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Buffalo's Untapped Power to Discipline PoliceNovember 30, 2021, 12:30-2 pm

Miles Gresham, Esq. and De'Jon Hall

Register here: https://bit.ly/3cjB1TN For many, the apparent inability to discipline or fire police officers with records of misconduct has been a major obstacle to criminal justice reform. However, both court decisions and Buffalo’s legislative history grant the City of Buffalo the authority …

The 485-a Property Tax Exemption: John Washington and Rob Galbraith on The Public GoodNovember 30, 2021, 10:30-11 am

Tanvier Peart

On this week's Public Good radio show, we're live with John Washington, Free The People WNY member, and Rob Galbraith, Senior Research Analyst at Public Accountability Initiative. Listen in as we discuss 485-a, a controversial property tax exemption program. In his Buffalo News op-ed, Rob …

Water Equity and Affordability: Stephen Halpern and Anna Blatto on The Public GoodNovember 23, 2021, 10:30-11 am

Miles Gresham

Join us on The Public Good! We’re live with Steve Halpern, Staff Attorney at Western New York Law Center and Anna Blatto, Research Associate at Partnership for the Public Good, discussing water equity and affordability in Buffalo, New York. PPG’s upcoming report will explore these …

Disciplining Police Officers: Miles Gresham on The Public GoodNovember 16, 2021, 10:30-11 am

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin

Join us on The Public Good! This week our guest is PPG Policy Fellow Miles Gresham, Esq. discusses his policy brief, "The City of Buffalo's Untapped Power to Discipline Police Officers." This report examines the history of police discipline provisions in Buffalo city charters and calls on the City …

County Budget WorkshopNovember 11, 2021, 12:30-2 pm

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, Colleen Kristich, Becca Bass

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 …

Free the People WNY Part 2: Kim Smith, Breyana Clark, and Miles Gresham on The Public GoodNovember 9, 2021, 10-10:30 am

Tanvier Peart

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 …

Free the People WNY Part 1: Dejia James and Donna Robinson on The Public GoodNovember 2, 2021, 10-10:30 am

Tanvier Peart

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 …

The East Side / Airport Metro Rail Extension: Catalyst for Equity and Regional SuccessOctober 27, 2021, 5:30-7 pm

Douglas Funke, President of Citizens for Regional Transit, Lizzie Taber, Cornell High Road Fellow '21

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.

Climate, Clean-up and Accountability at the West Valley Nuclear Waste Site in 2021October 26, 2021, 6-7:30 pm

Barbara Warren, RN, MS, Executive Director, Citizens’ Environmental Coalition

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 …

"The Harder we Run": Dr. Henry-Louis Taylor on The Public GoodOctober 26, 2021, 10:30-11 am

Miles Gresham

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 …