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There've been some improvements, but squatters are still living in the West Side's 'house from hell:'

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New York's 107 industrial development agencies all have a 'perverse incentive' to make bad economic development deals, watchdogs say, because they get paid by the companies they give tax breaks to.
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Buffalo faces a precarious financial future later this year as the Mayor seeks to raise taxes and raid the savings account to plug budget holes.
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Some tenants at the LBJ Apartments said they’ve had to leave temporarily while they wait for the housing authority to exterminate bed bugs and cockroaches in their apartments.

A few residents said they’re considering moving if conditions don’t improve.
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After we reporting on a bed bug infestation, the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority executives say they’re working to combat infestations at the LBJ Apartments.

But tenants say they still feel like their other complaints are falling on deaf ears.
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Impact: Days after we reported on a major bed bug infestation at the LBJ Apartments, tenants were notified that extermination inspections would be performed.

Resident, however, say they're still waiting for the housing authority to get rid of the bugs.
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Much has been reported about low reading scores in urban school districts. But our analysis shows most pupils in most school districts in Western New York - city, suburban or rural - can't read at their grade level.

One expert called it a 'crisis.'
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Some IDAs — the agencies that grant tax breaks to companies — make 100% of their annual budgets from the fees they earn.

Where do they get those fees? From the very companies they give tax breaks to.

It's a 'perverse incentive,' watchdogs say.
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The Albany Times Union wrote about our effort to require government agencies to track the FOIL requests they receive.
“It should not be a mystery as to how many FOIL requests a state agency receives or how many requests are denied and the reasons why,”
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My Monday Morning Read leads with an update on Kim Pegula's condition and what it means for the future of the Buffalo Bills. That and lots more. shorturl.at/cdeHO #Buffalo #WNY #Niagara

It's budget season for the City of Buffalo, and the financial outlook doesn't look pretty.

Geoff Kelly breaks down how the city plans to raise taxes and plug budget holes:
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Monday Morning Read — Jim Heaney's weekly roundup of the news — is here:
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Monday Morning Read for May 6th is here.

See what Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney has been reading and thinking about:
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Tesla announced recently hundreds of employees would be laid off from its Buffalo factory.

That news, coupled with what we've learned recently about its solar energy business, paints a grim picture of the company New York bet $1 billion on.
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In Lockport and elsewhere around New York, public employees are barred from speaking to reporters.

What gives?
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One of Buffalo's major public housing towers — the LBJ Apartments — is infested with bedbugs.

Residents say the housing authority isn't doing nearly enough to fix the problem.
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We first reported on the 'house from hell' — a magnet for squatters and death on the West Side — in December 2022.

In the year and change since, the owner has made some repairs, but squatters have returned.
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Property taxes will go up in Buffalo soon. The Mayor is proposing a 9% hike as a way to plug holes in the budget.

Those budget holes aren't new. In recent years, the city has filled them with savings and federal aid.
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