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May 15, 2026

Buffalo Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Pascal Mubenga has proposed a more than $1.4 billion budget for the 2027-28 school year as the district works to address an $80 million deficit.

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May 15, 2026

Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan said Wednesday that his proposed budget plan has millions of dollars to fix and maintain community centers and other city-owned buildings.

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May 15, 2026

The “Growing Beyond the Glass” campaign is working on investing $31 million to expand and renovate the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens.

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May 15, 2026

Construction along Jefferson Ave. as the $35 million streetscape project is underway.

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May 15, 2026

5-14 memorial gets a $3 million boost from Hochul

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May 2, 2026

Erie County Medical Center will receive $750,000 to renovate the outdoor recreation space and create an adjoining solarium for the inpatient psychiatric unit.

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May 2, 2026

Wanted and caught at the border! Buffalo @CBP officers identified an individual with a full extradition FBI warrant for Sexual Exploitation of a Child. In coordination with @FBIBuffalo, the subject was arrested to face charges. Together, we bring fugitives to justice. #OFOProud

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April 28, 2026

The current lock at the Black Rock Lock has been in use since the early 1900s. Now a $6.9 million contract will start phase one of modernizing the system.

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April 24, 2026

A New York State Supreme Court Justice has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to halt the construction of a Buffalo Police Department training facility in the East Side, but the fight may not be over.

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April 24, 2026

Councilmembers questioned why more than $120 million has been allocated for Buffalo Police, but community services are losing nearly a million dollars in the proposed budget.

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April 24, 2026

A company from Maine has been awarded a contract to install new fiber-reinforced bulkheads at the lock, which is 110 years old, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said. $6.9 million project will modernize 110-vear-old lock in Black Rock Channel

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April 24, 2026

Mayor Sean Ryan has pulled an amendment from has proposed budget that would give his administration broader latitude in executing contracts and accepting grants after a cold reception from Common Council members.

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April 24, 2026

Buffalo’s comptroller will now be required to issue bonds that were initially called for in former Mayor Chris Scanlon’s city budget last year, an appellate court ruled on Friday.

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April 12, 2026

Officials break ground on major $29.3 million sewer project on Buffalo’s West Side

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April 12, 2026

Jefferson Avenue Streetscape Plan to receive $500,000 in new funding

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April 12, 2026

Construction began Monday on the final phase of the nearly $60 million Cars Sharing Main Street project, a major transformation aimed at revitalizing downtown Buffalo.

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April 6, 2026

Buffalo names first female police commissioner. Erika Shields previously worked in Atlanta and Louisville

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April 6, 2026

Vive Shelter in Buffalo has opened a new playground for the children of asylum seekers, funded by a $250,000 state grant.

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April 1, 2026

The Environmental Protection Agency will review soil in Buffalo after high levels of lead were found in soil at several properties on the city’s East Side.

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March 28, 2026

The City of Buffalo has reduced the number of paid work placements in the mayor’s summer youth program by about half over the last two years.

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March 28, 2026

The top leadership of the Ralph Wilson Park Conservancy resigned in the last few weeks, leaving the nonprofit with no staff and only an acting chairman just months before the $250M public park is slated to begin reopening on Buffalo’s Lower West Side.

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March 24, 2026

Mayor Sean Ryan hopes to avoid selling the city’s parking ramps to a newly formed authority but will need Albany to pass a bill allowing the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority to borrow for operating costs.

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March 24, 2026

Belmont Housing Resources for WNY and CB-Emmanuel Realty plan to spend $175 million to transform the vacant 17-acre site along Fillmore Avenue, just below the Kensington Expressway, into the Glenview Heights apartment complex.

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March 23, 2026

Mayor Sean Ryan’s team is pushing the state Legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul to pass a bill that would allow the city to borrow up to $500 million through the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority, over the next five years.

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March 20, 2026

Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan pauses demolitions as he reorganizes problem housing plan

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March 20, 2026

After years of planning, New York plans to kick off a $40 million to $45 million transformation of Buffalo’s Broadway Market this summer, turning it into a “vibrant year-round food and shopping hub.”

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March 18, 2026

The Buffalo Common Council is being asked to consider more than $1.7 million in settlements for suits filed against the city negotiated by the Corporation Counsel’s office, with most of them stemming from incidents involving the Buffalo Police Department.

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March 18, 2026

Construction begins on Buffalo’s Jefferson Avenue streetscape project. The $20 million upgrade is part of a broader $32.5 million project and is designed to improve roadway conditions, pedestrian safety, and accessibility.

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March 17, 2026

Shea’s gets additional $5M state funding boost for the $34.6 million expansion project, bringing the state’s total investment to more than $18 million

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March 17, 2026

Buffalo homeowners push back on plan to raise property taxes to help plug a projected $25 to $30 million budget deficit

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March 14, 2026

Crews respond to fuel leak on USS Croaker, water aboard the USS The Sullivans

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March 13, 2026

Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan says if the city meets its goal of hiring 100 lifeguards for the summer, he will jump in the Cazenovia Park pool dressed in a suit.

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March 12, 2026

A $29 million Buffalo Sewer Authority project on the West Side should prevent about 8 million gallons of untreated sewage from entering the Black Rock Canal annually. Work is set to begin this spring.

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March 12, 2026

The Seneca-Babcock Community Association is shutting down most of its services beginning Friday after its executive director admitted that the organization failed to submit any financial documents for the past nine years to the IRS.

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March 12, 2026

Buffalo mayor Sean Ryan asked in a letter sent to the NYS Department of Transportation that the city take the lead in the Scajaquada Corridor project.

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March 12, 2026

Tax hikes on the rich. Increased state aid for Buffalo. Rebates of up to $500 for cost-battered utility rate payers. Democrats who control the State Legislature approved all of those proposals in tentative state spending plans on Thursday.

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March 11, 2026

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled the trial of mass shooter Payton Gendron will happen in Buffalo.

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March 10, 2026

Property tax hikes are coming to Buffalo under the Ryan administration, Buffalo Deputy Mayor Benjamin Swanekamp confirmed to 7 News.

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March 10, 2026

Gov. Kathy Hochul said that the state is trying to be as helpful as possible to the City of Buffalo, but she stopped short of backing Mayor Sean Ryan’s plans for a city property tax hike and to borrow money through the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority.

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