Buffalo Mayor-Elect Sean Ryan joined Second Cup on Monday and discussed several topics, including increasing taxes, jobs, his transition team and more.
“If someone tells you we don’t need to raise taxes, they’re lying to you,” Ryan said. “We went 19 years in the City of Buffalo without raising taxes, that’s why I said this financial situation, it’s self-imposed, we did it to ourselves.”
When asked how much taxes would or could go up, Ryan said it’s unknown until they truly know what the deficit is…