They say that no news is good news. The case of Mayor Byron Brown and the city’s living wage law lends itself to a simple inversion of that old saw: Bad news is no news at all.

If you walk down the hard-luck final block at the north end of Chenango Street, you might be surprised to find a house that’s seemingly stepped out of Allentown. Tucked among the rows of drab duplexes, the house at 129 Chenango Street is experiencing a rebirth at the hands of People United for Sustainable Housing, the first sign of which is a bright pink paint job (although the can claims that it’s “Allentown Clay” and PUSH co-founder Aaron Bartley describes it as “Salmon”). That’s part of the point, though. PUSH Buffalo isn’t just rehabbing the house, it’s making a statement to the whole neighborhood: we’re an agent of change, and we’re here to stay.