Holly Kirkpatrick
Multimedia ReporterHolly Kirkpatrick is a journalist whose work includes investigations, data journalism, and feature stories that hold those in power accountable. She joined BTPM in December 2022.
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Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan signed the order Monday which prohibits the use of city personnel or resources for federal civil immigration enforcement.
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The Fiscal Policy Institute says the state should do more to fund SNAP administration and increase programs that help people find work or volunteer opportunities which makes them eligible to receive the benefit.
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A total of $1,000 per month will be awarded to three students who miss one day of school or less each month.
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Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan’s veto concerns six of the board’s seven members appointed by his predecessor, former acting mayor Christopher Scanlon.
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Dr. Eva M. Doyle was named Buffalo's Martin Luther King, Jr. Citizen of the Year, Friday.
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The City of Buffalo's plowing strategy focuses first on primary roads, followed by secondary roads and then residential streets according to the Ryan administration.
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Entitled “Khalia’s Story," the exhibit follows a fictional character based on the experiences of real-life women and girls served by Project Mona’s House – a local restoration home for women who have survived human trafficking.
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An Erie County legislator is formally asking the state comptroller to investigate the finances of a Buffalo not-for-profit, while the County Executive adds the matter will be referred to the Attorney General.
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The former Scanlon administration reported the city's budget deficit would be approximately $2.3 million, but the Buffalo comptroller projects the city will be at least $42 million in the hole by the end of the fiscal year.
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Coming out of the holiday season, Governor Kathy Hochul and Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman appeared in Western New York, one discussing teen mental health, the other addressing affordability.