Buffalo Arts and Culture Organizations

Open Buffalo and Partnership for the Public Good collaboratively compiled a directory of organizations that promote social justice through locally based arts and cultural programmatic efforts. This directory has contact information, as well as the mission and social justice commitment of the various organizations

Local Government Website Updated Report Card

In 2017, the Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government evaluated the websites of sixteen municipalities in Erie and Niagara County

Local Government Authority in Erie and Niagara County Website Report Card

In February of 2018, the Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government evaluated the websites of fourteen local government Authorities in Erie and Niagara Count

Phase 2 Outreach Plan- Buffalo, NY ITS4US Deployment Project

693JJ321C000005The Buffalo NY ITS4US Deployment Project seeks to improve mobility to, from, and within the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus by deploying new and advanced technologies with a focus on addressing existing mobility and accessibility challenges. Examples of the technologies to be deployed are electric and self-driving shuttles, a trip planning app that is customized for accessible travel, intersections that use tactile and mobile technologies to enable travelers with disabilities to navigate intersections, and Smart Infrastructure to support outdoor and indoor wayfinding. The deployment geography includes the 120-acre Medical Campus and surrounding neighborhoods with a focus on three nearby neighborhoods (Fruit Belt, Masten Park, and Allentown) with underserved populations (low income, vision loss, deaf or hard of hearing, physical disabilities (including wheeled mobility device users) and older adults). This document is the Outreach Plan for Phase 2 of the project, which identifies the outreach efforts this project will perform to promote and ensure stakeholder engagement

Phase 1 Outreach Plan- Buffalo, NY ITS4US Deployment Project

693JJ321C000005The Buffalo NY ITS4US Deployment Project seeks to improve mobility to, from, and within the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus by deploying new and advanced technologies with a focus on addressing existing mobility and accessibility challenges. Examples of the technologies to be deployed are electric and self-driving shuttles, a trip planning app that is customized for accessible travel, intersections that use tactile and mobile technologies to enable travelers with disabilities to navigate intersections, and Smart Infrastructure to support outdoor and indoor wayfinding. The deployment geography includes the 120-acre Medical Campus and surrounding neighborhoods with a focus on three nearby neighborhoods (Fruit Belt, Masten Park, and Allentown) with underserved populations (low income, vision loss, deaf or hard of hearing, physical disabilities (including wheeled mobility device users) and older adults). This document is the Outreach Plan, which identifies the outreach efforts this pilot will perform to promote and ensure stakeholder engagement

Profile of Buffalo and its Region

DataDemographicsHistory__Profile_of_Buffalo_and_its_Region.pdf: 45 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

Alarming Disparities: The Disproportionate Number of African American and Hispanic People in Erie County Criminal Justice System

This study on the disproportionate number of African-American and Hispanic people in the Erie County criminal justice system reveals four findings for further analysis. Representation of the African-American and Hispanic populations is disproportionately high in each stage of the criminal justice process, from arrest through sentencing. The disparities grow worse at each stage of the process. Violent felonies and drug felonies yield the greatest racial disparities. The higher poverty levels of African-Americans and Hispanics do not fully explain the disparities. Research suggests that residential segregation, implicit racial biases, and the disparate impact of various laws, policies, and practices, particularly those associated with the “War on Drugs,” play a role, especially for African-Americans. There are many feasible ways to change laws, policies and practices to reduce racial disparities.CriminalJustice__Alarming_Disparities.pdf: 80 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

Local Government Website Updated Report Card

In 2017, the Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government evaluated the websites of sixteen municipalities in Erie and Niagara County.Local_Government_Municipality__Website_Report_Card_2018.pdf: 23 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

Local Government Authority in Erie and Niagara County Website Report Card

In February of 2018, the Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government evaluated the websites of fourteen local government Authorities in Erie and Niagara CountyLocal_Government_Authority_in_Erie_and_Niagara_County_Website_Report_Card_2018.pdf: 27 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

Temp Work and Poverty in Buffalo

There are many kinds of temp work, but this report focuses on the most common type, in which a worker is employed by a temporary service agency and placed at one or more work sites. The temp agency typically charges its client business roughly twice the worker’s hourly wages. Temp agencies create a triangular relationship in which the worker works at the host business but for the temp agency. In other words, it is the temp agency that typically recruits, screens, hires, pays, and fires the worker – not the host business. Temp workers earn an average of 25% less than permanent workers.PovertyLowWageWorkIncomeInequality__Temp_Work_and_Poverty_in_Buffalo.pdf: 49 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020