Better public communication is Buffalo’s most urgent issue when it comes to being more prepared for future extreme weather, but the city also has work to do on upgrading its infrastructure and utilities and in responding more equitably to emergencies such as the 2022 Christmas weekend blizzard that killed 31 city residents.
Those are a few of the main takeaways from a New York University analysis of the city’s response to the devastating blizzard that dumped more than 50 inches of snow, brought hurricane-force winds and freezing temperatures and knocked out power and heat in thousands of city homes.
ALBANY – At a state budget hearing this month, a senior aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul was asked …
City officials on Friday released the 170-page report, “Lessons Learned from the Buffalo Blizzard,” by NYU’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service.
Lead researcher Sarah M. Kaufman said one of her research team’s major findings was that the city’s public communications with…
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