Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Buffalo’s fiscal watchdog is going ahead with an appeal of a ruling that requires her to issue bonds for the City of Buffalo’s capital projects in 2025. Barbara Miller-Williams says the city can’t afford such projects.
Miller Williams, through her attorneys from Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, filed an Appellate Brief today with the New York State Appellate Division, Fourth Department, in Rochester, NY. The appeal relates to an Erie County Supreme Court ruling concerning the issuance and sale of the 2025 City of Buffalo Capital Bonds. Miller-Williams’ counsel, William F. Savino and Robert J. Marks of Woods Oviatt Gilman, LLP, submitted the appellate brief by today’s deadline. Oral arguments are expected to be scheduled for February or March 2026,
On October 31, 2025, the Acting Mayor Christopher P. Scanlon, and Fillmore District Buffalo Common Council Member Mitchell P. Nowakowski filed a motion seeking to lift the Comptroller’s automatic Stay of Enforcement, which would have compelled her to issue bonds exceeding the City’s $28 million debt cap. The Appellate Division’s denied that request, confirming that Comptroller Miller Williams is not required to issue these bonds at this time. As a result, no City of Buffalo Capital Bonds were issued in 2025…