New York state got $25 to shut down Skyway for commercial shoot

As soon as the City of Buffalo announced back in October that the Skyway would shut down for a day to film a commercial, viewers started reaching out asking what the region was getting in return. 2 On Your Side filed open records requests with the City of Buffalo and the State of New York to figure out the reimbursements, and the dollar figures are lower than many would have expected. The production company from New York City that shot the commercial for Waze Carpool — an app owned by Google…