Investigative Post

Recent events highlight how crucial a strong press is for a thriving democracy. Investigative Post is making a significant impact by delivering in-depth journalism focused on the public interest in Buffalo and Western New York, helping to create an informed community. Investigative Post is part of a growing trend, with around 200 nonprofit news organizations emerging across the country in the last ten years due to the decline of local news sources. What sets us apart is our exclusive commitment to watchdog journalism. We focus on producing accurate, unbiased investigative reports and analyses on issues that are important to the citizens and taxpayers of Buffalo and WNY. Additionally, we are the only news organization in WNY that shares content across all major platforms: print, television, radio, and the internet. This positions us at the forefront as media evolves with new technologies and shifts in audience preferences.

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Activists, officials criticize Buffalo's inaction on lead poisoning

4 days 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.
Buffalo's new spending plan continues bad budgeting practices

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.
More Buffalo police lawsuits push city budget into deficit

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.
Immigrant family jailed at border emigrates to Canada

1 week ago | investigativepost.org | J. Dale Shoemaker

Marcos, Aracely, Madelin and Itzyana on the Rainbow Bridge. Photo by J. Dale Shoemaker. A Salvadoran family previously detained for weeks in a makeshift cell at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls and separated by ICE has successfully emigrated to Canada and been reunited in Toronto. The mother and her two children were admitted May 5.
Buffalo inaction on lead puts federal grant money at risk

1 week 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.
Jim Heaney: The right's double standard on free speech

1 week ago | investigativepost.org | Jim Heaney

Reporting, analysis and commentaryby Jim Heaney, editor of Investigative Post Today’s topic: free speech. It’s under siege. The right to protest. The right to publish. The right to speak your mind. Donald Trump is leading the charge, supported by his army of MAGA quislings. Let me put the hypocrisy in context. American Nazis and their ilk have long exercised their First Amendment rights.
ICE raids immigration court in Buffalo

2 weeks ago | investigativepost.org | J. Dale Shoemaker

In a rare, perhaps unprecedented move, armed ICE agents raided the federal immigration court in downtown Buffalo Wednesday, seizing four people who had showed up for scheduled hearings. Two people present in the court building on Delaware Avenue told Investigative Post they saw between six and 12 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers — many in plainclothes, some armed — present in common areas and at least one courtroom.
Ryan, Scanlon hit the airwaves as Buffalo mayoral race heats up

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.
Western New York prosecutors don't pursue wage theft violators

2 weeks ago | investigativepost.org | J. Dale Shoemaker

Wage theft — the practice of an employer withholding pay or benefits from a worker — has been considered a felony crime in New York since September 2023. Yet in the 20 months since, not a single prosecutor in the eight counties of Western New York has brought a single case under the statute. It’s not for a lack of offenders. Data from state and federal labor investigators shows that at least a dozen cases have met the $1,000 threshold of felony larceny since the law changed.
Sheriff's union members decry 'hostile takeover' by DJ Granville

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.