Jun 3
2025
Protesting city inaction on lead poisoning
Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, executive director of the Partnership for the Public Good (center) joined by community advocates and state elected officials Jon Rivera (left) and April Baskin (right). Photo by I’Jaz Ja’ciel Local housing advocates and elected officials are condemning Buffalo’s failure to spend over three-quarters of a $2 million federal grant dedicated to removing toxic lead paint from city homes. Meanwhile, proposed state legislation aims to pressure landlords to clean their property of lead when identified by housing inspectors. Investigative Post reported last week that the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency to date has only spent $479,481 of the $2[...]