The day before an 18-year-old white man allegedly walked into a Buffalo grocery store and fatally shot 10 people in the predominantly Black neighborhood, he had been asked to.
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New York State United Teachers is campaigning for the creation of more community school models. The head of the statewide teachers union visited Buffalo Friday to observe two of the city’s community schools, while stating the case to add more. NYSUT executive director Melinda Person visited West Hertel Academy and Dr. Lydia Wright School, joined by educators, Buffalo public school district officials, parents, and community advocates. The union, which represents 600,000 members statewide, is calling for a $100 million state investment to create more community schools, which provide services beyond basic education.
Western New York representatives in the New York State Legislature are urging Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to divest the state pension fund from any Russian-owned businesses or those who do business with that nation. State Senators Tim Kennedy and Sean Ryan, and Assemblymembers Bill Conrad and Jon Rivera, joined representatives of the local Ukrainian-American community inside the Ukrainian-American Civic Center in Buffalo to denounce the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and call on the state to increase its economic pressure on the Russian Federation.