J. Dale Shoemaker
@JDale_Shoemaker
Journalist. Reporting on developers, labor & immigration @IPostNews. Holding the powerful to account without fear or favor. [email protected]
Here, Sen. Ortt, leader of the state senate GOP, is congratulating business owners — Muhammad Shoaib & Hina Qureshi — who are under active investigation by the state labor department for wage theft. They’re accused of not paying workers overtime or tips. investigativepost.org/2025/03/19/mor…
Congratulations to Muhammad Shoaib and his family on the grand opening of WNY’s first @ChurchsChicken, right in the heart of downtown Niagara Falls. A great new addition to the downtown area for all those taking in the sights of the falls and the other activities our city has to…
It's rare, but occasionally they admit it: ICE Buffalo is regularly "arresting" people who were already incarcerated in state or federal prison. This is a routine thing that's happened for years. What's new is that ICE now turns it into a PR opportunity. investigativepost.org/2025/07/16/ice…
ICE officers arrested this Ecuadorian national upon his release from NY State prison where he was sentenced after his assault conviction in 2016. He is in ICE custody pending execution of the removal order issued by an immigration judge on July 14.
The comically large scissors are out:
At a press conference at Wilkeson Point and all the stars are here: - Kathy Hochul - Mayor Scanlon - Brian Bollman - Brian Higgins - Sean Ryan - Jon Rivera
At a press conference at Wilkeson Point and all the stars are here: - Kathy Hochul - Mayor Scanlon - Brian Bollman - Brian Higgins - Sean Ryan - Jon Rivera
Come January, Byron Brown will have gotten two raises in his first year on the job as president of the publicly-owned casino. The $314k he’ll make trumps the paltry $179k he was making as mayor. In the meantime, he’s going on a $6k trip to Las Vegas: investigativepost.org/2025/07/24/a-p…
Breaking: Mere months into the job, Byron Brown has already secured a raise for himself, Steve Casey & other top execs. Brown now makes nearly $304k. And that's before a contractual $10k raise hits in Jan. OTB also approved $6k for him to go to Vegas: investigativepost.org/2025/07/24/a-p…
How do the rich stay rich, you ask? Well, it sure helps when mommy & daddy (or at least your family name) helps you convince the county to give you a massive piece of property (152 acres) for $1 so you can build a pot farm: buffalonews.com/news/local/art…
Very interesting that ICE is now doing defensive PR about the agency's arrests, the majority of which are of people with no criminal record.
Listen to one of our brave ICE agents directly address the false anti-ICE narratives: “We do targeted operations. These cases are vetted. We are going after national security threats to public safety. And we are making our communities safer.”
This guy was serving an 8-year state prison sentence, due to be released a year from now. ICE instead took custody now so it could grab another PR opportunity.
🚨ICE Buffalo arrested Fabio Coutinho, a 49-year-old citizen of Portugal and predator convicted of a criminal sexual act in Westchester County. He is now our guest while he undergoes his immigration proceedings.
If you missed the IRE conference, we're doing the "how to cover economic development incentives" panel over the World Wide Web. Register today for some great stories and smart tips on how to understand the world of tax breaks!
Join reporters @JDale_Shoemaker, @PaulaGardner and @kjfernelius for a training on covering economic development incentives on July 30 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. They'll provide tips to help you answer: Are they corporate giveaways worth it? goodjobsfirst.org/reporting-on-e…
The NCPR general manager told me yesterday he found it disturbing how much glee the Congresswoman seems to be taking in the pain these cuts will cause in her own district.
Good bye @NPR & @ncpr ! 👋
Don’t fall for the propaganda: If ICE took custody of a convicted murderer there’s a very good chance that person was already in prison & ICE did nothing to get them “off the streets.” investigativepost.org/2025/07/16/ice…
Imagine the complete disconnect CBS must have from the day-to-day life of Americans to look at the deportation of thousands of violent criminal illegal aliens and still pen this title. This means our officers found almost 1,000 CONVICTED MURDERERS. Not alleged, not charged, not…
This is a very good piece of media criticism re: “globalize the intifada.”
In the past month, NYT has published 32 articles that mention Mamdani/"globalize the intifada", 13 on Israel's fake "aid" agency that's killed 800+, 5 on Israel's starvation campaign & 2 that mention Gaza child amputees. I argue this is objectively insane columnblog.com/p/child-ampute…
I legitimately feel like I am going insane
Under a potential deal, Bari Weiss would serve as an "ideological guide of sorts" at CBS News, according to Puck. (paywall) puck.news/was-colberts-c…
How rotten must your soul be that you would dogpile on local reporters & producers now at risk of losing their jobs?
Are you aware the public media station wasn’t providing any journalism during the deadly blizzard? And where is he when non-public media has financial struggles.? You know, the media that actually DOES send lifesaving alerts and information. Political pandering BS
Gardner, the GOP candidate for mayor, makes a very inflammatory claim here. Shouldn't reporters attempt to ascertain whether his claim is true before repeating it? buffalonews.com/news/local/cri…
if you live in a part of the country that has both a lot of poor people & a fair number of developers, like Buffalo, the developers will regularly complain that the banks won't lend them money, in part bc they can't charge the high rents they want because no one can afford them.
That's part of why Mike and Joe don't get to control capital allocation at any relevant scale.