"Good for you. I was talking to folks on 18th St today about the shambles they live in while they can't afford a new roof, and how the new place on the corner will be $2000 rents. Nobody but the who's who crew has any faith in this org. MAP is the same"

"Buffalo is a desperate city that worships and reimburses the private school “servants” who sideline their privilege temporarily to ameliorate their guilt, get paid, set up a few sister orgs (lil sis!) all to tell poor people what they need. They go on their vacays to recharge from the harsh exhaustion of being in the trenches. Eventually they can follow their true passion (modern furniture!?) and return to civilian, WASP life having fought the good fight while getting a decent salary ($86,000!!) and earning street cred in a legitimately desperate community. Who’s getting paid is all you have to ask."

"The "left" is masterful at gas lighting, minimizing and stealing mics left and right, setting up new "sister" orgs to get their pals bank rolled, new orgs that pay Ivy League grads a "living" wage to tell us about who is screwing us over..sick of the bullshit. It's too bad you don't say who you are, but I understand how the left truly does chew up those who do not worship at the feet of the private school emperors. The same goes for MAP. When Jason was here it was a real org, with kids in the neighborhood, real time in the garden, now it's a ridiculous castle full of white women eating co-op brownies."

"'Bout time, you’re a little late to the game that folx in the neighborhood have known about for a long time"

“I was one of the first dues paying members of PUSH. I was organizing tenants (I think that PUSH buffalo discovered like 5 years later). When I asked at a members meeting if PUSH's "beautification" work was contradictory to the tenant demands because they would likely help begin the path of gentrification, the original ED told me that "cities like Buffalo don't gentrify". Seeing the writing on the wall, I pulled my dues.”

“Mika was evicted for weed, a disabled, single mom”

“I was denied assistance from becoming a coop because my business would “compete” with PUSH Green. I’ve heard tons of horror stories from others who have worked there. They gentrified my neighborhood.”

“We knew from the get go what was up. Rivera was a pos 10 years ago when he, after 2 months of begging, agreed to meet with a young neighbor at his home on the corner of mass&19th. Police had been regularly harassing him, had lived there his whole life. Rivera told him straight up he needed to stay in the house. Police presence increased 20 fold with the new neighbors on the corner across the street. PUSH had no care about Mitchell who lived in a shithole, they failed him but just like Edwin across the street, it didn’t stop them from using him when the mayor came around. Edwin was admonished by the harvard crew to not buy a house, meanwhile they got theirs through hud deals, the city or inheritance. Originally, the idea of rental properties where each month a portion would be allocated for an escrow account to one day purchase their own house. Anita’s house wasn’t weatherized. Brooke didn’t get a new roof but Nate Buckley did. Community resources were allocated for white salaries and increased police presence. I’m glad, whoever you are, that you are stirring the pot. From the very first project they did, it was egregious mismanagement of funds. A new roof over a new roof, kevin connors getting paid for shoddy design work. Take care, I hope more people can see”

"It's a tough situation because of the sacred cow nature of the beast but I commend you and agree with your site"

“Mika was evicted for weed when she lived in the, then new “eco-logic” apartments in what was the old Costello paint building. a disabled single mother, it f’d her up for a good while. What about the magic waiting list? Martha was given the run around cause she wasn’t “appreciative” of the white saviors. How many people needed a roof or windows who’d been in the “gdz” long before the Harvard committee rolled in? That really sucks about Aminah, I didn't know this. I challenged Sean Ryan and Clarke years ago about construction practices, nuts and bolts shit about order of operations of working on a house which they had no fkn idea, while folx in the neighborhood were asked to be used for photo ops, to canvas and be good volunteers for the plantation”