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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 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...

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...

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...

August 6, 2021

The Cornell University School of Industrial Relations Buffalo Co-Lab is pleased to announce a new interactive data resource: Low Wage Buffalo Low Wage Buffalo is a project of...

July 8, 2021

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March 8, 2021

8 March 2021 Note: A condensed version of this post appeared in the 4 March 2021 issue of The Buffalo News (For users without a subscription to The Buffalo News, a scan of that...

May 29, 2020

Crises bring communities together in solidarity They cause people and institutions to question long-held assumptions and to take risks associated with innovation They help to...

May 20, 2020

19 May 2020 The current unemployment rate in New York State might be around 16% In the Buffalo-Niagara metro, unemployment may be closer to 19% This Friday, 22 May 2020, at...