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High Road Policy

An ILR Buffalo Co-Lab Initiative

February 21, 2023

In response to numerous requests, the Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab team is pleased to launch an updated, 2023 version of our widely used Buffalo Common Council District Information...

January 11, 2023

By James Dean, Cornell Chronicle A digital wage atlas launched by Cornell researchers shows that fewer than 40% of New Yorkers earn at or above a living wage, including less...

January 4, 2023

From the May 14th Tops massacre, wherein a white supremacist purposefully targeted Buffalo’s Black population en route to murdering ten community members and wounding three...

October 21, 2022

High Road Policy (HRP) is pleased to release its current issue — Vol 3, Memo Nos1-3 (Mar - Oct 2022): “Crisis of Care: How Commodification of Childcare Creates and Exacerbates...

January 24, 2022

A condensed version of this post appears in the 24 January 2022 issue of The Buffalo News On Wednesday, 19 January 2022, Senate Republicans employed the filibuster to block...

January 19, 2022

The December 2021 issue of High Road Policy (HRP) explores the possibility of passing a local law in Buffalo that would allow non-citizens (immigrants) the right to vote in local...

December 10, 2021

Courtesy of the Cornell Chronicle   The ILR School and Community Tech NY are launching the New York State Digital Equity Portal Dec 7 in partnership with the New York...

October 12, 2021

Engaging the Future of Housing in Buffalo-Niagara, a project supported by LISC WNY and PPG Buffalo and carried out in collaboration with Dr Jason Knight at SUNY Buffalo State,...

September 6, 2021

In honor of Labor Day 2021, and to adhere to our mission of democratizing data, the Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab's High Road Policy blog is pleased to share a county-level geography...

August 26, 2021

July 2021 marked twelve years since the last increase to the US federal minimum wage Put in different terms, minimum wage jobs in much of the country have been stuck at the same...