The Buffalo Chronicle
Common Council
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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’s police overtime keeps climbing, and the city’s own auditors say staffing alone doesn’t explain it
Buffalo police overtime topped $17 million last year and has grown by more than a third in five years. The union blames a 100-officer shortage, but the comptroller’s numbers show overtime rising…
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BMHA’s director goes month to month Nov. 1, with two board seats empty and tenants pressing on safety
Gillian Brown’s contract as head of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority expires Oct. 31, and two of the mayor’s five board seats sit empty. Tenant commissioners are pressing on inspections and safety…
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Buffalo wants its control board to borrow $20 million for emergency repairs. Its comptroller wants the math first
[PREMIUM] 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…
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Growing support for an Elmwood Village council district
Some city residents are saying that the city’s healthiest and most robust neighborhood — Allentown and the Elmwood Village — deserves it’s own Common Council district. And they don’t want to wait…
