The Buffalo Chronicle
Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority
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Buffalo’s school board blinked on closures. The district’s own filings show why the math won’t wait
The Buffalo School Board put off its closure vote again. The district’s filings with the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority show a $66 million deficit, a shrinking reserve and a four-year plan the…
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Change Buffalo PAC urges governor to help put control board back in charge of city finances
Change Buffalo PAC wants the governor to press the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority to reimpose a control period. Under state law, only the board can make that call, and Mayor Sean Ryan,…
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Fix Buffalo’s leaking firehouses, but make the $20 million control board loan show its math first
The repairs can’t wait, but the borrowing plan shouldn’t pass on faith. Before its Oct. 27 vote, the Common Council should demand a written cost comparison, a project list and an answer…
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Buffalo wants its control board to borrow $20 million for emergency repairs. Its comptroller wants the math first
Buffalo is asking its state control board to borrow up to $20.06 million for emergency repairs, the first such request since 2007. Comptroller Barbara Miller Williams wants the costs, savings and repayment…
