Buffalo lawmakers poised to make ‘hard budget decisions’

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released his office’s review of the city of Buffalo’s finances last Friday. It found that the city faces a $103 million dollar deficit, which is $6 million less than Mayor Sean Ryan projected.

Ellicott District Councilwoman Leah Halton-Pope reacted on WBEN this morning.

“What it says is that obviously the problem is real but the fixes that are proposed are risky and incomplete. And it relies on assumptions that Buffalo continues to rely on one shot revenue sources. We have to make some hard decisions about how we’re going to fix a lot of these expenditures.”…

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