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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 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...

July 8, 2021

Part 1 of of this post introduced the Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab's First Annual High Road Policy Summit by defining what a "High Road" society is and how it contrasts with the...

July 8, 2021

Part 1 of 2 For Part 2, which includes full videos from the summit, click here On Friday, 14 May 2021, the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab hosted its first annual High Road Policy Summit...

May 7, 2021

The Cornell University ILR Buffalo Co-Lab will hold its first High Road Policy Summit, “Creating an Equitable Economy and a Democratic Community,” from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm...

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...

February 18, 2021

With apologies for delays related to staffing changes and internal capacity issues, High Road Policy (HRP) is pleased to release its current issue -- Vol 1, Memo #4 (Dec 2020):...

February 3, 2021

In its application to the Hamburg Industrial Development Agency (HIDA), Bayview Road Associates, LLC, an agent of Amazoncom, proposes to develop a 181,500 square-foot,...

November 10, 2020

Even before COVID-19, the US was experiencing some of the highest levels of income inequality and largest racial and gender wealth gaps in recent memory By most accounts, the...