J. Dale Shoemaker
Journalist at Investigative Post
Journalist/writer. Reporting on developers, labor & the economy in Western NY @IPostNews. FOIA/FOIL fiend. Tips: [email protected]
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2 days ago |
investigativepost.org | J. Dale Shoemaker
Kleinhans Music Hall. Photo by J. Dale ShoemakerThe Scanlon administration has been talking about unloading city-owned cultural institutions as part of its efforts to shore up Buffalo’s short- and long-term finances. Since taking office, Acting Mayor Christopher Scanlon and his aides have discussed selling Kleinhans Music Hall, perhaps to the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, which is the venue’s principal user.
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5 days ago |
niagara-gazette.com | J. Dale Shoemaker
Across Western New York last year, some 639 companies were allowed to skip out on $91 million in tax payments. In exchange, those companies kept nearly 18,000 people employed. kAm%96 DE@CJ 5@6D?’E 6?5 E96C6] %96 4@>A2?:6D 2=D@ A2:5 766D E@ E96 :?5FDEC:2= 56G6=@A>6?E 286?4:6D E92E :DDF65 E9@D6 E2I 3C62<D — ?62C=J Saa >:==:@? :? a_ac]k^Am kAmu@C ?:?6 @7 E96 `b xspD :? E96 C68:@?[ E9@D6 766D 4@G6C65 fd A6C46?E @C >@C6 @7 E96:C 2??F2= 3F586ED]k^AmkAm%9@D6 7:8FC6D 2C6 DA6==65 @FE :?
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1 week ago |
investigativepost.org | J. Dale Shoemaker
Meetings of the Erie and Niagara county IDAs (top) and the Genesee County IDA industrial park (bottom). Across Western New York last year, some 639 companies were allowed to skip out on $91 million in tax payments. In exchange, those companies kept nearly 18,000 people employed. The story doesn’t end there. The companies also paid fees to the industrial development agencies that issued those tax breaks — nearly $22 million in 2024.
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1 week ago |
investigativepost.org | J. Dale Shoemaker |Robert Creenan |Mark Scheer
Wojtaszek at one of his final Western OTB meetings. Photo by Garrett Looker. Months after leaving his six-figure job as president and CEO of Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp., Henry Wojtaszek has landed a new position as a “relicensing attorney” for the Town of Lewiston.
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2 weeks ago |
investigativepost.org | J. Dale Shoemaker
When Tesla employees show up to work nowadays in South Buffalo, a cafeteria serving breakfast, lunch and dinner — along with snacks and coffee — awaits. But there’s no such thing as a free lunch: Tesla employees must pay for the meals, which include salads, pasta, pizza and sandwiches. The other catch? New York State taxpayers have footed the bill for the eatery, which cost $1.6 million to build.
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An update to this story: Some speculate the Dobucki property on St. Louis Place — home to squatters — was a contributing factor in the murders of Mickey Harmon and Jordan Celotto. Dobucki's failure to maintain the property may have, if nothing else, drawn Chiclana to the area: https://t.co/g4MCe1I7n8
Huge news in Buffalo: Notorious slumlord Charles Dobucki was arrested by police today. He had repeatedly failed to show up for city housing court or fix up the properties he owns, some of which turned into squatter homes. https://t.co/eOmZFu3LNW
Huge news in Buffalo: Notorious slumlord Charles Dobucki was arrested by police today. He had repeatedly failed to show up for city housing court or fix up the properties he owns, some of which turned into squatter homes. https://t.co/eOmZFu3LNW
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