Partnership for the Public Good and Open Buffalo just released a report revealing widespread violations of wage and safety laws in Buffalo. Nicole Hallett, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law at the University at Buffalo School of Law and the author of the report, will speak on her findings at the …
Watch the Channel 4 WIVB interviews with Dennice Barr and Sam Magavern and read about the release of report for the Poverty Truth Commission, "Poverty in Buffalo: Causes, Impacts, Solutions."
On April 10, 2018 PPG released a new report: Poverty in Buffalo: Causes, Impacts, Solutions. The report was commissioned by the Truth Commission on Poverty in Western New York, which is a part of the national Poor People’s Campaign co-chaired by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Lize …
PPG has just released a policy brief drafted by Daniel Cadzow, Policy Fellow at PPG and an advocate for environmental justice and equitable traffic infrastructure. The policy brief summarizes the history of transportation infrastructure in Buffalo and some of the thinking behind its …
The city of Buffalo has been selected for PolicyLink’s All-In Cities Anti-Displacement Network. It is a network of local elected officials, city staff, and community leaders from 10 cities that will advance a range of strategies to prevent displacement of low-income residents and …
Jalonda Hill joined us in January as our new Communications and Outreach Specialist, through the Americorps Economic Development Corps program. She is also the founder of Colored Girls Bike Too, our newest partner initiative.
Following advocacy by the Open Buffalo Justice and Opportunity Coalition and Partnership for the Public Good, the Buffalo Common Council has created a Community Advisory Body on Police Oversight, as reported in the Buffalo News this week.
PPG has released a fact sheet summarizing the available history of Indigenous people in what is now known as Western New York and providing information on the contemporary state of Haudenosaunee communities. Intended to shed light on an often overlooked history, it includes demographic, economic, …
This policy brief offers national and local information about people who lack bank accounts and describes some of the impacts of being “unbanked,” including reliance on exploitative services such as check cashing, rent to own stores, and pawn shops. It was drafted by was drafted by …
PPG’s Buffalo Briefs are the best place to go when you need the most important data for local trends and issues. We’ve recently updated the briefs on poverty in Buffalo-Niagara and immigrants, refugees, and languages spoken in Buffalo. You can find them here: Immigrants, Refugees, …
We recognize the disbanding of the Strike Force as a major reform. We renew our call for three additional reforms critical to better policing in the City of Buffalo: expanded and mandatory community policing, disbanding of the housing unit, and an end to arrests for marijuana possession.
“They were started to be tough on crime and we know that’s coded language for policing black and brown neighborhoods,” said Natasha Soto, a co-founder of Just Resisting, a racial and criminal justice group that promotes the empowerment of people of color.