Dec 9
2015
Dan Telvock reports on how state and city officials have failed to follow through on promises made over a year ago to clean up operations of a construction and demolition debris facility that’s the subject of a decade-long dustup with residents of the Seneca-Babcock neighborhood.
Nov 25
2015
Charlotte Keith reports on hiring of construction workers at SolarCity project. While contractors and unions are meeting 15 percent affirmative action hiring goals, African Americans account for only about one-third of those workers. Some African American leaders maintain the pipeline of unionized workers needs to be more diversified. Web and television story can be found here.
Oct 15
2015
Susan Arbetter of Capitol Pressroom interviews Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney about the state of the Buffalo public school system. Interview aired Thursday on 20 public radio stations across upstate, including WBFO.Heaney will conduct a live interview of Buffalo School Superintendent Kriner Cash at a Nov. 4 luncheon sponsored by Investigative Post. Tickets can be purchased online.
Oct 5
2015
Jim Heaney of Investigative Post and Steve Brown of WGRZ discuss the latest developments involving the Buffalo Billion on a TV edition of Outrages & Insights that broadcast Sunday on WGRZ.
Oct 1
2015
Susan Arbetter of Capitol Pressroom interviews Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney about a lack of minority hiring at SolarCity construction site. Heaney was also interviewed Thursday by Brian Lehrer of WNYC, the NPR outlet for New York City, on Buffalo Billion matters.
Oct 1
2015
Charlotte Keith discusses how she reported her story on the lack of minority hiring at the SolarCity construction project in South Buffalo. Part of the challenge in reporting the story, she told Editor Jim Heaney, was the refusal of state officials to answer questions or provide public records in a timely fashion.
Sep 20
2015
Dave Debo of WBEN News Radio, 930 AM quizzed Jim Heaney of Investigative Post on Sunday regarding the federal probe of the Buffalo Billion program, pay to play and related issues, including Carl Paladino’s continuing practice of making campaign contributions to Democrats in a position to award his companies tax breaks and leases. Besides Paladino, the 19 minute conversation touches on an eclectic group, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, nanotech guru Alain Kaloyeros and, for some reason, Karl Marx.
Sep 17
2015
The state’s investment of $750 million to build and equip a solar panel manufacturing plant for SolarCity is a high-risk, high-reward proposition, Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney told Susan Arbetter of The Capitol Pressroom on Thursday. Heaney noted the company’s sagging financial fortunes and continuing concerns in the investment community over SolarCity’s long-term prospects. He noted a recent story in an investment trade journal that concluded the plant is shaping up as a “white elephant.” Heaney also pointed out that SolarCity is on track to post record losses this year; the company finished the first half of this year $303 million[...]