As concerns about the effectiveness and fairness of the Buffalo School Zone Speed Camera continue, this post analyzes the 20 school zones where speed cameras have been installed. It assigns them into four categories based on safety risk and traffic volume, and recommends traffic-calming measures …
By Orlando Dickson | 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.
This campaign focuses on the passage of three bills in the New York State Legislature: (1) legalizing marijuana and funding communities affected by the war on drugs; (2) “Clean Slate,” which would allow for automatic expungement of many criminal records; and (3) equitable …
By Orlando Dickson | 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 Orlando Dickson | 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.
The Erie County Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative Task Force was formed in summer 2020, in response to Governor Cuomo's Executive Order requiring that each local government entity with a police agency convene a community-engaged process on police reform.
On February 23, 2021, the Buffalo Common Council Legislation Committee discussed the School Zone Speed Camera program. PPG Community Researcher Colleen Kristich shared the following remarks during the session.
By Orlando Dickson | 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.
In 2020, at the request of a coalition of our partners, PPG began to research the police and security presence in Buffalo Public Schools. We learned that there are three types of security personnel that interact with Buffalo Public School students.
By Orlando Dickson | 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 | In November 2020, the City of Buffalo took a major step to improve housing conditions in Buffalo. Investor-owned singles and doubles will now be subject to regular inspections. To rent their properties, investors will have to get Certificates of Rental Compliance, which must be …
By Mike Desmond | February 2, 2021 An array of local social change groups says the effects of the continuing pandemic show the need for basic changes, from housing payments for the homeless to restrictions on evictions. The first sign of their push for change is starting now: door-to-door activity …