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The housing crisis is not a glitch. Fighting it takes a network. Here are the organizations building tenant power in Buffalo.

When facing eviction, code violations, or landlord harassment, the current system relies heavily on tenants feeling isolated. Property owners frequently bank on the fact that an individual renter might lack the resources or the knowledge to fight back alone. A highly effective way to counter that isolation is through organized, cross-community solidarity.
The Rising Tide Fellowship operates within a broader ecosystem of groups working to build working-class power in Western New York. Building a functional defense network means connecting legal aid, mutual aid, and direct action into a cohesive front.
Our digital headquarters serves as a directory to connect you directly with these mission-aligned organizations. While we do not maintain formal or official corporate partnerships with these entities, we consider them vital allies bound by a shared commitment to community sovereignty.
This directory includes legal resources like Neighborhood Legal Services, the Western New York Law Center, and HOME. It also links to on-the-ground organizing groups like the Queen City Workers Center, PUSH Buffalo, and Black Love Resists in the Rust (which is currently sunsetting its operations and not taking on new missions, but remains a highly respected part of our local organizing history).
If you are looking to get involved, or if you are currently facing a hostile property owner and want backup, connecting with the groups already doing the work on the ground is a great first step. You can find direct links to these local allies in our directory.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Buffalo #TenantPower #Solidarity #WorkingClass #MutualAid #BuffaloNY #RisingTide #Anarchism #QCWC #PUSHBuffalo #HousingJustice

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@timagal The structural trajectory you are pointing out is highly accurate. The tactics of state violence and surveillance tested on marginalized populations globally frequently return home to be used by domestic police forces. Furthermore, the United States already utilizes mass incarceration as a formalized system to punish, criminalize, and extract labor from populations experiencing poverty.
While the systemic pressure is severe, the outcome is not inevitable. The most reliable defense against the criminalization of the working class is building a dense, interconnected foundation of local power.
In Buffalo, we are working alongside a strong network of allied organizations to block state violence at the neighborhood level. Groups like the Queen City Workers Center, PUSH Buffalo, and Neighborhood Legal Services are actively fighting to keep people housed, out of the carceral system, and in control of their own community resources.
When local movements link their struggles together, it builds a structural wall that the state struggles to break through. You can explore the full network of allied organizations we coordinate with in our digital headquarters.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Abolition #MutualAid #TenantPower #Solidarity #WorkingClass #AntiCapitalism #BuffaloNY #RisingTide

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Solidarity, not charity: A comprehensive guide to food access and mutual aid in Buffalo.

When systemic safety nets fall short, the community steps in. Building real neighborhood power begins with ensuring our neighbors have their basic material needs met. Whether it is finding a safe place during a winter freeze or accessing fresh groceries for the week, mutual aid functions as the lifeblood of a resilient city.
We compiled a wide-ranging directory of food access and emergency resources directly into The Rising Tide Fellowship Linktree. This list connects you to the Buffalo Community Fridges, local neighborhood pantries, FeedMore WNY, SNAP resources, and emergency Code Blue shelters.
Experiencing food insecurity or needing a warm place to stay is a structural failure of the current economy, not a personal flaw. Mutual aid is about neighbors helping neighbors survive an extractive system.
If you or someone you know is looking for support, or if you are an organizer looking for local initiatives to plug into and help distribute resources, you can find the direct links in our digital headquarters.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Buffalo #MutualAid #FoodAccess #CommunityFridges #BuffaloNY #Solidarity #RisingTide #WorkingClass #WNY #Anarchism

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The Rising Tide Fellowship 1d ago

Stop begging for repairs. How Buffalo tenants are using Article 7-D and pocket escrows to fight back.

With roughly 20,000 people facing eviction proceedings in Buffalo recently, and tens of thousands more dealing with severe neglect, the scale of predatory housing is staggering. Many corporate property owners treat our neighborhoods as extraction portfolios while treating residents as disposable income streams.
Under New York State law (Article 7-D), tenants possess the power to affirmatively sue their landlords for repairs and rent abatements. Instead of waiting for an eviction notice to defend yourself, you can take the offensive. A key tactic in this process is the "pocket escrow." Rather than paying a neglectful owner, a tenant places their rent money into a separate, dedicated savings account. This keeps the funds secure and ready to produce in court when a judge asks for proof of funds, protecting the tenant while stopping the flow of profit to the slumlord.
We highly recommend securing legal representation before taking these steps. Buffalo is home to excellent resources like the Western New York Law Center, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Neighborhood Legal Services, Center for Elder Law & Justice, and the Volunteer Lawyers Project. However, with the sheer volume of housing cases, these organizations frequently reach capacity. When free legal aid is full, tenants can explore private contingency firms or prepare to file pro se (representing yourself).
Individual lawsuits are a start, but true leverage comes from collective numbers. Building a citywide tenant union provides the power to pass strong Good Cause Eviction protections, similar to the blueprint recently established in Rochester. Part of this fight is redefining the narrative. A true "small landlord" is an individual who lives in one half of a duplex and rents out the other unit. An owner renting out a non-owner-occupied single-family home, or an owner-occupied triplex, is operating a real estate portfolio.
The Rising Tide Fellowship is helping neighbors navigate these systems step-by-step. Check out our Linktree to connect with our network, find direct links to free legal aid providers, and link up with allied organizations building tenant power across the city.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Buffalo #TenantPower #HousingJustice #Article7D #RentStrike #BuffaloNY #MutualAid #GoodCauseEviction #RisingTide #Anarchism #WorkingClass

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Jonathan Mar 19

Tonight! 📚 🧊

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Kaito Mar 19

This is a good story with links to what has been going on in New York State.

https://www.ubspectrum.com/article/2026/03/ice-detains-ub-student-after-routine-immigration-hearing-reasons-unknown

#BuffaloNY #ICE #JiayeYou

ICE detains UB student after routine immigration hearing; reasons unknown

Jiaye You was working on his senior thesis exhibition in class last Monday. You is now held at the Jackson Parish Correctional Center in Jonesboro, Louisiana, as of 11:00 a.m. Wednesday with an undetermined release date.

ICE detains UB student after routine immigration hearing; reasons unknown - The Spectrum

Jonathan Mar 18

😭

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-jiaye-you-a-ub-art-student-detained-by-ice

#BuffaloNY #ICE #SUNYBuffalo

Donate to Support Jiaye You, a UB Art Student Detained by ICE, organized by matthew Kenyon

Jiaye You is a senior in the University at Buffalo’s BFA program in… matthew Kenyon needs your support for Support Jiaye You, a UB Art Student Detained by ICE

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Eli Mar 17

A proposal to build an artificial intelligence data center between Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., is facing opposition from critics who say they fear that the sprawling center’s droning supercomputers will disturb Indigenous communities and animal life, strain the power grid and raise utility rates.

#buffalony #RochesterNY #fuckAI

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/nyregion/ai-data-center-new-york.html?unlocked_article_code=1.T1A.5aDm.lJBhJaXKDPtP&smid=nytcore-android-share

In Rural New York, Some See Proposed A.I. Center as a Needless Intrusion

The data center, to be built between Buffalo and Rochester, will raise electric bills and harm a nearby Indigenous reservation, opponents argue. “I can’t think of one good reason for it,” a resident said.

The New York Times