by PPG Staff Each week, PPG summarizes important takeaways from the major Buffalo Common Council meetings. We also include information from council meetings related to our Community Agenda items. If you want to learn more about how the council meetings work and how you can get involved, check …
by PPG Staff Each week, PPG summarizes important takeaways from the major Buffalo Common Council meetings. We also include information from council meetings related to our Community Agenda items. If you want to learn more about how the council meetings work and how you can get involved, check …
by PPG Staff Each week, PPG summarizes important takeaways from Buffalo Common Council meetings. We also include information from council meetings related to our Community Agenda items. If you want to learn more about how the council meetings work and how you can get involved, check out our …
Mark Goshgarian | November 8, 2024 The Partnership for the Public Good, a community-based think tank in Buffalo, is the latest group in New York state looking to pilot a community responder program. They're teams of social workers and mental health professionals tasked with showing up to …
by PPG Staff Each week, PPG summarizes important takeaways from the major Buffalo Common Council meetings. We also include information from council meetings related to our Community Agenda items. If you want to learn more about how the council meetings work and how you can get involved, check …
Buffalo News Editorial Board | November 3, 2024 This valuable initiative could help both police and people in need. It deserves a tryout in Buffalo. A new community responder pilot program will put into practice the concept that traditional police responses are not always ideal for nonviolent, …
By PPG Staff Each week, PPG summarizes important takeaways from the major Buffalo Common Council meetings. We also include information from council meetings related to our Community Agenda items. If you want to learn more about how the council meetings work and how you can get involved, check out …
Viktoria Hallikaar | October 31, 2024 Building a new home for yourself or your family is hard. It’s even harder when you don’t understand what’s going on around you. “The basic principle that makes a person a human being is being able to communicate, to be able to express …
Justin Sondel | October 30, 2024 A coalition of community policy and advocacy groups is launching a pilot program to bring community responders to nonviolent, non-emergency public safety calls that otherwise would be handled by police. The Partnership for the Public Good released a …
We announced the launch of our new policy report, calling on Buffalo and Erie County to invest in community responders, as well as pilot funding from NYS on Wednesday, October 30. You can read the policy report here and our full press release below.
by PPG Staff Each week, PPG summarizes important takeaways from the major Buffalo Common Council meetings. We also include information from council meetings related to our Community Agenda items. If you want to learn more about how the council meetings work and how you can get involved, check …