As Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan continues to work on his 2026-2027 budget – one that may have a $109 million fiscal hole – he and his administrative team are also looking ahead to other years.
The end game is to work Buffalo out of its perennial budget gap scenario and Ryan admits it may take at least three fiscal year cycles for that to happen.
One of the key elements of Ryan’s soon-to-be formally proposed 2026-2027 budget is raising the property tax by 25% – something that he admits is jarring but necessary…