A Buffalo nonprofit’s service outage has forced it to spend thousands of dollars to keep residents safe at a senior housing building on the city’s East Side.
Matt Urban Human Services says the building’s fire panel has been out of service for weeks. Executive Director Ryan Undercoffer said the nonprofit first became aware of the issue in late February.
“To staff the building 24 hours a day, to have people doing rounds and make sure everyone is safe and make sure there are no emergencies to date has cost us about $14,000,” Undercoffer said…