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Last week, Philadelphia's City Council voted to end cash bail, a system that disproportionately punishes poor offenders. There is a movement among local progressives to make Buffalo follow suit.
Hurrah for cities ending bail and decriminalizing marijuana. Why can’t that happen here? |
The Hernandez Rossy family with attorney Nelson Torre (second from left).
No charges for officers who shot Jose Hernandez Rossy in the back as he fled; community and family call for accountability and reform. |
 Vacant for about 20 years, the Niagara Machine & Tool Works complex is now undergoing a $50 million rehabilitation by the Buffalo Urban Development ... |
 The Our Outer Harbor coaltion, a group representing public voices regarding appropriate development on the Outer Harbor has released a Newsletter detailing... |
 In recent years, developer Nick Sinatra has emerged as a driving force behind Buffalo’s real estate boom (or bubble?). Where does the money come from? |
Assemblyman Sean Ryan is holding a panel discussion on affordable housing at D'Youville on February 8.
Kudos to Fruit Belt residents and Sean Ryan; boos for Phil Rumore, Byron Brown, and Bob McCarthy. |
Image courtesy of the Buffalo History Museum.
Here, in a photograph dated circa 1932, is a view of Seneca Street looking northeast toward the intersection with Swan Street. |
 At the company’s peak around 1919, the Larkin Company occupied 65 acres of floor area and employed about 2,000 people. |