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2022 Blog

Amazon Gets Huge Contract Despite Biden’s Union Pledge

By Henry Taylor on May 6, 2022

By Matthew Cunningham-Cook
&
David Sirota

Read the full article from Lever News, here.

The president promised to halt federal contracts to union busters — but the deal was just re-awarded to Amazon while the company was crushing a union drive.

Posted in: labor and unions, politics
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2022 Blog Defund the Police

‘We should not defund’: Democrats press Pelosi for vote on police funding

By Henry Taylor on May 6, 2022

By Scott Wong

Read the full article from NBC News, here.

Nearly 20 House Democrats are urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to hold a vote on bipartisan legislation to boost funding for police as crime surges ahead of the midterms.

Posted in: national, policing, politics
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2022 Blog

$1 billion coming to Kensington Expressway redesign

By Henry Taylor on May 6, 2022

By Howard Riedel

Read the full article from WBFO, here.

The redesign of the Kensington Expressway is getting a $1 billion boost from New York.

Posted in: buffalo, local
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2022 Social Justice and Racial Equity

The Limits of “Lived Experience”

By Henry Taylor on May 6, 2022

By Erica Canes

Read the full article from Hood Communist, here.

The language of identity is important but can also be used to erase those who should be lifted up.

Posted in: politics, racial equity and social justice
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2022 Blog

Brown proposes increases in Buffalo property taxes, user fees

By Henry Taylor on April 29, 2022

By Deidre Williams

Read the full article from Buffalo News, here.

For only the second time in his 16 years as Buffalo’s mayor, Bryon Brown proposes to increase property taxes.

His $568 million spending plan for 2022-23 recommends increasing residential property taxes by 5% and commercial property taxes by 6.6%.

Posted in: buffalo, local, real estate development
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2022 Blog

The Shots Heard Around Buffalo’s East Side

By Henry Taylor on April 29, 2022

By Cariol Horne and Myles Carter

Read the full article from The Challenger, here.

Calling into question the public safety of BPD’s tactics, this article examines how last months high speed chase went so wrong.

Posted in: buffalo, east side, local, policing
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