The flowers are wilting. Balloons tied to street lights are drooping.
Those who lost loved ones in the massacre say they will be omnipresent activists for as long as it takes to reform the nation's gun laws and confine racism to history's dustbin.
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Long-term plans must be developed to tackle root problems of the entire East Side, including substandard housing, health inequities and outdated infrastructure, among other problems, East Side residents say.
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Teeyada Cannon and her daughter Jah'asya Cannon on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo Friday, June 3, 2022.
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Renovating the store would allow it to reopen by the end of July, restoring an important food-shopping venue to a neighborhood that has few other options.
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Ernie McClennan sits on the porch of his home on East Utica Street on June 3, 2022.
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With the Tops mass shooting and one the following week in Texas fresh in the public consciousness, Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia is preparing to testify before Congress about the toll that guns have taken on Buffalo.
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Here is a look at some racial crimes stretching back decades in Western New York.
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Business owner Steven Mackie is working on building out a new consignment shop in a storefront on Utica Street near Jefferson Avenue.
Derek Gee / Buffalo News
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Nathan, 4, and Nala, 11, help their mother Nastasha Edwards carry fresh corn on the cob and other groceries, as well as a few goodies for themselves, including some bunny ears, after visiting the Rehoboth House of Prayer's outreach station on Jefferson Avenue across the street from Tops, Thursday, June 2, 2022.
Derek Gee / Buffalo News
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Loretta Barner picks up some fresh produce at the Rehoboth House of Prayer's outreach pop-up on Jefferson Avenue across the street from Tops, Thursday, June 2, 2022.
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