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.
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.
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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
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
By Rose Thomas and Sarah Wooton | 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
Elected officials, researchers, and community members gathered in Buffalo today to call on New York State to adopt three policies that would fight inflation costs and help working families struggling with rising costs.
Samantha Christmann | March 7, 2023 The state's minimum wage is headed toward $15 per hour. But a group of business owners said it doesn't go far enough to ensure an appropriate wage for working people, and are pushing to tie the minimum wage to inflation. Advocates of the Raise the Wage …
Max Faery | March 7, 2023 Supporting hardworking families, addressing income inequality and combating inflation are on the minds of a state lawmaker and local Western New York advocates. New York State Senator Sean Ryan and Partnership for the Public Good are looking for the state to adopt several …