Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown calls for tax, fee increases
Mayor Byron W. Brown will call for a 3.8% increase on residential and commercial property taxes and higher fees for sanitation services when he presents his 18th annual State of the City address on Monday. The budget recommended by the mayor is $582 million, up 2.69% from last year’s $566 million spending plan. “For most […]
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‘People are dying in cars. That’s the reality of it.’
Mark Sommer , Aaron Besecker Vehicles that shouldn’t be on the road since the blizzard began have been getting stuck, putting drivers’ lives in danger, endangering rescue workers and making it impossible for emergency vehicles to get by. On Sunday, Mayor Byron W. Brown said he has had enough. 13 people confirmed dead in Buffalo […]
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Thomas M. Smith, 51, aide to Mayor Brown remembered as an ‘admired pillar of the Buffalo community’ | Featured Obituaries
andy buscemi Dec. 25, 1970 – Aug. 4, 2022 Thomas M. Smith’s long career in public service began at age 19 when he served as a laborer for the Buffalo Sewer Authority, and he eventually ascended to be a key advisor to Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown. “Tom was a tireless and honest worker with unshakable […]
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Buffalo mayor calls for federal recovery funds for mass shooting
Buffalo, N.Y., Mayor Byron Brown on Tuesday called for federal funds to help his city recover after a mass shooting in May that left 10 Black people dead, with an economist drawing a parallel to government support after natural disasters. Brown told lawmakers his city spent $500,000 on unbudgeted funds in the two weeks after […]
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Buffalo mayor plans on regular property revaluations in the future | Local News
Buffalo will begin employing frequent revaluations so that property values are closer to 100%, Mayor Byron W. Brown has vowed. The net effect is that property tax increases and the use of nonrecurring revenue would be less of a necessity to balance future city budgets, though Brown is adamant that that would not be his […]
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The Editorial Board: The mayor didn’t get everything he asked for in his budget, and that’s all right | Editorial
News Editorial Board You can’t always get what you want. But it is hard not to wonder if Mayor Byron Brown proposed a 5% tax increase for this year’s budget in the expectation of an inevitable reduction by the Common Council. The 3.5% he got is still an increase, and it is closer to 5% […]
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