Investigative Post

Featured Stories:

Political domino theories

This past summer, speculation has run amok regarding exit strategies for longtime elected officials:  Will SUNY Buffalo State hire Mayor Byron Brown, or perhaps Congressman...

OTB chief snubs Erie County comptroller

Last week, the president and CEO of Western Regional Off-Track Betting instructed three of his top executives to ignore inquiries from the Erie County...

Contracts for OTB executives a first

Six days before being ousted this spring by the state legislature, Western Regional Off-Track Betting’s board of directors voted to give multi-year contracts to...

Former OTB employee alleges discrimination

Click “unmute” to listen. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating discrimination claims made against the Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. after a former...

Making the case for a library in a book desert

The vacant Plewacki American Legion Post building at 385 Paderewski Drive is one site proposed for a library. Concern over a book desert in the...

New York lax on wage theft collections

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Documented...

Popular articles