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Buffalo Niagara suffers from serious health problems closely linked to poverty, environmental problems, and systemic inequality. Problems like lead poisoning and asthma, for example, disproportionately affect people of color and people with low incomes. Like other regions, Buffalo Niagara also suffers from our broken health insurance system, which excludes many working people from coverage and imposes unnecessary costs on employers.
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July 11, 2024
WKBW: "Community organizations and residents sue City of Buffalo for failure to implement rental inspections law"
Jeff Russo | July 11, 2024 Community organizations and residents came together on Thursday to announce that they are suing the City of Buffalo for failure to provide safe rental housing. The petition filed in Erie County Supreme Court claims The City of Buffalo, Mayor Byron Brown, and Catherine …
July 11, 2024
WGRZ: "Lawsuit filed vs. City of Buffalo over rental inspections"
Claudine Ewing | July 11, 2024 Several organizations have filed a lawsuit against the City of Buffalo. They want the city to implement the proactive rental inspection law. Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, executive director of Partnership for the Public Good, cited a …
July 11, 2024
WBFO: "Lawsuit against City of Buffalo seeks full implementation of Proactive Rental Inspections Law"
Thomas O'Neil-White | July 11, 2024 Eight plaintiffs including four City of Buffalo residents and four community organizations filed a lawsuit to compel the city to fully implement the Proactive Rental Inspections Law. The law is intended to protect residents living in rental properties from health …
July 11, 2024
Buffalo News: "Community groups, residents ask judge to order Buffalo to do more lead paint inspections"
Deidre Williams | July 11, 2024 Dorothy Oatmeyer says the Duerstein Street house where she and her family reside feels as though it is falling apart. There are holes between bricks and in the corners of windowsills. Bricks are falling off the back of the house. The kitchen floor is missing in large …
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Creating Safe Spaces: Black Men’s Role in Community Growth on The Public GoodFebruary 13, 2024, 11:30 am-12 pm
Dejia Marie James
Join us on The Public Good! Our guests are Sherman Webb-Middlebrooks, Men's Health Project Manager at the Buffalo Center for Health Equity, and Jimmy Darby, community organizer, Board President for Voice Buffalo, and founder of Just for Us, and Buffalo Peacemaker.
Creating Safe Spaces: Black Men’s Role in Community Growth on The Public GoodFebruary 13, 2024, 11:30 am-12 pm
Dejia Marie James
Join us on The Public Good! Our guests are Sherman Webb-Middlebrooks, Men's Health Project Manager at the Buffalo Center for Health Equity, and Jimmy Darby, community organizer, Board President for Voice Buffalo, and founder of Just for Us, and Buffalo Peacemaker.
Stan Martin Consulting: Stan Martin on The Public GoodDecember 19, 2023, 10:30-11 am
Dejia Marie James
Join us on The Public Good! Our guest is Stan Martin with Stan Martin Consulting.
Stan Martin Consulting: Stan Martin on The Public GoodDecember 19, 2023, 10:30-11 am
Dejia Marie James
Join us on The Public Good! Our guest is Stan Martin with Stan Martin Consulting.
