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The Iraq War ‘spinmeister’ and high-powered lobbyists behind Pegula’s stadium shakedown

by Rob Galbraith
August 20, 2021

A war propagandist from the Bush administration and well-connected Albany lobbyists are working to extract $1.4 billion in subsidies from New Yorkers.

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Gig work front group run by lobbying firm Mercury falsely claimed support from Buffalo community organizations

by Rob Galbraith
June 4, 2021

Uber and Lyft-backed group falsely claimed that several community groups in Buffalo endorse its effort to deny workplace protections to app workers in New York.

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Buffalo News’s anti-tax screed fails to disclose ties to group lobbying against taxing the rich

by Rob Galbraith
March 29, 2021

The Buffalo News is a “major investor” in – and publisher Tom Wiley sits on the board of – a group lobbying against taxing the rich.

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Rep. Chris Jacobs seeks to preempt key New York labor law, which could benefit his personal real estate business

by Rob Galbraith
November 2, 2020

Jacobs is seeking to preempt the Scaffold Law, a workplace safety law that the real estate industry has been trying to kill for decades.

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New Pegula fracking venture draws investment and board role from former Pennsylvania Governor Corbett

by Rob Galbraith
August 4, 2020

Amidst an global economic crisis and multiple management controversies, Terry and Kim Pegula, launched a new fracking venture that has drawn investment from – and a board seat for – the pro-fracking former Governor of Pennsylvania.

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Major Buffalo real estate developers received millions of dollars in forgivable PPP loans

by Rob Galbraith
July 15, 2020

Fifteen of the most prominent real estate developers in Buffalo received between $13.6 million and $34.0 million through the Paycheck Protection Program

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Insurance-backed lobbying group attacking universal healthcare in NY is also funded by public hospital and cancer research center

by Rob Galbraith
February 14, 2020

Roswell Park Cancer Center and Erie County Medical Center belong to lobbying group working to protect health insurance profits

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Museum and college donations help clean up Paul Saffrin’s image, but not the generations of pollution his company caused

by Rob Galbraith
January 27, 2020

Local institutions rehabilitate Tonawanda Coke owner’s image as the state considers public subsidies for developer who bought polluted site

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Wealthy developers cash in as cost of Buffalo tax break rises to $66.9 million

by Rob Galbraith
November 7, 2019

Tax break for mixed-use development has been abused to force property owners and renters to pay taxes for luxury lofts

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“Green” businessman is Buffalo area’s top Trump 2020 donor

by Rob Galbraith
October 2, 2019

Jon Williams is hailed as a green energy hero, but he is not the environmental champion his public image portrays

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As Trump border cruelty deepens, Buffalo elites maintain lucrative ties to CBP and ICE

by Rob Galbraith
July 10, 2019

Buffalo real estate developers – including Carl Montante and Howard Zemsky – are bringing in millions of dollars per year through leases to ICE and CBP.

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Former Buffalo mayor Masiello lobbies for the city government and companies doing business with the city

by Rob Galbraith
April 3, 2019

Anthony Masiello was hired as a lobbyist by the City of Buffalo, creating conflicts of interest with his other clients who do business with the city.

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