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BTPM News @btpmnews.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Less than 48 hours after winning the Buffalo mayoral election, Sean Ryan took his first major step to build his new administration Thursday as mayor-appointed jobs are now open and advertised online.

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Overhaul in City Hall: dozens of jobs now open as Ryan builds new administration

Buffalo Mayor-Elect Sean Ryan announced his transition team Thursday. The team of more than 65 local leaders are tasked with leading the search to fill more than 70 appointed positions in City Hall.

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אסתי | esti @estibass.com · 25/06/2025

Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.

Zohran standing amidst a crowd in winter clothing

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

It wasn't just @governor.ny.gov Hochul cheering the #Bills to a W with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social at Murphy's in Queens. A crew from @ourcityaction.bsky.social led by @indiab.bsky.social was also in the house! They've been in The Big Apple getting out the vote for Mamdani! bsky.app/profile/zohr...

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

The saga between Buffalo Acting Mayor Scanlon and Comptroller Miller-Williams continues! The comptroller announced Tuesday that she intends to appeal a court decision ordering her to issue all funds approved in the capital budget. What are your thoughts? buffalonews.com/news/local/g...

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Buffalo comptroller will appeal court ruling in bond dispute

City Comptroller Barbara Miller-Williams will appeal state Supreme Court Justice Emilio Colaiacovo's decision instructing her to borrow the full $110 million approved in the city capital budget last y...

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

"Both Rodriguez and Abdo are strong candidates but lack Mecozzi’s operational experience to navigate the pressing issues now facing the district. Mecozzi says she’s ready to take a leadership role – this is her opportunity." That's OUR candidate! buffalonews.com/opinion/edit...

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Mecozzi earns support in Buffalo board race

Buffalo Public Schools face budget cuts, leadership change, and internal division as six district seats come up for election, with Jennifer Mecozzi best positioned for re-election.

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The Buffalo News @buffalonews.com · 18/10/2025

Thousands gathered for a No Kings rally in downtown Buffalo on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. Buffalo United Coalition, comprising more than 35 community, faith, and labor-based organizations, organized the rally.

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Photos: Thousands rally for another 'No Kings' protest in downtown Buffalo

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

This THURSDAY, Oct. 9th, is our annual Music 🎶 & Art 🖼️ Extravaganza!! Featuring live performances by local talent, including Michael Heubusch, Jazz, Bianca L. McGraw, Abby Rose, and Ian McCuen. Get your tickets 🎟️ at the link 🔗 below👇🏾: www.ourcityactionbuffalo.com/event-detail...

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Music & Art Extravaganza | OCAB

An art auction and live music event to benefit Our City Action Buffalo

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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 06/10/2025

We are thrilled to share that we are bringing trainers from the Midwest Academy, a 50 year old training academy for community organizers, to Buffalo for a FREE professional training series! Applications are due October 31, apply using the link below. actionnetwork.org/forms/midwes...

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Midwest Academy Buffalo Hub Training Application

The Midwest Academy is coming to Buffalo! Midwest is a 50 year old training academy for community organizers, and an essential training for those who want to run impactful campaigns. https://midwes...

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

"If there was ever a time to act up and fight back, it’s now. Our country’s future – and the lives of millions of trans Americans – depends on it." OCAB Director Harper Bishop writes how scapegoating trans people is part of strategy to suppress all civil rights. buffalonews.com/opinion/arti...

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Another Voice: Scapegoating trans people is part of strategy to suppress all civil rights

Pushing a false linkage between the transgender community and mass shooters does nothing except contribute to the “otherization” of the trans community and legitimize attempts to roll back trans peopl...

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Erie County, NY @eriecounty.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

📢 Erie County is announcing community COVID-19 vaccines in October, available for any resident (ages 6 mo.+), following recommendations put forth by the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. 🌐 Register at: erie.gov/vax. Walk-ins welcome, appointments encouraged.

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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 28/09/2025

Power is finite. When more power is granted to elected officials, it is necessarily taken from elsewhere. Never forget that. Once taken, power is rarely given back freely. One does not simply roll back the expansion of state power.

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

A quick reminder about our event next week. It's important, and it's free and open to the public.

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Buffalo Legal Observers @buffalolos.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The NLG is receiving more and more verified reports of federal agent door-knocks and contacts. If you are approached by federal law enforcement, don’t be afraid to alert your community.

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

What you're saying is that it's playing out exactly how we knew it would? Geoff Kelly from @ipostnews.bsky.social has the latest on the race to fill Sean Ryan's senate seat.

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Last night we called and texted our members and supporters to raise funds to travel to NYC this November to get @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social across the finish line. We were able to raise almost half of our goal in one day. Can you help us by chipping in $5, $10, or even $50 or more?!

