Bond dispute stalls $110 million in Buffalo construction projects, cutting hundreds of jobs

New York Construction Report staff writer

About eight months after Buffalo’s Common Council approved more than $110 million in capital improvement projects, construction has yet to begin on any of the planned work. A dispute between Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon’s administration and the Office of the City Comptroller over bonding authority has stalled progress.

Scanlon says the delay is jeopardizing jobs, infrastructure repairs, school upgrades, and investments in cultural institutions…

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