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Cornell Chronicle@CornellNews9 Jan 2023
Mapping who makes how much: The @cornellilr Wage Atlas shows who in #NewYork state earns living wages and where, helping policymakers and other stakeholders to understand patterns of #inequality. @buffalocolab news.cornell.edu/stories/202…

Fewer than 40% of New Yorkers earn a living wage | Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell ILR Wage Atlas shows who in New York state earns living wages and where, helping policymakers and other stakeholders to understand patterns of inequality.

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All @PPGBuffalo Partners are invited to submit their application for a High Road Fellow, by EOD today (11/2)--forms.gle/2JvyXijk8XTxxdr49. This is an 8-week paid fellowship for Cornell undergraduates in Buffalo, NY. Reach out with any questions!

High Road Fellow Supervisor Application 2025

Thank you so much for your interest in hosting a High Road Fellow this summer. Once you complete this form (OR the Microsoft Word version), by Friday, November 1, 2024, we will be in touch with any...

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Another Voice: Pegulas should play fair and reinvest in WNY community needs bit.ly/3ywMWcI via @TheBuffaloNews

Another Voice: Pegulas should play fair and reinvest in WNY community needs

"The Pegulas should play fair and reinvest our public dollars in Buffalo and Erie County, by committing to $500 million in community benefits over the first 30 years of the new stadium," write Andrea...

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On this #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we share our #Indigenous People of WNY Fact Sheet and ideas on how to support our local First Nations..(a thread) bit.ly/36X8hPj
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Indigenous People of WNY Fact Sheet bit.ly/36X8hPj
Deadline for a stadium benefits plan nears – with no sign of a final deal, @PPGBuffalo, bit.ly/3Ctgs4i via @TheBuffaloNews

Deadline for a stadium benefits plan nears – with no sign of a final deal

The clock is ticking to reach a community benefits deal for the new Buffalo Bills stadium, and it is looking increasingly likely that the latest deadline will pass without an agreement.

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Tomorrow 10/5 we'll be hosting our first session in our Working with the Media series: how to get your story in printed newspapers. Join us at 12:30pm on zoom bit.ly/3RAXNJc and more info here bit.ly/3EhqUhu @buffalocolab
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Another Voice: Unrealistic minimum staffing requirements are the problem at local jails buffalonews.com/opinion/anot… via @TheBuffaloNews

Another Voice: Unrealistic minimum staffing requirements are the problem at local jails

Forced overtime is a result of bloated minimums rather than any actual understaffing

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No action on stadium benefits agreement: investigativepost.org/2022/0… via @ipostnews

No action on stadium benefits agreement - Investigative Post

There's been talk, but little action to negotiate a community benefits agreement tied to the new Bills stadium, and time is running out.

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The Editorial Board: An ingrained system of segregation led the Tops shooter to Buffalo’s East Side buffalonews.com/opinion/edit… via @TheBuffaloNews

The Editorial Board: An ingrained system of segregation led the Tops shooter to Buffalo’s East Side

First in a series of editorials.

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"Every taxpayer in New York state is an investor in the stadium so we all have a stake in this deal. It’s public money, it’s public land and we all have a right to a seat at the table." -@Andrea_O_S spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ce…

WNY groups pushing for CBA in Bills stadium contracts

One group is pushing for a detailed CBA.

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Western New York community advocate groups pushing for CBA in Bills stadium contracts, @PPGBuffalo ttps://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2022/03/29/wny-groups-pushing-for-cba-in-bills-stadium-contracts?cid=share_twitter
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@caitlindewey deftly lays out Buffalo's rental housing landscape. Low rental stock, rising rents & poor conditions. Curious about the solution? Check out the Buffalo Tenants Bill of Rights bit.ly/TenantBOR @PUSHBuffalo buffalonews.com/news/local/s… via @TheBuffaloNews
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New Equitable Community Change Certificate Launched, “People saw how much power they had when they worked together" ilr.cornell.edu/buffalo-co-l…
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Buffalo group working to reduce literacy gap for Black children spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/bu…

Buffalo group working to reduce literacy gap for Black children

The group is called Black Boys Read Too, Incorporated.

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Local groups kick-off campaign to overhaul NYS sentencing laws wgrz.com/article/news/local/… via @WGRZ @PPGBuffalo @VOICE_Buffalo
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