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Mayor Byron W. Brown, joined by Buffalo area musicians and Veterans charity helpers, today took part in a ceremonial check presentation in the amount of $3,250 for the WNY Gold Star Mothers. The funds were raised during a recent Buffalo

Sources close to Governor Andrew Cuomo say that his removal of Mayor Byron Brown was based on the Democratic Party’s poor local performance. Senior Democratic operatives close to the newly triumphant Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins are livid that Brown

City Comptroller Mark Schroeder is among the Erie County Conservative Party’s most loyal patrons. Local Democrats want to know why. In 2008, Schroeder was running for Assembly and even wrote the Conservative Party a check for $1,500 — and did so

Some activists are expressing dissatisfaction with the candidacy of City Comptroller Mark Schroeder.  His campaign will split the vote, they contend, potentially undermining the pioneering County Legislator Betty Jean Grant, a longtime leader in the city’s growing social justice movement. They argue that

Earlier this week mayoral candidate Betty Jean Grant called for the mandatory use of body cameras for all City of Buffalo police officers — a program that Mayor Byron Brown has long resisted without explanation.  But just one day after Grant’s call

In an interview on Hardline with Dave Debo, on WBEN NewsRadio 930 AM, County Legislator Betty Jean Grant said she intends to enter the race for Mayor of Buffalo in a formal announcement later this week. Grant says that conditions of the

Terry Robinson, the high profile preservationist who is expected to enter the Democratic Party primary for Mayor of Buffalo, is planning to call for the complete removal of the Scajaquada Expressway.  Robinson opposes the reconstruction of the roadway, preferring to repurpose

Despite much criticism of Mayor Byron Brown’s three terms in office, he is considering a bid for a fourth term. City Comptroller Mark Schroeder has announced his intention to unseat the Mayor, and Preservation Board Member Terry Robinson is preparing

A non-governmental source close to Mayor Byron W. Brown says that he is quietly considering exit strategies ahead of the expiration of his current term on January 1, 2018.  At least one aide, who asked not to be named, says that Brown expects

Terry Robinson, the city’s most respected city planning advocate, is being urged by activists to seek the Democratic Party nomination for Mayor of Buffalo. The embattled three term Mayor Byron W. Brown is alleged to have denied approval of a 50-unit

Longtime Erie County Legislator and two-time candidate for State Senate, Betty Jean Grant — a formidable political figure in her own right — is calling on Common Council President Darius Pridgen and City Comptroller Mark Schroeder to challenge incumbent Mayor

THE EDITORIAL BOARD If Mayor Byron W. Brown doesn’t reinstate Officer Cariol Horne by January 1st, then he shouldn’t run for reelection. On November 1, 2006 Officers Gregory Kwiatkowski and Horne were at the home of Neal Mack, a black man,