Reporter, Niagara Gazette and Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, [email protected]
Buffalo, NY
Joined January 2016
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This project would fill a hole at the foot of Main Street left by the 2009 demo of the Memorial Auditorium. Hochul has made filling it a priority.
But development conditions are terrible right now, so the state is shelling out. Big time.
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New: Wegmans & Delaware North were scanning the faces of customers.
Rich Products was scanning faces of employees.
We know this thanks to a new Erie County law mandating disclosure of biometric data collection.
Wegmans & Rich’s say they’ve stopped.
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In response to continued flooding, the Lewiston Town Board allowed his highway superintendent to hire employees to clear out drainage ditches.
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How’d they get caught?
Ironically, by the very same security cameras they were tasked with monitoring.
In one 8-day period, the bunch of them got paid for 100 hours of work they didn’t do.
When police brass found out, they punished no one.
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Why Buffalo Diocese lawyers should agree to abuse files being posted online (like other dioceses that settled) and not just at a university.
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New: In this week's Outrages & Insights column, editor Jim Heaney goes behind the scenes of our reporting on Nurul Amin Shah Alam, the Burmese refugee who died after being abandoned by Border Patrol agents.
Here's the story behind the stories:
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J. Dale Shoemaker & colleagues @ipostnews have done incredibly well in leading reporting on the detention & death of blind refugee Nurul Amin Shah Alam in #Buffalo, now a national story. They are a small non-profit news operation punching above weight with the biggest outlets.
The family of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, the blind Rohingya refugee who died in the Buffalo cold, has spoken out.
His wife is mourning & questions why authorities didn’t treat her husband better. Her only wish is to be reunited with her sons still in Malaysia.
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Joe Brady's first NFL scouting combine as #Bills head coach was heavily centered on defense. It's where Brady's vision of a positionless defense starts to become a reality.
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A year after Shaun Dolac was snubbed from the NFL scouting combine, linebacker Red Murdock was the first #Buffalo player invited since 2021. And now he’s getting some advice from former UB players who have made it to the NFL, drafted or not.
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The #Bills need an inside linebacker to pair with Terrel Bernard. And if #Buffalo is being honest about playing position-less defense, the size of the player — however he’s acquired — shouldn’t matter.
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A little impromptu trip up to Niagara Falls to celebrate @EmmaAdkins22 bday! Happy birthday!! I love you!
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We reported yesterday on the death of Nurul Shah Alam, a nearly-blind Rohingya refugee abandoned by Border Patrol at a coffee shop after being released from jail.
Politicians and community members are demanding answers. We'll have more to report soon.
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Breaking: A blind Burmese refugee has been missing since Thurs. after Border Patrol agents briefly detained him & then dropped him off at a Tim Hortons.
His family and lawyers weren't notified. They're seeking he public's help in finding Nurul Shah Alam
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TRUMP: “We don't want China to take over Canada. And if they make the deal that [President Xi] is looking to make, China will take over Canada. And the first thing they're going to do — end ice hockey.”
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Leadership of the Niagara County IDA apparently finds my reporting deeply offensive.
When I attempted to ask the chairman a question today, he told me to "get a real job."
More soon.
Meantime, here's the story that's ruffled their feathers:
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Jon Stewart’s 2-minute history lesson here is worth everyone’s time before we start confidently breaking out our theories of what happened
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Steve Hyde, the longtime leader of the Genesee County IDA, retires tomorrow.
He'll go down as the highest-paid economic development official in the public sector in all of New York.
He earned more than his counterparts in Buffalo, Rochester and NYC.
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The #Bills have new offensive and defensive coordinators. They also have experienced a ton of roster turnover. How much leeway does that give Sean McDermott should #Buffalo take a step back?
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If the @ipostnews is reporting it, it’s worth your time.
If you want reporting that enhances your ability to be an informed citizen, this is the type of stuff you want to be reading.
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