City

Hal Payne gets his BMHA turnaround plan approved without full Board review

It was Commissioner Hal Payne who introduced the resolution approving a turnaround plan that the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has demanded within 90 days of March 13, or risk a federal takeover of the agency. Federal officials

City

On BMHA mismanagement, Mayor Brown can’t claim ignorance

The mismanagement of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority is staggering, but it comes as no surprise to tenants and neighbors — who have had to live with the horrid quality of life impacts that the authority’s dysfunction creates. Fixing the problems shouldn’t be