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Buffalo City Schools' Calls Hounded Plaintiff Who Had No Kids in the System

Plaintiff Horace Witt estimates receiving nearly five dozen prerecorded or automated calls and voicemails on his cellphone from the Buffalo City School District during 2021 and 2022, even though he had no children attending Buffalo schools, alleged his Telephone Consumer…

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Protection Act complaint Thursday (docket 1:23-cv-01269) in U.S. District Court for Western New York in Buffalo. The calls and voicemails would advise Witt about various school matters, including PTA meetings and agendas, school calendar reminders, school closures and openings, grab and go meal service and tutoring opportunities, said the complaint. Witt doesn’t allege that the calls and voicemails he received were for telemarketing purposes. The calls and voicemails persisted despite Witt’s multiple requests that they stop, said the complaint.