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

OCAB Policy & Advocacy committee members, Tara Melish and Nathan Feist, outline the Charter Revision Commission process and the opportunity to create an effective and independent human rights oversight and accountability system for our city. More here: buffalonews.com/opinion/arti...

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Another Voice: Buffalo deserves a functional and effective human rights commission

Astoundingly, in a city with one of the highest rates of poverty and racial segregation in the nation, the CCRCR has never – not once – substantiated any case of

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

“Absolutely no one from City Hall reached out to me about this,” said Brian Borncamp. “I don’t want guns flooding my neighborhood, and I especially don’t want guns in place of what was a community center that kids used to get food and play basketball at.” www.investigativepost.org/2025/09/04/p...

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Process for police shooting range misses the mark - Investigative Post

Buffalo officials largely ignored neighbors and violated state law in their rush to convert abandoned community center into training facility.

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Make Common @makecommon.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

happy labor day! a good union opposes the destruction of the working classes regardless of whether they are in the union or on a farm in upstate new york picking strawberries for pennies or the streets of Chicago or Gaza. there's a rad rad history of anti-imperial & transnational union solidarity.

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

The billionaires continue to wage a cruel war on working people, with ICE and law enforcement backing up their attacks. This Labor Day we will continue to stand strong, fighting for shared prosperity over corporate politics. Join us! details below👇🏾: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

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Buffalo #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day Kickoff · Mobilize

The billionaires continue to wage a cruel war on working people, with their cronies in the administration, ICE and law enforcement backing up their attacks. This Labor Day we will continue to stand st...

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

“We have a lot of challenges,” as a city, Falicov said. "[T]he city charter can’t fix a lot of those, but maybe we can work to improve the function of City Hall so that it better serves residents and ultimately creates a better, more resilient city.” buffalonews.com/news/local/g...

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Buffalo Charter Review Commission plots path forward

A commission working to revise the city’s foundational governing document has set a framework for its bylaws and a tentative schedule to get a ballot measure set for the 2026 election cycle.

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Yesterday, we stood with residents at 201 Ellicott, food justice advocates, and a host of nonprofits, including the Massachusetts Avenue Project, to call for an affordable grocery store downtown. 1st in a series of rallies. Read more and then join us next week! buffalonews.com/news/local/g...

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Downtown residents rally for affordable grocer at Braymiller site

Tenants at an affordable housing development downtown are urging city leaders to recruit a new grocery store operator for the space at the former Braymiller Market, which closed late last year.

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Thank you to everyone who came out today! Our message deeply resonated with parade-goers today. We stand in solidarity with the Puerto Rican and Hispanic community, as well as the rest of our immigrant communities in Buffalo. "Say it loud and say it clear: IMMIGRANTS ARE WELCOME HERE!!!!"

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

PARADE DAY!!!!! Join us, along w/ our friends from JFMF and the NYIC, for this year's Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 y Hispanic Day Parade. We’ll hand out flags and candy to parade-goers, enjoy the weather, and, most importantly, celebrate the rich cultural diversity of our community.

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Good morning, good morning! ☀️ Two events happening tonight: 🧑🏾‍🏫 Buffalo Board of Education Endorsement Committee 🇵🇷 Sign making party for Saturday's Puerto Rican and Hispanic Day Parade Both events are taking place at 6pm at 393 Delaware Ave. See you then!

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

BUFFALO — SHOW UP! 🚨 TODAY! Monday, August 11 at 5:00 PM in the OSP-912 Conference Room, the City of Buffalo Charter Revision Commission is meeting — and YOU need to be there!

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

"You come to our neighborhood and you think you can just run roughshod over us and not get the consent of the people? It's unacceptable." - Brian Borncamp, Broadway-Fillmore resident Neighbors respond to plans for a police facility at 379 Paderewski. www.btpm.org/local/2025-0...

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‘We weren’t told’: Broadway-Fillmore residents push back on planned police training facility

The city's plan to convert a vacant building into a $5 million police training facility is drawing backlash from residents who say they were left out of the conversation.

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

"[R]oundups of people who are legally pursuing citizenship as they work long hours on farms, constructions sites and essential occupations – is not acceptable. It is, quite simply, wrong. It has no place in Western New York or anywhere else." buffalonews.com/opinion/edit...

