Our City Action Buffalo
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A people's organization building power and giving voice to everyday Buffalonians. Our mission is to create a more just, equitable, and democratic Buffalo. This is our city, and we have every right to it.
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Buffalo Mayor-elect Sean Ryan names transition team, pledges patronage-free administration
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Buffalo Mayor-elect Sean Ryan names transition team, pledges patronage-free administration
Ryan said he will rely on his team to help him fill more than 90 appointed positions in City Hall, including fire and police commissioners.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Buffalo Mayor-elect Sean Ryan names transition team, pledges patronage-free administration
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Less than 48 hours after winning the Buffalo mayoral election, Sean Ryan took his first major step to build his new administration Thursday as mayor-appointed jobs are now open and advertised online.
Overhaul in City Hall: dozens of jobs now open as Ryan builds new administration
Buffalo Mayor-Elect Sean Ryan announced his transition team Thursday. The team of more than 65 local leaders are tasked with leading the search to fill more than 70 appointed positions in City Hall.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Less than 48 hours after winning the Buffalo mayoral election, Sean Ryan took his first major step to build his new administration Thursday as mayor-appointed jobs are now open and advertised online.
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
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It wasn't just @governor.ny.gov Hochul cheering the #Bills to a W with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social at Murphy's in Queens. A crew from @ourcityaction.bsky.social led by
@indiab.bsky.social was also in the house! They've been in The Big Apple getting out the vote for Mamdani! bsky.app/profile/zohr...
@indiab.bsky.social was also in the house! They've been in The Big Apple getting out the vote for Mamdani! bsky.app/profile/zohr...
November 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It wasn't just @governor.ny.gov Hochul cheering the #Bills to a W with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social at Murphy's in Queens. A crew from @ourcityaction.bsky.social led by
@indiab.bsky.social was also in the house! They've been in The Big Apple getting out the vote for Mamdani! bsky.app/profile/zohr...
@indiab.bsky.social was also in the house! They've been in The Big Apple getting out the vote for Mamdani! bsky.app/profile/zohr...
The saga between Buffalo Acting Mayor Scanlon and Comptroller Miller-Williams continues! The comptroller announced Tuesday that she intends to appeal a court decision ordering her to issue all funds approved in the capital budget.
What are your thoughts?
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What are your thoughts?
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Buffalo comptroller will appeal court ruling in bond dispute
City Comptroller Barbara Miller-Williams will appeal state Supreme Court Justice Emilio Colaiacovo's decision instructing her to borrow the full $110 million approved in the city capital budget last y...
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October 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The saga between Buffalo Acting Mayor Scanlon and Comptroller Miller-Williams continues! The comptroller announced Tuesday that she intends to appeal a court decision ordering her to issue all funds approved in the capital budget.
What are your thoughts?
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What are your thoughts?
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"Both Rodriguez and Abdo are strong candidates but lack Mecozzi’s operational experience to navigate the pressing issues now facing the district. Mecozzi says she’s ready to take a leadership role – this is her opportunity."
That's OUR candidate!
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That's OUR candidate!
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Mecozzi earns support in Buffalo board race
Buffalo Public Schools face budget cuts, leadership change, and internal division as six district seats come up for election, with Jennifer Mecozzi best positioned for re-election.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"Both Rodriguez and Abdo are strong candidates but lack Mecozzi’s operational experience to navigate the pressing issues now facing the district. Mecozzi says she’s ready to take a leadership role – this is her opportunity."
That's OUR candidate!
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That's OUR candidate!
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Thousands gathered for a No Kings rally in downtown Buffalo on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. Buffalo United Coalition, comprising more than 35 community, faith, and labor-based organizations, organized the rally.
Photos: Thousands rally for another 'No Kings' protest in downtown Buffalo
Thousands gathered for a No Kings rally in downtown Buffalo on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. Buffalo United Coalition, comprising more than 35 community, faith, and labor-based organizations, organized the rally.
