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Common Council Conversations: Council Member Bryan Bollman on The Public GoodApril 12, 2022, 10:30-11 am

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin

Over the next few months, PPG is hosting Buffalo Common Council members on The Public Good as they discuss their goals and plans for the upcoming year.  This week on The Public Good, we feature Council Member Bryan Bollman of the Lovejoy

Common Council Conversations: Council Member Rasheed Wyatt on The Public GoodMarch 29, 2022, 10:30-11 am

Miles Gresham

Over the next few months, PPG is hosting Buffalo Common Council members on The Public Good as they discuss their goals and plans for the upcoming year.  This week on The Public Good, we feature Council Member Rasheed Wyatt of the University

No Reform Rollbacks (Virtual) Press ConferenceMarch 28, 2022, 10-10:45 am

Tanvier Peart

The Partnership for the Public Good will join Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, NYCLU, #HALTsolitary Campaign, and others on Monday, March 28 at 10 a.m. via Zoom for a virtual press conference ahead of New York State's April 1 budget deadline in opposition to Governor Hochul's proposed reform rollbacks. …

Bail Reform Demystified: Miles Gresham on The Public GoodMarch 22, 2022, 10:30-11 am

Tanvier Peart

PPG’s 2018 report Cruelty and Cost: Money Bail in Buffalo highlights the adverse impacts of setting money bail. It emphasizes there has been no connection found between an amount of money and a person’s likelihood of appearing in court of avoiding illegal activity while on release. It …

Common Council Conversations: Council Majority Leader David Rivera on The Public GoodMarch 8, 2022, 10:30-11 am

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin

Over the next few months, PPG is hosting Buffalo Common Council members on The Public Good as they discuss their goals and plans for the upcoming year.  This week on The Public Good, we feature Council Majority Leader David Rivera of the Niagara

Common Council Conversations: Council Member Mitch Nowakowski on The Public GoodMarch 1, 2022, 10:30-11 am

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin

Over the next few months, PPG is hosting Buffalo Common Council members on The Public Good as they discuss their goals and plans for the upcoming year.  This week on The Public Good, we feature Council Member Mitch Nowakowski of the Fillmore

The Clean Air Coalition of WNY: Chris Murawski, Emily Terrana, and Bridge Rauch on The Public GoodFebruary 22, 2022, 10:30-11 am

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin

Join us on The Public Good. This week, we speak with Chris Murawski, Emily Terrana, and Bridge Rauch of Clean Air Coalition of WNY. We discuss their approach to environmental justice campaigns and power building with grassroots leaders, some of their current campaigns, and their upcoming Annual …

Buffalo Tenants Bill of Rights: PUSH Buffalo and Coalition for Economic Justice on The Public GoodFebruary 15, 2022, 10:30-11 am

Sarah Wooton

Join us on The Public Good. This week, we speak with Teresa Watson, the Housing Justice Organizer at PUSH Buffalo and Jordan Moore of Coalition for Economic Justice and PUSH member about the Buffalo Tenants Bill of Rights. The Tenants Bill of Rights would protect tenants against evictions without …

Leveling the Playing Field: Ensuring the New Buffalo Bills Stadium Benefits Communities Across Erie CountyFebruary 10, 2022, 12-1 pm

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, John Goldstein

Take part in our lunchtime workshop to learn about and discuss a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) for the new Buffalo Bills stadium.

Transit Equity and Sidewalk Snow Removal: CEJ and BTRU on The Public GoodFebruary 8, 2022, 10:30-11 am

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin

Join us on The Public Good. This week, we speak with Simon Husted, long-time member of Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU and Holly Nowak, Executive Director of the CEJ Buffalo about transit equity and sidewalk snow removal in Buffalo. Together with partners, BTRU and CEJ just completed Transit …