Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Quality code enforcement is a problem many municipalities face. Because of that, Chautauqua County officials are looking at helping improve the process. Chautauqua County’s Housing Work Group and its ...

SCHENECTADY — Christopher Lunn was hired five years ago by Mayor Gary McCarthy to overhaul the then-beleaguered code enforcement bureau that was reeling from a fatal high-rise apartment building blaze ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — With some of the oldest housing stock in the country, the Buffalo Common Council is proposing some changes to step up property maintenance and code enforcement. For Buffalo Common ...

Applause rang out among residents at the city council meeting in Faith on Tuesday, July 16 when the council voted to begin the process to rescind a controversial new code enforcement policy. After ...