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October 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Thousands gathered for a No Kings rally in downtown Buffalo on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. Buffalo United Coalition, comprising more than 35 community, faith, and labor-based organizations, organized the rally.
This THURSDAY, Oct. 9th, is our annual Music 🎶 & Art 🖼️ Extravaganza!!
Featuring live performances by local talent, including Michael Heubusch, Jazz, Bianca L. McGraw, Abby Rose, and Ian McCuen.
Get your tickets 🎟️ at the link 🔗 below👇🏾:
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Featuring live performances by local talent, including Michael Heubusch, Jazz, Bianca L. McGraw, Abby Rose, and Ian McCuen.
Get your tickets 🎟️ at the link 🔗 below👇🏾:
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Music & Art Extravaganza | OCAB
An art auction and live music event to benefit Our City Action Buffalo
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October 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This THURSDAY, Oct. 9th, is our annual Music 🎶 & Art 🖼️ Extravaganza!!
Featuring live performances by local talent, including Michael Heubusch, Jazz, Bianca L. McGraw, Abby Rose, and Ian McCuen.
Get your tickets 🎟️ at the link 🔗 below👇🏾:
www.ourcityactionbuffalo.com/event-detail...
Featuring live performances by local talent, including Michael Heubusch, Jazz, Bianca L. McGraw, Abby Rose, and Ian McCuen.
Get your tickets 🎟️ at the link 🔗 below👇🏾:
www.ourcityactionbuffalo.com/event-detail...
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We are thrilled to share that we are bringing trainers from the Midwest Academy, a 50 year old training academy for community organizers, to Buffalo for a FREE professional training series! Applications are due October 31, apply using the link below.
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Midwest Academy Buffalo Hub Training Application
The Midwest Academy is coming to Buffalo! Midwest is a 50 year old training academy for community organizers, and an essential training for those who want to run impactful campaigns. https://midwes...
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October 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We are thrilled to share that we are bringing trainers from the Midwest Academy, a 50 year old training academy for community organizers, to Buffalo for a FREE professional training series! Applications are due October 31, apply using the link below.
actionnetwork.org/forms/midwes...
actionnetwork.org/forms/midwes...
"If there was ever a time to act up and fight back, it’s now. Our country’s future – and the lives of millions of trans Americans – depends on it."
OCAB Director Harper Bishop writes how scapegoating trans people is part of strategy to suppress all civil rights.
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OCAB Director Harper Bishop writes how scapegoating trans people is part of strategy to suppress all civil rights.
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Another Voice: Scapegoating trans people is part of strategy to suppress all civil rights
Pushing a false linkage between the transgender community and mass shooters does nothing except contribute to the “otherization” of the trans community and legitimize attempts to roll back trans peopl...
buffalonews.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"If there was ever a time to act up and fight back, it’s now. Our country’s future – and the lives of millions of trans Americans – depends on it."
OCAB Director Harper Bishop writes how scapegoating trans people is part of strategy to suppress all civil rights.
buffalonews.com/opinion/arti...
OCAB Director Harper Bishop writes how scapegoating trans people is part of strategy to suppress all civil rights.
buffalonews.com/opinion/arti...
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📢 Erie County is announcing community COVID-19 vaccines in October, available for any resident (ages 6 mo.+), following recommendations put forth by the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.
🌐 Register at: erie.gov/vax. Walk-ins welcome, appointments encouraged.
🌐 Register at: erie.gov/vax. Walk-ins welcome, appointments encouraged.
September 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
📢 Erie County is announcing community COVID-19 vaccines in October, available for any resident (ages 6 mo.+), following recommendations put forth by the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.
🌐 Register at: erie.gov/vax. Walk-ins welcome, appointments encouraged.
🌐 Register at: erie.gov/vax. Walk-ins welcome, appointments encouraged.
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Power is finite. When more power is granted to elected officials, it is necessarily taken from elsewhere. Never forget that. Once taken, power is rarely given back freely. One does not simply roll back the expansion of state power.
