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The Buffalo News and Erie County Department of Social Services created a map that outlines the number of evictions in Erie County, broken down by ZIP code for last year, based on court data.

Rapidly rising rents, a squeezed housing market and high eviction levels in the city and suburbs aren't just talking points.

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Sheriff John Garcia and Legislator Taisha St. Jean Tard engage in a brisk exchange about low diversity among sheriff's deputy road patrol ranks during midyear budget hearings in July.

Two men were shot and during a “mass gathering” Friday night, located within a few blocks of the “street takeover” event held over another holiday

The driver of a pickup truck was killed when he apparently drove the wrong way on the New York State Thruway Friday night and smashed into an SUV. A tractor trailer was also struck.

"We just went through 15 months of hell," Poloncarz said, "and this is a lot of what went on, and the things we're still dealing with. And coming out of

Sheriff John Garcia talks with The Buffalo News about the failure of the state to reimburse the counties for holding onto parole violators when the state was struggling to accept inmates because of the prison staffing shortage.

Sheriff John Garcia talks with The Buffalo News about the failure of the state to reimburse the counties for holding onto parole violators when the state was struggling to accept inmates because of the prison staffing shortage.

During a widespread prison strike last year, local jails were called upon to house state inmates.