Steve Peraza | September 20, 2023 As a working parent, I would not be employed without the child care providers who care for my kids. Providers constitute “the workforce behind the workforce,” the early education professionals who care for and nurture our babies while we, the parents, …
by Caitlin Love Crowell and Regine Ndanga 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 …
By Caitlin Crowell 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.
Dear Buffalo Common Council members,Thank you for fighting for the arts and recognizing how crucial it is for a city to invest in itself by funding its cultural heart. We appreciate your support and presence for the arts throughout the year: cutting the ribbon for a new mural at the William-Emslie …
The Mayor's administration is requesting that the Buffalo Common Council approve a transfer of $60 million of American Rescue Plan funds from community-focused initiatives to fill city budget gaps instead. PPG and partners sent a letter to Buffalo Common Council on July 27, 2023 outlining legal …
By Hannah Gabelnick 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.
Spectrum News Staff | July 25, 2023 The city of Buffalo is being accused of misusing American Rescue Plan funds by a local public advocacy group. The Partnership for the Public Good sent a complaint to the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of the Inspector General on Monday asking for an …
Sara Dingmann | July 24, 2023 Local organizations gathered on Monday to announce the filing of a complaint against the City of Buffalo's handling of American Rescue Plan funding. The Partnership for the Public Good held a press conference to ask the Common Council to table a vote on allocating $60 …
Grant Ashley | July 24, 2023 If Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown has his way, $60 million of federal Covid-19 relief funding originally intended for public benefit projects will fill budget shortfalls and go to small businesses across the city. But the dozens of local nonprofit and community …
This morning, Partnership for the Public Good and several of our partners submitted a complaint to the Department of the Treasury Inspector General, and copied Congressman Brian Higgins and Senator Chuck Schumer, asking for an investigation into the allocation of City of Buffalo American Rescue …
By Hannah Gabelnick, Megan Battista, and Regine Ndanga, edited by Caitlin Crowell 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.
On July 13, 2023, the Erie County Legislature held a public hearing on the proposed Occupancy Tax Modernization Act. PPG staff were not able to attend this hearing, but Director of Community Research, Sarah Wooton, submitted the following comments to the Erie County legislature.