Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon named Alphonso Wright the acting commissioner back on Jan. 13. He joined the department in 1988.

The City of Buffalo needs to find ways to put more money away in its fund balance in order to follow its own policies.

Buffalo Common Council has voted, 4-2, to adopt a 60 day moratorium on new applications for non-owner occupied short-term rental special use permits. The intention is to curb the number of short ...

Maloney. Yet they know little about her except that she was the first African American woman elected Masten District representative to the Buffalo Common Council. In fact there is a College at the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Tuesday Morning Buffalo Common Council members gave staffers from the Administration and Comptroller's office, what can only be described as, a firm talking to. During the ...

Lackawanna banned short-term rentals in a 3-2 vote, citing zoning conflicts and unlicensed businesses. Instead of outright ...

The Buffalo Common Council denied an emergency homeless shelter proposed by Family Promise of WNY to be built on East Ferry ...

For local organizations, losing out on promised American Rescue Plan funds from the City of Buffalo was a case of what could ...

Scanlon claimed to only recently become aware of concerns about the animal shelter even though he had served as a member of ...

No Menthol Buffalo, a group advocating for menthol cigarettes to be banned in the City of Buffalo, recognized the new grocery ...

Visitors to Buffalo may soon see higher hotel bills as Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon proposes a new 3% “bed tax.” If approved, ...

then the Buffalo Common Council president, assumed the role as acting mayor. In his announcement Wednesday, Scanlon said as mayor, he would remain focused on improving the lives of residents and ...