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	"author_name": "Zainab Saleh",
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	"title": "Restore Water to Combat COVID-19 in Buffalo",
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	"description": "Help us call on the City of Buffalo and Buffalo Water to restore services to households without water. For almost two weeks, community and legal services organizations have pressed the City to do two things: communicate more widely and effectively about how people can get their water restored, and take proactive steps to restore water. In this state of emergency, the time for delay is over. We commend the City for suspending water shut-offs on March 17, but the emergency policy on restoring water to those previously shut off is inadequate. On March 26, the Buffalo News Editorial Board joined our call for the City to “aggressively restore water service where it was cut off.” A March 28 story in the Washington Post, “When corona virus hits, but the water is shut off,” highlighted challenges to restoring water in Buffalo – demonstrating the growing national attention on this issue. Those now living without water are the most vulnerable people in our community. City officials must act to help them, and we ask that you urge them to pursue the following actions to reach people and restore their water: 1.     Send letters via first class mail to all Buffalo Water customers shut off in the last year, announcing that water can be turned on at no cost by calling Buffalo Water Customer Service at 716-847-1065. To distinguish that letter from a bill, the outside of the envelope could read: “ This is not a bill. To have your water turned on at no cost, open this letter.” 2.     Run repeated public service announcements on radio and television, with the Buffalo Water Customer Service phone number read or displayed repeatedly and slowly. 3.     Update the websites of the City and Buffalo Water to announce that water service can be restored at no cost with the number to call. Currently, there is no information on either website on how to get water restored. 4.     The Water Board should create a database of all residences where it turned off water and the residence was occupied at such time. When they turn water off, City workers record whether the home is occupied. The City can now use this crucial information as a starting list to confirm where residents are still living without water. 5.     The Water Board has phone numbers for account holders who have phones. Using this internal data, the City should call residents to initiate water restoration and proactively confirm that a resident is living at the address. 6.     The City should report on the number of residents with water service restored since March 17, 2020 and report daily on how many more homes have water turned on.",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/restore-water-to-combat-covid-19-in-buffalo"
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