September 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Power is finite. When more power is granted to elected officials, it is necessarily taken from elsewhere. Never forget that. Once taken, power is rarely given back freely. One does not simply roll back the expansion of state power.
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A quick reminder about our event next week. It's important, and it's free and open to the public.
September 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A quick reminder about our event next week. It's important, and it's free and open to the public.
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The NLG is receiving more and more verified reports of federal agent door-knocks and contacts. If you are approached by federal law enforcement, don’t be afraid to alert your community.
September 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The NLG is receiving more and more verified reports of federal agent door-knocks and contacts. If you are approached by federal law enforcement, don’t be afraid to alert your community.
What you're saying is that it's playing out exactly how we knew it would?
Geoff Kelly from @ipostnews.bsky.social has the latest on the race to fill Sean Ryan's senate seat.
Geoff Kelly from @ipostnews.bsky.social has the latest on the race to fill Sean Ryan's senate seat.
September 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What you're saying is that it's playing out exactly how we knew it would?
Geoff Kelly from @ipostnews.bsky.social has the latest on the race to fill Sean Ryan's senate seat.
Geoff Kelly from @ipostnews.bsky.social has the latest on the race to fill Sean Ryan's senate seat.
Last night we called and texted our members and supporters to raise funds to travel to NYC this November to get @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social across the finish line.
We were able to raise almost half of our goal in one day. Can you help us by chipping in $5, $10, or even $50 or more?!
We were able to raise almost half of our goal in one day. Can you help us by chipping in $5, $10, or even $50 or more?!
September 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Last night we called and texted our members and supporters to raise funds to travel to NYC this November to get @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social across the finish line.
We were able to raise almost half of our goal in one day. Can you help us by chipping in $5, $10, or even $50 or more?!
We were able to raise almost half of our goal in one day. Can you help us by chipping in $5, $10, or even $50 or more?!
OCAB Policy & Advocacy committee members, Tara Melish and Nathan Feist, outline the Charter Revision Commission process and the opportunity to create an effective and independent human rights oversight and accountability system for our city.
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Another Voice: Buffalo deserves a functional and effective human rights commission
Astoundingly, in a city with one of the highest rates of poverty and racial segregation in the nation, the CCRCR has never – not once – substantiated any case of
buffalonews.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
OCAB Policy & Advocacy committee members, Tara Melish and Nathan Feist, outline the Charter Revision Commission process and the opportunity to create an effective and independent human rights oversight and accountability system for our city.
More here:
buffalonews.com/opinion/arti...
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A judge said the Niagara County district attorney will now be in charge of reviewing the drug convictions from 1967 of two Buffalo civil rights activists.
Niagara County DA will review decades-old drug convictions of Buffalo civil rights activists for possible exoneration
A judge said the Niagara County district attorney will now be in charge of reviewing the drug convictions from 1967 of two Buffalo civil rights activists.
buffalonews.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A judge said the Niagara County district attorney will now be in charge of reviewing the drug convictions from 1967 of two Buffalo civil rights activists.
“Absolutely no one from City Hall reached out to me about this,” said Brian Borncamp.
“I don’t want guns flooding my neighborhood, and I especially don’t want guns in place of what was a community center that kids used to get food and play basketball at.”
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“I don’t want guns flooding my neighborhood, and I especially don’t want guns in place of what was a community center that kids used to get food and play basketball at.”
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Process for police shooting range misses the mark - Investigative Post
Buffalo officials largely ignored neighbors and violated state law in their rush to convert abandoned community center into training facility.
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September 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“Absolutely no one from City Hall reached out to me about this,” said Brian Borncamp.
“I don’t want guns flooding my neighborhood, and I especially don’t want guns in place of what was a community center that kids used to get food and play basketball at.”
www.investigativepost.org/2025/09/04/p...
