Income Assistance Program included in Mayor Brown's spending proposal Videos and last updated 2021-07-27 02:27:00-04 BUFFALO (WKBW) â Providing relief to low-income residents in the City of Buffalo. It's a big part of the $331 million dollar spending proposal laid out by Mayor Byron Brown all using federal funding from the American Rescue Plan. One of the ways Mayor Brown is proposing to help is by creating an Income Assistance Program. The two-year program would use $20 million in federal stimulus to provide monthly checks of $500 to more than 1,600 low-income households. "Obviously there has been a very desperate impact in terms of the pandemic on populations in the City of Buffalo", said Brendan Mehaffy, the Executive Director of the Office of Strategic Planning. "These types of programs are very important for meeting that impact"