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May 9

2012

Coppola elected Investigative Post board president

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Lee Coppola, whose career has included stints as an investigative reporter, journalism school dean and federal prosecutor, has been elected president of the board of Investigative Post. “Lee has been a practitioner and champion of investigative reporting his entire career. I’m very excited to have someone with his depth and breadth of experience leading our board,” said Jim Heaney, editor and executive director of Investigative Post, a non-profit investigative reporting center focused on issues of concern to Buffalo and Western New York. “Being elected president of the board of directors is an honor I will try to uphold by helping[...]

Posted 13 years ago

May 8

2012

The legacy of mass demolitions

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Buffalo’s demo blitz has claimed some salvageable houses and left many inner-city neighborhoods peppered with vacant lots. City Hall has no strategy to revitalize neighborhoods once the wrecking crew is through. A Buffalo News investigation.

Posted 13 years ago

May 7

2012

Car thief turned city contractor

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When Albert Steele Jr. got tired of running from the cops – and breaking out of jail – he went into the demolition business. He’s now the city’s largest demo contractor. A Buffalo News investigation.

Posted 13 years ago

May 7

2012

Byron Brown’s bridge over troubled water

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Momentum is building to do something with the Outer Harbor and just days after a group of  community activists called for developing its 120 acres into a park Mayor Byron Brown make a pitch for City Hall to play a role, perhaps a big one. The Outer Harbor is state land, controlled by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority. The NFTA wants to get out of the real estate business, which has begged the question, who would assume responsibility for developing the property? Some think the task should fall to the Erie Harbor Canal Development Corp., a subsidiary of Empire State[...]

Posted 13 years ago
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