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The Editorial Board: Reign of terror is not the way to address immigration in Western New York or anywhere

Being arrested in the middle of legal court proceedings does not sound like due process, especially when it leads to immediate deportation or detention in a facility where continuing legal

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Erie County, NY @eriecounty.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

📢 Volunteers Needed! Erie County Environment & Planning is partnering with Delavan-Grider Community Center & @UBuffalo.bsky.social‬ on a heat-mapping campaign to improve emergency preparedness. We're recruiting volunteer drivers & navigators for a Saturday, August 9, event. Go to: erie.gov/heatmap

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

The Buffalo Common Council is set to vote on a new police training facility in early September. LOLA is leading the charge to inform residents of the facility and organize against it. BTPM reporter Holly Kirkpatrick talked to residents around the facility, have a 🎧. www.btpm.org/local/2025-0...

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A Closer Look: Proposed new Buffalo police training facility

In this edition of "A Closer Look," Ryan Zunner sits down with Holly Kirkpatrick to discuss what the status and reaction has been like for a proposed new police training facility for the city of Buffa...

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Most of yesterday's meeting was spent on a presentation by a hired gun attorney who won decisions that the city's salary review commission and redistricting commission are not public bodies. t.co/VuHV36A98C

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https://buffalonews.com/news/local/government-politics/article_2ee077dc-18a8-4313-a308-85b8bb82df7d.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

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Mark Poloncarz @markpoloncarz.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Much of Erie County's air quality is now in the "Unhealthy" Category for all people as a result of Canadian wildfire smoke particulates. You should limit your outdoor activity as much as possible. Check out your location here: www.airnow.gov

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

TODAY: The City of Buffalo's Charter Review Commission will - at long last - host their first meeting today, Monday, August 4th at Buffalo City Hall, Room 912, at 2pm. We'll be there, hope you will be, too!

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

We’re excited to announce that OCAB’s Endorsement Committee will hold its first meeting since we endorsed Sean Ryan for mayor this Thur., July 31st, at 6pm. The meeting will take place at the Liberated Wellness Center, located at 393 Delaware Ave.

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Council advanced the zoning change during yesterday's Legislation Committee meeting. A final vote is expected on September 2nd at City Hall when the Council comes back from summer recess. www.wgrz.com/article/news...

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Buffalo police training center takes next steps despite concerns from neighbors

The proposed training facility on the East Side of Buffalo climbed a major hurdle after rezoning for the site was approved. Some community members still concerned.

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Buffalo Common Council Majority Leader Halton-Pope submitted a resolution last wk calling for an independent "civilian oversight entity" with SUBPOENA power, a budget, and a mandate to investigate allegations of misconduct, among other recommendations. Read more from Geoff Kelly at IP:

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Buffalo was promised good jobs and a stronger future. Instead, we got outright exploitation. As a faltering billionaire destroys his brand and credibility, it’s the working people of our city who will bear the consequences. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

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Critics call for exploring alternatives for South Buffalo Tesla plant

Community groups are calling for New York State to hold off on extending an agreement with Tesla to operate a plant in South Buffalo, to see if the state can strike a better deal.

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Do you want to get involved but you're not sure how? Tonight's your night! Our quarterly New Member Orientation takes place at the Liberated Wellness Center (393 Delaware Ave) at 6pm. Come meet OCAB leaders and learn about the history of the org and how to get involved.

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BTPM News @btpmnews.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Buffalo Common Council's Police Oversight Committee raised concerns about transparency, accountability and communication within the BPD, asking why the public was not informed of a June 17 gun incident at the Tops grocery store on Jefferson Ave.

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Council presses Buffalo police on lack of communication following gun arrests

The Buffalo Common Council's Police Oversight Committee raised concerns about transparency, accountability and communication within the Buffalo Police Department, asking why the public were not informed of a June gun incident at the Tops gr...

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WNYCOSH @wnycosh.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Have a question about health and safety or your rights at work? Not sure if something is illegal? Give our Hotline a call at (716) 206-3550! Available in multiple languages: wnycosh.org/workercenter...

Gold and black text giving the Worker Center Hotline and website information

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Council Chambers are empty. Not one representative from the Buffalo Police Department is in attendance at the Police Oversight Committee this morning. The Police Oversight Committee hasn't met since April and won't meet again until at least September.

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Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Our next new member orientation is next Thursday, July 17th at 6pm at the Liberated Wellness Center (located at 393 Delaware Ave). Participants will learn about the org's history, mission, and values. If you're looking for a local political home, check us out!

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The Buffalo News @buffalonews.com · 07/07/2025

The appeal filed last week by the East Side Parkways Coalition and residents living around Route 33 focuses on the public trust doctrine and New York's Green Amendment. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

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Fight to restore Humboldt Parkway continues in state Supreme Court

The appeal filed last week by the East Side Parkways Coalition and residents living around Route 33 focuses on the public trust doctrine and New York's Green Amendment.

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