Burden lifted off Buffalo officials to maintain state roads in the city Mike Baggerman © Provided by WBEN Radio Buffalo Main and Ferry Street in Buffalo. April 23, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN) - Roads in the City of Buffalo are destined for improvement after a more than $16 million investment from the state, Senator Tim Kennedy announced Friday alongside city officials.
The investment represents a 185% increase in funding compared to last year s budget allocation.
In Buffalo: State Senator Tim Kennedy, Mayor Byron Brown, and DPW Commissioner Mike Finn are announcing $16.1 million for road repairs this year. It’s a 185% increase from the year before, according to Kennedy. pic.twitter.com/bheKKBR6zC WBEN NewsRadio 930AM (@NewsRadio930) April 23, 2021
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A new smart parking meter that has been installed recently in downtown Jamestown. The smart parking meters currently accept coin and credit card payments.
P-J photo by Dennis Phillips
The New York state budget passed last week included good financial news for the city of Jamestown.
Mayor Eddie Sundquist said during the Jamestown City Council work session meeting Monday that the city will be receiving its full amount of state aid this year. In January when Gov. Andrew Cuomo discussed his executive budget, it was estimated that state aid to municipalities might be decreased by 10%. However, following the passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, with $300 billion going to state and local governments, which includes $12.3 billion to the state in direct, unrestricted aid, Sundquist said the city will receive its full amount of state aid.
Friday, April 9, 2021 - 1:18 pm
New York State Senators Joseph Griffo, R-I-C-Rome and Patty Ritchie, R-I-C-Heuvelton, both released statements this week critical of the recently passed 2021-22 state budget.
Griffo released the following statement:
“While the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a number of challenges, the budget negotiated by the legislative majorities contains historic levels of spending that, on top of a significant infusion of federal funding, will lead to potential problems in the future related to the long-term sustainability of such funding levels. For this and many other reasons, I did not support the budget as it was presented.
At a time when we should be focused on making New York more affordable, creating jobs and economic opportunity and stopping the mass exodus of people from the state, the majorities went on a spending spree, approving a $217 billion budget – the largest in state history – that increases spending 10 percent from la