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The battle of the Buffalo budget plans; O, Canada - Buffalo Rising

1 week ago | buffalorising.com | Ken Kruly

Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon and Senator Sean Ryan are really mixing it up about competing plans to resolve the city’s impending financial crisis. As it turns out both plans involve borrowing money. Scanlon has proposed selling the city’s parking ramps for cash to help fill the city’s budget holes. The plan is not very well defined.
A crowded Democratic primary ballot for mayor of Buffalo; dozens of other offices in Erie County will be uncontested in November - Buffalo Rising

3 weeks ago | buffalorising.com | Ken Kruly

The petitioning process is nearly over and November election line-ups for many offices in Erie County are nearly set. There is still, however, some sorting out to do. The major race is for mayor of Buffalo with all six Democrats submitting sufficient signatures to qualify for the June 24th ballot. Originally five of the six candidates had general objections filed against their petitions.
Positive Signs as We Approach Earth Day 2025

3 weeks ago | buffalorising.com | John Szalasny

It may be the times we live in. Just before settling in to write my annual Earth Day article, I was in a creative writing workshop and given a prompt about springtime. It turned it into “Springtime flowers for a post-apocalyptic Earth Day.” As I am not a fan of the genre, I was surprised at how easily the story flowed from the keyboard, which made me work harder to show that there is hope as we commemorate Earth Day in 2025.
Moore Street Neighborhood featured in Buffalo Jane’s Walk

3 weeks ago | buffalorising.com | Benjamin Joe

Jane Jacobs was a journalist and activist who wrote “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” in 1961, and while she had no formal training as an urban planner, she invented the groundbreaking view that neighborhoods are living ecosystems with streets for veins and buildings for organs. How we treat them, she said, defines how they will live or die, just as a living being will change in response to interaction with it.
Myanmar Earthquake Relief Benefit Concert - Buffalo Rising

3 weeks ago | buffalorising.com

Buffalonians are doing what they can to support the countless families and communities that have been affected by the recent major earthquake that struck Myanmar. Now, Buffalo String Works is
Buffalo’s four-year financial plan is based on unrealistic expectations; John LaFalce - Buffalo Rising

1 month ago | buffalorising.com | Ken Kruly

“[T]he mayor shall prepare and submit to the [fiscal stability] authority a four-year financial plan, and the mayor’s proposed city budget, not later than the date required for submission of such budget to the council pursuant to the city charter… “Such financial plan shall… contain actions sufficient to ensure with respect to the major operating funds for each fiscal year of the plan that annual aggregate operating expenses for such fiscal year shall not exceed annual aggregate operating...
THE HUNG MAN: BUA's Send-up of Hitchcock's Thriller Legacy on Stage at Compass PAC.

1 month ago | buffalorising.com | Peter Hall

THE BASICS: THE HUNG MAN, a play by Ian Bonner & Marty Shea, directed by Drew McCabe, starring Rick Lattimer, Vinny Murphy, Jenny Marie McCabe, Alex Reiser, and Caitlin Coleman. 4/11 – 5/3 Fri 7:30, Sat 5:00 at the Compass Performing Arts Center, 545 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, New York 14222 (716) 440-5521 buffalounitedartists.orgRUNTIME: 1 hour 45 minutes including one intermissionTHE PLAYERS, THE PLAY, AND THE PRODUCTION: Murder is in the air, or at least on area stages this early Spring.
Scanlon presents a structurally unbalanced budget that relies on one-time revenues and other uncertain actions - Buffalo Rising

1 month ago | buffalorising.com | Ken Kruly

Buffalo’s acting Mayor Chris Scanlon has offered the same sort of budget that his predecessor produced year after year – and that Scanlon, as a member of the Common Council agreed to. The proposed new budget seeks to fill what Scanlon describes as a $70 million structural deficit which he “inherited” from the previous administration. A large portion of that deficit will be addressed with a huge non-recurring source of funds and some other uncertain actions.
WNY Would Benefit from a Rare Bipartisan Bill in Congress - Buffalo Rising

1 month ago | buffalorising.com | John Szalasny

When you hear a topic once, a writer may not make a conscious note of it. When it comes up a second time, it becomes an idea for a story. Hearing it a third time makes it something to write about. This was my experience recently after attending the premiere of a documentary (Ripples of Plastic) and a convention on regional water issues (All About Water). I overheard many conversations about the attendees’ fears for the future of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI).
Some details about Buffalo’s next budget have been released early; how everything works out is problematic - Buffalo Rising

1 month ago | buffalorising.com | Ken Kruly

It is not unusual for a government’s chief executive to leak or directly announce some highlights about the next budget they will be presenting. Usually the tidbits are to show some positive plans and initiatives. Buffalo Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon has taken a somewhat different approach as he heads toward the official April 8 release of his 2025-2026 budget.