Virtual town hall looking to encourage vaccine education in minority communities
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and last updated 2021-02-04 23:09:34-05
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â A virtual town hall, looking to educate Buffalo about the COVID-19 vaccine, is hoping to increase the number of people in the black community who have received it. Only about six percent of black people have been vaccinated, Reverend George Nicholas said, So that s not trending in the direction we want.
Community leaders say there is a need to increase education and distribution to black and brown communities. University District Council Member Rasheed Wyatt says many in his district are refusing to get it.
Improvements to Buffalo s school zone program: what the city wants drivers to know
and last updated 2020-12-31 18:24:50-05
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â For the first time since the School Zone Safety Program went fully live in the City of Buffalo back in October, 7 Eyewitness News was able to sit with Parking Commissioner Kevin Helfer to discuss the program.
Since itâs launch, itâs gotten plenty of revisions and corrections, but Helfer said there is still some confusion he wants to clear up.
Starting with the times drivers can be ticketed.
âSince the beginning, Iâve been saying one size does not fit all every schoolâs start time and end time are different.â
Buffalo councilman expresses regrets over approval of School Zone Safety Program
and last updated 2020-12-29 18:30:05-05
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â A fired-up Rasheed Wyatt, the University District councilman, posted an 11-minute live video to Facebook Monday night blasting the City of Buffalo School Zone Safety Program.
He was angered after going to the camera location on Bailey Avenue outside of Buffalo Promise Neighborhood Academy and seeing beacons flashing â indicating a school zone was âliveâ.
He said the lights promote the ongoing accusation by angered city residents that the program is a money-grab since no school was in session that day.
Take comfort, lovers of Buffalo food institutions. There s now a plan for the future of Amy s Place, the legendary diner put up for sale in August. It s not going away.
After a change of heart, owner Greg Kempf plans to reopen the University Heights staple, at 3234 Main St., in March under an evolving ownership structure. The gradual goal is to become a worker-owned cooperative, similar to the model of BreadHive, within a year or two. [Amy s Place] has become an institution, so I feel lucky that way, said Kempf, who started working at Amy s in 1990 under founder Amy Betros, before helping take over in 1993 when Betros focused on St. Luke s Mission. It s a big part of the neighborhood and the city.
Buffalo Common Council requests pause on operation of School Zone cameras
The council is requesting Mayor Brown s administration consider a pause on the execution of the contract between the city and Sensys Gatso Author: WGRZ Staff Updated: 12:06 AM EST December 23, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. On Tuesday, the Buffalo Common Council passed a resolution asking the mayor s administration to consider a pause on the school zone camera program.
Three Buffalo Common Council members, President Darius Pridgen, Rasheed Wyatt, and Joe Feroleto had written a resolution requesting the commissioner of parking and the mayor of the City of Buffalo to consider a pause on the execution of the contract between the city and Sensys Gatso.