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Buffalo Niagara suffers from serious health problems closely linked to poverty, environmental problems, and systemic inequality. Problems like lead poisoning and asthma, for example, disproportionately affect people of color and people with low incomes. Like other regions, Buffalo Niagara also suffers from our broken health insurance system, which excludes many working people from coverage and imposes unnecessary costs on employers.
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Buffalo News Editorial Board: "Buffalo's Proactive Rental Inspection program should be fully funded"
Buffalo News Editorial Board | April 14, 2024 Finding and fixing problems in aging rental units before it’s necessary to use punitive enforcement is a great idea. Making that policy a law? Even better. But laws need to be implemented and the city of Buffalo’s reluctance to fully …
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Registration Open for Uniting on the High Road: A Conference on Economic Justice at the Local Level
In cities across the United States, everyday people are working to transform our democracy by strengthening their voices in local government, shaping an economy that works for all, and reimagining public safety and health. They are organizing locally to imagine and build a new future where people …
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Buffalo News: "Buffalo's lead paint inspection program is unsustainable, commissioner say"
Deidre Williams | April 9, 2024 Three years ago when Buffalo launched a Proactive Rental Inspections program, it was the city’s latest attempt to solve a lead poisoning problem that has plagued Buffalo’s old housing stock for decades. Mayor Byron W. Brown said it would help the city …
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How the City Can Pay for Proactive Rental Inspections - Memo to the Council
We prepared this memo for the Buffalo Common Council to explore potential funding options for the Proactive Rental Inspection (PRI) program. It discusses modestly increasing the city's rental registry fee, using American Rescue Plan funds, and several other funding options. We sent this memo along …
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Creating Safe Spaces: Black Men’s Role in Community Growth on The Public GoodFebruary 13, 2024, 11:30 am-12 pm
Dejia Marie James
Join us on The Public Good! Our guests are Sherman Webb-Middlebrooks, Men's Health Project Manager at the Buffalo Center for Health Equity, and Jimmy Darby, community organizer, Board President for Voice Buffalo, and founder of Just for Us, and Buffalo Peacemaker.
Creating Safe Spaces: Black Men’s Role in Community Growth on The Public GoodFebruary 13, 2024, 11:30 am-12 pm
Dejia Marie James
Join us on The Public Good! Our guests are Sherman Webb-Middlebrooks, Men's Health Project Manager at the Buffalo Center for Health Equity, and Jimmy Darby, community organizer, Board President for Voice Buffalo, and founder of Just for Us, and Buffalo Peacemaker.
Stan Martin Consulting: Stan Martin on The Public GoodDecember 19, 2023, 10:30-11 am
Dejia Marie James
Join us on The Public Good! Our guest is Stan Martin with Stan Martin Consulting.
Stan Martin Consulting: Stan Martin on The Public GoodDecember 19, 2023, 10:30-11 am
Dejia Marie James
Join us on The Public Good! Our guest is Stan Martin with Stan Martin Consulting.
