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May 2, 2025

BPTM: "Buffalo budgets thousands each year for arts and anti violence groups, most of it goes unspent"

Holly Kirkpatrick | May 2, 2025 For more than 60 years, Locust Street Art has provided free or low-cost arts classes for children and adults. Housed in a former convent, the nonprofit is a fixture of Buffalo’s Fruit Belt neighborhood. As a small organization with tight budget margins, board …

May 2, 2025

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of April 28, 2025

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 guide.

April 24, 2025

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Weeks of April 7 and April 21, 2025

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 guide.

April 17, 2025

Acting Mayor Releases Recommended Budget, Opportunities for Public Feedback

Last week, Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon submitted his proposed 2025-2026 city budget to the council. You can find some analyses of it here and here and here and here. 

April 4, 2025

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of March 31, 2025

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 …

March 28, 2025

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of March 24, 2025

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, …

March 28, 2025

Protecting Our People, Communities, and Organizations: Local Action in a Time of National Crisis

The current instability and rapid changes in the United States federal government have raised unprecedented threats and concerns for nonprofits and community groups in Buffalo Niagara. Our communities face severe risks, and the nonprofit sector that serves their needs is itself under attack due to …

March 26, 2025

BPTM: "Buffalo's rental inspections set to soar, but key lead hazard data left out of report"

Holly Kirkpatrick | March 26, 2025 For years, if a tenant in the City of Buffalo suspected their rental property was unsafe or not up to code, the responsibility fell to them to contact the city to request an inspection. But in 2020, the Proactive Rental Inspections Program (PRI) was passed into …

March 25, 2025

Buffalo News: "Local coalition is giving away money to individuals, families, small businesses"

Deidre Williams | March 25, 2025 Buffalo’s Crossroad Coalition is giving away money, about $1 million a year. The money comes through the coalition’s Crossroads Community Fund and will directly benefit Buffalo’s frontline communities, including the LGBTQ+ and Indigenous …

March 24, 2025

Letter to Council in Response to 2025 PRI Report

Catherine Amdur, the Commissioner of Permits and Inspections Services submitted a report to the Buffalo Common Council about the status of the Proactive Rental Inspections (PRI) program. On March 24, 2025, we sent a letter to the Council outlining our response to the Commissioner's report. 

March 21, 2025

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of March 17, 2025

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 …

March 14, 2025

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of March 10, 2025

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 our guide. As …