6 VIRTUAL BIBLE STUDY The Dorothy J. Collier Community Center Virtual Bible Study from noon to 1:30 p.m. will take place Wednesday Dec. 16 and 30; and Thursday, December 10. The classes are held live on Facebook and Zoom. For questions or if you need help get ting o Zoom please call (716)882-0602 prior to the class or email: FRIENDSINCDCCC@ GMAIL.COM
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Bethesda World Council Approves Lead Prevention Legislation Harvest International Introduced by Council Members Nowakowski Toy Give Away and Rivera Bethesda World Harvest International Church will host its annual Toy Give Away December 18,19 and 20. Call Bethesda early to register and for further information before Dec. 14 at 884-3607. Children must be registered and present to receive toys. Due to COVID 19 everyone must wear a mask.
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Legislation Seeks To Strengthen Housing Codes and Ensure Public Safety Legislation introduced by Council Members Mitich Nowakowski and Rivera was approved by the Common Council. The legislation that will require proactive rental inspections of single family and double rental units. The inspections will help to ensure that rental dwellings will be free from any health hazards, including deteriorated lead paint. This legislation will contain four (4) ordinance amendments in order to combat the issue of lead paint in our city's rental dwellings. The ordinance amendments introduced to The Buffalo Common Council aim to strengthen the housing standards in the City, give the Department of Inspections more opportuni-
ties to inspect rental dwellings for lead paint, improve the City’s plan for lead based paint abatement and ensure that rental properties in The City of Buffalo are protected from living conditions that pose a risk to a person's health and well-being. “This legislation will update and strengthen our housing codes to ensure health and safety compliance in one and twobedroom dwellings in the city,” said Fillmore District Council Member Mitch Nowakowski. “Since taking office this year, combatting lead poisoning in the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood has been a top priority of mine.” “Today, we begin the process of addressing this crisis by introducing four ordinance amendments that raise the standard of living for rental housing in The City of Buffalo,” Nowakowski continued. “Lead poisoning disproportionately affects low income neighborhoods on the East Side of Buffalo, poisoning hundreds of children a year. These ordinance amendments will bring substandard housing into compliance and improve the public health of residents in The City of Buffalo.”
