Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) – Wednesday is set to be the final day in office for Chris Scanlon as Mayor of Buffalo, as he makes way for incoming Mayor Sean Ryan, who will be sworn into office on Thursday.
Scanlon took the time on Tuesday to not only thank his staff and others in city government, but also highlight a number of his accomplishments in office over his 14 months as Acting Mayor.
“In October of 2024, I had the incredible honor of assuming the role of Mayor of Buffalo, the greatest professional honor that I have known. However, our city, at that time, was facing significant challenges,” Scanlon noted during his final address to city residents from the Mayor’s Office. “We were confronting a major year-end deficit from the prior fiscal year, a significant mid-year shortfall and a long-standing structural deficit. We were dealing with aging infrastructure and years of deferred investment that were being felt in neighborhoods across the City of Buffalo. There was a lack of accountability and transparency in this building, we were not customer friendly, and there was a lack of trust between the men and women of our police department and the public. Federal funding was at risk and difficult decisions had to be made quickly to stabilize city operations, and to protect essential services and our most vulnerable residents. These were not theoretical challenges. These were real, tangible, urgent issues that demanded immediate action.”…