buffalo.

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