#OnThisDay In 1989, Buffalo Common Council passes their first Fair Housing bill, 30 years after cities like New York and Philadelphia had. Mayor Jimmy Griffin, whom had just been elected in 1985 as a Republican despite losing in the Democratic primary to Black community builder George Arthur, vetoed the bill. The bill aimed to prevent housing discrimination based in Buffalo’s heavily segregated “dual housing” market. It eventually resulted in a class action lawsuit, Comer v. Kemp, which challenged the systemic racial segregation in Buffalo’s government assisted housing. Do you remember when this happened? This Buffalo history post was brought to you by Dr. William Capicotto MD, PC (@therealdrc716) #ThisDayInBuffalo #fyp #explore #shorts #buffalo716 #BuffaloHistoryChannel #Buffalo #BornBuffalo #History #WNY #ComervKemp #BuffaloSegregation #BuffaloCommonCouncil