“I don’t want guns flooding my neighborhood, and I especially don’t want guns in place of what was a community center that kids used to get food and play basketball at.”
www.investigativepost.org/2025/09/04/p...
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happy labor day! a good union opposes the destruction of the working classes regardless of whether they are in the union or on a farm in upstate new york picking strawberries for pennies or the streets of Chicago or Gaza. there's a rad rad history of anti-imperial & transnational union solidarity.
September 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
happy labor day! a good union opposes the destruction of the working classes regardless of whether they are in the union or on a farm in upstate new york picking strawberries for pennies or the streets of Chicago or Gaza. there's a rad rad history of anti-imperial & transnational union solidarity.
The billionaires continue to wage a cruel war on working people, with ICE and law enforcement backing up their attacks. This Labor Day we will continue to stand strong, fighting for shared prosperity over corporate politics.
Join us! details below👇🏾:
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Buffalo #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day Kickoff · Mobilize
The billionaires continue to wage a cruel war on working people, with their cronies in the administration, ICE and law enforcement backing up their attacks. This Labor Day we will continue to stand st...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The billionaires continue to wage a cruel war on working people, with ICE and law enforcement backing up their attacks. This Labor Day we will continue to stand strong, fighting for shared prosperity over corporate politics.
Join us! details below👇🏾:
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Join us! details below👇🏾:
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“We have a lot of challenges,” as a city, Falicov said. "[T]he city charter can’t fix a lot of those, but maybe we can work to improve the function of City Hall so that it better serves residents and ultimately creates a better, more resilient city.”
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Buffalo Charter Review Commission plots path forward
A commission working to revise the city’s foundational governing document has set a framework for its bylaws and a tentative schedule to get a ballot measure set for the 2026 election cycle.
buffalonews.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“We have a lot of challenges,” as a city, Falicov said. "[T]he city charter can’t fix a lot of those, but maybe we can work to improve the function of City Hall so that it better serves residents and ultimately creates a better, more resilient city.”
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Yesterday, we stood with residents at 201 Ellicott, food justice advocates, and a host of nonprofits, including the Massachusetts Avenue Project, to call for an affordable grocery store downtown. 1st in a series of rallies.
Read more and then join us next week!
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Read more and then join us next week!
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Downtown residents rally for affordable grocer at Braymiller site
Tenants at an affordable housing development downtown are urging city leaders to recruit a new grocery store operator for the space at the former Braymiller Market, which closed late last year.
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August 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Yesterday, we stood with residents at 201 Ellicott, food justice advocates, and a host of nonprofits, including the Massachusetts Avenue Project, to call for an affordable grocery store downtown. 1st in a series of rallies.
Read more and then join us next week!
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Read more and then join us next week!
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City of Buffalo's efforts to sell off parking ramps -- a move to help fill a budget gap -- hit a snag
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City of Buffalo's efforts to sell off parking ramps hit a snag
Buffalo’s Commissioner of Finance and Administration Raymour Nosworthy told Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority board members the city received no bids on its request for proposals to prepare titles – ...
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August 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
City of Buffalo's efforts to sell off parking ramps -- a move to help fill a budget gap -- hit a snag
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Thank you to everyone who came out today! Our message deeply resonated with parade-goers today. We stand in solidarity with the Puerto Rican and Hispanic community, as well as the rest of our immigrant communities in Buffalo.
"Say it loud and say it clear:
IMMIGRANTS ARE WELCOME HERE!!!!"
"Say it loud and say it clear:
IMMIGRANTS ARE WELCOME HERE!!!!"
August 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Thank you to everyone who came out today! Our message deeply resonated with parade-goers today. We stand in solidarity with the Puerto Rican and Hispanic community, as well as the rest of our immigrant communities in Buffalo.
"Say it loud and say it clear:
IMMIGRANTS ARE WELCOME HERE!!!!"
"Say it loud and say it clear:
IMMIGRANTS ARE WELCOME HERE!!!!"