Buffalo revokes free street parking for ICE
The City of Buffalo has revoked a decade-old subsidy that provided federal immigration officials with a dozen free on-street parking spots on South Elmwood Avenue. New signage has been installed to eliminate the designated "law enforcement" parking zone used by ICE agents since the arrangement was formalized in 2018. The move effectively ends a specific city-granted accommodation for federal immigration personnel.
New signs eliminate a “law enforcement” parking zone on South Elmwood Avenue used by ICE agents. Photo by Geoff Kelly. The City of Buffalo this month quietly took away a subsidy it granted federal immigration officials nearly a decade ago: a dozen free on-street parking spots. The City of Buffalo’s parking bureau in 2018 designated... View Article
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