Acting Mayor Scanlon Sets Deadline for City Comptroller, Threatens Legal Action

Buffalo's acting mayor threatens legal action against comptroller, clashing over debt limits

Buffalo residents are caught in the middle of a growing dispute between city leaders that could impact neighborhoods across the city as millions in improvement projects remain on hold.Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon and City Comptroller Barbara Miller-Williams are at odds over $110 million in capital projects. The standoff highlights the difficult balance between addressing community needs and maintaining fiscal responsibility that impacts the Queen …

Acting Mayor Scanlon sets deadline for city comptroller, threatens legal action

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- In a continued battle between Acting Buffalo Mayor Chris Scanlon and City Comptroller Barbara Miller-Williams in regards to the city budget, Scanlon says the comptroller has until the end of August to issue bonds or potentially face legal action. Earlier in the month, Scanlon claimed that delays in city projects are due to inaction by the comptroller. A $110 million infrastructure plan passed last December, he said, but t…

Bonding stalemate between Buffalo mayor, comptroller continues

With the end of the construction season looming, Buffalo Mayor Christopher Scanlon and city Comptroller Barbara Miller Williams appear no closer to resolving their dispute over bonding for capital projects approved in the capital budget late last year.