New $670 million budget ‘lesser of three evils’

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) – By the slimmest of margins, an eleventh-hour amended budget from Mayor Sean Ryan was narrowly approved by the Buffalo Common Council.

The amended $670 million 2026-27 budget passed 5-4, just hours before Ryan’s original $682 million budget – and its 25.8% property tax increase – would have taken effect come July 1.

“We had to make some very difficult decisions,” Ryan said…

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