Budgeting is one governmental process that is typically opaque to the public. Erie County’s 2021 adopted budget is over $1.6 billion dollars, funding many activities that are critical to community including housing, childcare, health, and mental health. At this workshop, learn more about what …
Join us on The Public Good! This week, our guests are Kim Smith, Deputy Political Director, Rochester VOCAL-NY - Voices Of Community Activists & Leaders, and WNY Campaigns Coordinator Breyana Clark, and Miles Gresham, PPG Policy Fellow. We discuss part two of the Free The People …
Our guests on this week's episode of The Public Good are Dejia James, Manager of Membership Engagement at The New York Immigration Coalition, and Donna Robinson, Release Aging People in Prison - RAPP WNY Organizer. This is the first in two episodes where we discuss the Free The …
Join Citizen’s for Regional Transit on Wednesday, October 27 at 5:30pm for a public meeting for a presentation and discussion on the proposed East Side / Airport extension and the results of High Road Fellow, Lizzie Taber’s eTOD study results.
The workshop, the sixth and final one in the series, Climate, Clean-up and Accountability at the West Valley Nuclear Waste Site in 2021 will be held virtually, is free and is open to the public. Federal and NYS major environmental laws were passed years after the West Valley Nuclear site was …
On this week's Public Good radio show, we're live with Dr. Henry-Louis Taylor, Director of the Center for Urban Studies at UB and lead researcher of the new report, "The Harder We Run: The State of Black Buffalo in 1990 and the Present." Listen in as we discuss the research findings and …
Join us on The Public Good. This week, we are talking with Sue Lumadue from the City of Buffalo Department of Community Services. Sue talks with us about programs that assist those financially impacted by COVID-19 to pay expenses such as rent and utility bills.
Do you work with tenants who live in one- or two-unit homes? The City of Buffalo may be contacting them to inspect their apartments. They’re starting a new program to make sure apartments are safe to live in within the City of Buffalo. How will this work? What do tenants need to know? …
Do you rent out a single or double property in the City of Buffalo? Do you know landlords who do? The City of Buffalo is starting a new inspection program that will impact some landlords. It’s called the Proactive Rental Inspections (PRI) program. What does this mean for those landlords? What …
Join us on The Public Good. This week, we are talking with Doug Funke, President of Citizens for Regional Transit, and Jim Gordon, Treasurer of Citizens for Regional Transit (CRT). We will be talking with Doug and Jim about CRT’s advocacy around improving public transportation in the Buffalo …