WNY bankruptcies up, ending 7 year drop

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Bankruptcies filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts across Western New York are on the rise, so far in 2017, which might be surprising, because of Buffalo’s economic resurgence.
Bankruptcy filings in Buffalo have been steadily falling over the past 7 years, but so far in 2017, they are up by about two-and-a-half percent–for the month of July, they were up by 24%.
It might seem counter intuitive, but attorney Chris Grover of Jeffrey Freedman Attorneys in Buf