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Gov. Hochul rightly identifies the climate crisis as the “defining challenge of our era.” She can respond to the needs of her constituents by passing the People’s Climate Justice Budget.

The $2.5 million state-funded project is aimed at helping to fulfill part of the states climate-change agenda, which PUSH says is critical not only for meeting climate and energy standards

Members of PUSH Buffalo stood outside of a new build housing complex on Buffalo’s West Side Wednesday, to push for all new builds to become all electric.

In our weekly “Producers’ Picks” episode we bring you highlights of recent important interviews with: Jerome Wright, NYS HALT Solitary campaign on a NYS study that shows disproportionately harsh discipline of people of color in prisons, Rev. Denise Walden Glenn and Tyrell Ford from VOICE Buffalo on criminal justice and re-entry issues, Teresa Watson and Sarah Frasier from PUSH Buffalo on housing issues in Buffalo and the push for a tenant's Bill of Rights, and Tim Tielman, from The Ca...

Vacant lots scattered throughout parts of Buffalo can be an eyesore in neighborhoods. But in one west side community, residents decided to transform a lot into a community space.

With a 2019 state law calling for a zero carbon economy by 2040, and a long way to go...

This new development will bring 49 affordable housing new units to Buffalo

State lawmakers have extended protection from evictions for another three months.  But that is a double-edged sword, because it puts landlords in a tough spot as well. It is now more than a year that tenants have been legally protected from being put on the street. Get our free mobile app State lawmakers have approved parallel packages for tenants and landlords. The moratorium on evictions to protect renters, includes a measure to protect landlords from foreclosure. The elephant in the room is...

Credit Thomas ONeil-White With the ambition of having the state lead the world in green energy use, Kennedy said the work must start at the local level: “New York State has put itself in a lead role on the national level as well as on an international level,” he said. “So now, it is our job and our obligation to put in place initiatives and requirements across the state so that we meet those goals that are so lofty here in New York so that we become the environmental leader in our nation ...

WNY Landlords Paying The Price For COVID-19 Relief Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures in New York. While providing relief for tenants has meant landlords have been severely hampered trying to collect rent and many times affecting them paying their own mortgages. WIVB-TV reports Western New York too has been operating under that statewide pause order since last year, closing courts to evictions against tenants and at the same time bank ...