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May 23, 2022

NPR: "Buffalo plagued by economic neglect, segregation long before shooting, residents say"

By: Alana Wise | May 23, 2022 Buffalo is one of the most economically stunted cities in the nation. It is also one of the most segregated. In the city's East Side neighborhood – where last week, Black shoppers were mowed down by an accused racist gunman – the contrast is clear. The …

May 21, 2022

CBC Radio: "A gunman cost east Buffalo its only large grocery store - so locals are banding together to keep people fed"

CBC Radio | May 21, 2022 This article accompanies the May 19th, 2022  episode of CBC Radio's show The Current with Matt Galloway. Listen to the full episode here and read the transcript here. 

May 20, 2022

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of May 16, 2022

By 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.

May 20, 2022

WGRZ: "Town Hall: Buffalo and segregation"

Michael Wooten  | May 20, 2022 Anna Blatto, a researcher at the Partnership for the Public Good, joined the Town hall to discuss how Buffalo is segregated.

May 20, 2022

The Atlantic: "The Double Terror of Being Black in America"

By: Ibran X. Kendi | May 20, 2022 Structural racism killed Black people in east Buffalo, and then a gunman killed the survivors.

May 20, 2022

Food Access Data: How Many People Might Have Depended on Tops for Groceries?

We wanted to understand the scope of impact this tragedy had on food access in our city. To do this, we mapped the major grocery stores in the area and then calculated how many people lived closer to Tops on Jefferson Ave than to any other major grocery store nearby.

May 19, 2022

CNN Business: "The long struggle to bring a supermarket to a nearly all-Black Buffalo neighborhood"

By: Nathaniel Meyersohn | May 19, 2022  In August of 2001, more than 100 people gathered on the East Side of Buffalo, New York. The setting, an empty lot in a nearly all-Black neighborhood of this upstate New York city, drew prominent visitors. They included Hillary Clinton and Chuck …

May 19, 2022

MarketWatch: "How racist policies and segregation marginalized Buffao's Black communities: 'An entire generation saw little if any improvements in their lives'"

By: Emma Ockerman | May 19, 2022 In the aftermath of the Buffalo shooting massacre that killed 10 Black people, the city’s stark redlining of neighborhoods is being scrutinized.

May 19, 2022

WKBW: "Community members call for executive order to halt Buffalo City budget vote"

By: Pheben Kassahun | May 19, 2022 With Saturday's events still so fresh in people's minds, some people want city leaders in Buffalo to pause plans to advance the Mayor's budget proposal. Thursday's gloomy day accurately depicts how the greater Buffalo community is feeling, as members mourn the …

May 18, 2022

Yahoo News: "Tops was the only supermarket in Buffalo's Black neighborhood. What will residents do now?"

By: Claretta Bellamy | May 18, 2022 Dakarai Singletary couldn’t sleep Saturday night, after the shooting at Tops Friendly Markets, a grocery store up the street from his home in Buffalo, New York. The shooting, allegedly carried out by an 18-year-old white man, left 10 dead and three injured. …

May 17, 2022

Middle East Eye: "Buffalo shooting: Grieving community says attack highlights 'disdain for Black lives'"

By: Zainab Iqbal | May 17, 2022 Residents say white supremacist attack that left 10 people dead comes from deep-rooted prejudice against Black people

May 17, 2022

Fortune: "Decades of racial inequity left Buffalo vulnerable. Resoring the community after shooting demands more than thoughts and prayers"

By: Ellen McGirt | May 17, 2022 It was just a day in the life, afternoon food shopping for Saturday night dinner, maybe a barbecue. What do you have a taste for? Need anything? Andre was picking up a surprise birthday cake for his three-year-old son. Ruth was there to pick up a few …