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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 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...

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...

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...

August 17, 2021

On Thursday, 12 August 2021, the US Census Bureau released decennial census data for 2020 to inform political redistricting processes, as required under Public Law (PL) 94-171 As...

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...

August 4, 2021

Note: A condensed version of this article appeared in The Hill on 21 July 2021 Since the moment the CARES Act first expanded unemployment insurance (UI) benefits in late March...