Rasheed Wyatt | The Buffalo Chronicle

Crime and housing crises backdrop Buffalo’s mayoral primary election

Despite Buffalo’s mildly improved economic climate and sense of civic optimism of the last decade-and-a-half, the City still faces stark challenges. Across all indicators, the City is getting older, poorer, and sicker. A dearth of political leadership has squandered any

Buffalo mayoral primary pits business community against party headquarters

The City of Buffalo’s 2025 mayoral primary election is scheduled for June 24, 2025, with the general election to follow on November 4, 2025. The election follows the resignation of longtime Mayor Byron Brown in October 2024, who left to

Heated battles for Delaware, Fillmore districts expected

This year every seat on the Common Council is up for reelection to a four year term. Typically, Council races are low turnout and under the radar — but this year looks like there will be several competitive races. Delaware

Wyatt likely to see challenge in University district

Rasheed Wyatt, the city’s University district councilman, is likely to see a primary challenge next year. Wyatt is politically untested, lacks name recognition, doesn’t have a portfolio of accomplishments on which incumbents typically run, and has held his Council seat