Buffalo in the ’70s: Courts crack down on Buffalo’s no-show employees

By Steve Cichon
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Streets Department employees were accused of conspiracy in the alleged hiring of “no-show” employees and then in the alleged covering up of the fact that, for three years, an Ash & Garbage Division employee never showed up for work.

April 29, 1974: ‘No show,’ paid 3 years, never knew job, jury told

“A ‘no show’ employee was on the city payroll for three years before he learned what he was supposed to do and what door he was supposed to enter to get to his non-existent job, according to testimony given today in the State Supreme Court trail of Cyril O’Connell.”

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Steve Cichon

Steve Cichon writes about Buffalo’s pop culture history. His stories of Buffalo's past have appeared more than 1600 times in The Buffalo News. He's a proud Buffalonian helping the world experience the city he loves. Since the earliest days of the internet, Cichon's been creating content celebrating the people, places, and ideas that make Buffalo unique and special. The 25-year veteran of Buffalo radio and television has written five books and curates The Buffalo Stories Archives-- hundreds of thousands of books, images, and audio/visual media which tell the stories of who we are in Western New York.