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May 5, 2023

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of May 1, 2023

By Sarah Wooton and Anna Blatto 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.

May 3, 2023

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of April 24, 2023

By Rose Thomas, Regine Ndanga, and Anna Blatto 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.  

April 28, 2023

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of April 17, 2023

By Anna Blatto 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.

April 14, 2023

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of April 10, 2023

By Sarah Wooton, Rose Thomas, and Regine Ndanga 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.

April 10, 2023

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of April 3, 2023

By Rose Thomas and Anna Blatto 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.

April 3, 2023

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of March 27, 2023

By Sarah Wooton and Rose Thomas 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.

March 29, 2023

Buffalo News: "Rod Watson: Civilian review of cops? Another reform may have to come first"

Rod Watson | March 29, 2023 When you get right down to it, Buffalo’s inability to get enough Common Council votes to implement meaningful civilian review of cops might have as much to do with election reform as it does with police reform. Buffalo’s police union vehemently opposes the …

March 27, 2023

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of March 20, 2023

By Anna Blatto | 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

March 25, 2023

Buffalo News: "The Editorial Board: Buffalo needs some practical solutions to an affordable housing crisis that grows desperate"

News Editorial Board | March 25, 2023 Enough with the studies and the reports. It’s time for action. Buffalo has an affordable housing crisis that’s been building since well before the pandemic and is now at near-catastrophic proportions. Between late 2019 and late 2022, the median …

March 23, 2023

Buffalo News: "Some still press for Buffalo police review board. Others vow to 'exhaust every resource to fight it'"

By Deidre Williams | March 23, 2023 Creating a civilian review board to handle complaints of police misconduct emerged as one of the bigger changes pushed for in Buffalo following the 2020 protests over policing and George Floyd's death. Among those backing the idea included the Partnership for the …

March 17, 2023

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of March 13, 2023

By Rose Thomas, Sarah Wooton, and Tanvier Peart | 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

March 10, 2023

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of March 6, 2023

By Rose Thomas | 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