BUFFALO, N.Y. — On the east side of Buffalo, New York, community is the neighborhood's greatest asset and the local Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Ave. serves as a vital hub, according to area leaders.
In this predominantly Black community, which has struggled to thrive after years of historic segregation and divestment, residents say the area’s lone grocery store is a central resource and gathering place providing access to fresh food and medicine.
“It was a planned attack. He took away a food source. Now there's nowhere people can eat right now,” Julien Guy, an East Buffalo resident, said. Community leaders and city officials advocated and lobbied for a supermarket and won, opening Tops Friendly Market with much fanfare in 2003. Wingo said the systemic racism that ultimately perpetuated years of divestment is a major factor that makes Saturday’s deadly rampage even more devastating to a community that has struggled with historic disenfranchisement.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a partnership with Uber and Lyft to provide residents free rides.
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