Western New York Law Center

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Thank you to The Chapel for inviting the Law Center to speak about the services we offer.

If you or someone who know would like an interesting job that helps the WNY community at the same time please click the link below.https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do

Having water is a right!

CLARO Virtual Session call 716-828-8432

Go to www.211wny.org to get your rent/mortgage paid if you have been negatively impacted by COVID-19! This program is offered through Live Well Erie County. I...f you have any questions, hmu! Please pass this along

The Law Center continues to provide free legal advice. Please see our flyer for our upcoming events.

An Informational Drive By to explain the Law Center Services will be held Sat. 10/17 from 11 AM to 1 PM @ the Cheektowaga Senior Center located @ 3349 Broadway St, Cheektowaga, NY 14227. Attorneys will be available for your socially distanced questions .

Assistance is available for Rental and Mortgage... Please see the attached flyer and link. https://www2.erie.gov/socialservices/index.php

The Law Center respected Ruth Bader Ginsberg and will miss her superb mind. We want people to get out there and vote.

On today's Public Good radio show, we're joined by three members of the Fair Fines + Fees Coalition - Buffalo: Jalonda Hill, coordinator of the Coalition and a ...paralegal at the Western New York Law Center, Pastor George Nicholas of the Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church and the African American Health Equity Taskforce, and Diane Elze, Board Member of the Erie County Restorative Justice Coalition and a professor of social work at UB. We discuss the Coalition's big win earlier this month--the repeal of 13 traffic fees by the Buffalo Common Council. These fees, added in 2018, were far higher than fees in other cities in NY state, were not making our communities safer, and were exacerbating problems of poverty, overpolicing, and racial injustice. With the Coalition's leadership, this issue was voted to the top spot on PPG's Community Agenda this year. Hear more from the Coalition members on today's show.

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Demolishing zombies in the Village of Kenmore!

In you are in need of rent assistance in Amherst or Williamsville please look at the flyer below

https://www.buffalorising.com//legislation-holds-mortgage/

This was my first in person tabling event since March 7th. It was for the Cheektowaga Hub at the Resurection Life Church on Old Union Rd. It was for their drive thru food pantry. We counted at least 300 cars. Many of the cars had more than one person for the food pantry.

CLARO's Virtual Sessions are starting July 2nd... and will be by appointment only. See Flyer for details. Call 716-828-8432 for questions.

Buffalo Niagara Community Reinvestment Coalition provides services that would be supportive of the BPD. https://www.wivb.com//local-group-outlining-ways-city-of-/

On June 22, 2020, Mayor Byron Brown announced Phase 1 of the Buffalo Reform Agenda, which aims to improve transparency and equity in police-community interactio...ns, and begin to address pervasive systemic racism in Buffalo. The Buffalo Police Department's use of body cameras could be improved to ensure better transparency and accountability. We've highlighted some recommendations here, based on a PPG policy brief, "Body Cameras for the Buffalo Police: Best Practices for Policy Creation" (December 2017). Access the full brief here: https://ppgbuffalo.org//criminaljustice-_body_cameras_for_ See more

The #BuffaloNiagaraCommunityReinvestmentCoalition is holding a press conference to request that the City’s $8 million in COVID-19 response CDBG funds be spent on direct services for Buffalo residents.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Erie County Clerk Mickey Kearns and the Zombies Initiative team is still hard at work! With the help of Code Enforcement, we pushed to have the bank remove this rotting shed at a property in Town of Clarence. Here are some before & after pictures: