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July 23, 2021

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of July 19, 2021

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.

July 19, 2021

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of July 12, 2021

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.

July 14, 2021

Buffalo News: "Citizen panel questions Buffalo police chief on white supremacy in policing"

Deidre Williams |  Jul 14, 2021  Noting a series of alarming incidents around the country, members of a citizens police oversight panel that reports to the Buffalo Common Council on Wednesday questioned Police Commissioner Byron C. Lockwood on the steps being taken …

July 12, 2021

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of July 5, 2021

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.

July 2, 2021

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of June 28, 2021

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.

July 2, 2021

WBFO: "Sean Ryan, local groups call for public hearings on proposed Outer Harbor amphitheater"

By Thomas O'Neil-White | July 2, 2021 State Senator Sean Ryan joined citizen and environmental groups Thursday calling on the Erie Canal Harbor Development Group to hold in-person public hearings on a proposed 8,000 capacity amphitheater at Buffalo’s Outer Harbor.

June 28, 2021

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of June 21, 2021

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.

June 24, 2021

Planning for Personal Electric Vehicles - Public Comment on the Redesign of Route 198

The Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council is leading the Region Central process to reimagine the Scajaquada Corridor and redesign Route 198 (the Scajaquada Expressway). PPG Policy Fellow Dan Cadzow submitted the following public comment, highlighting the need to plan for …

June 17, 2021

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of June 14, 2021

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.

June 11, 2021

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of June 7, 2021

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.

June 11, 2021

PPG Letter to Common Council: Preserve Our Outer Harbor, Refuse Proposed Amphitheater

The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation, the state agency that manages the Outer Harbor, is proposing an 8,000-person amphitheater on the waterfront, costing $10 million to build. Buffalo Common Council can approve or reject this project. In the letter below, PPG shares our belief that this …

June 3, 2021

Buffalo Common Council Summary: Week of May 31, 2021

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.