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Common Council changes deadline for Buffalo snow plan

City lawmakers change deadline for snow plan, to allow for more public input and budget considerations.

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Two women elected to Buffalo Common Council, ending a decade of all-male representation

Democrat Zeneta B. Everhart was elected Tuesday night to the open Masten District seat and Democrat Leah Halton-Pope was elected to the open Ellicott District seat.

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Four contenders want to be next Buffalo Common Council president. They could become Buffalo's mayor

The new Council will hold its reorganizational meeting in January to select its leadership: president pro tempore, majority leader and president.

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Buffalo may allow mosques to easitly broadcast prayer calls

New York City in August allowed mosques to broadcast their call to prayer on Friday afternoons and daily during the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims in Western New York would

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Buffalo Police Department plans to buy new guns, holsters

The police department wants new holsters that come with a device that automatically activates an officer's body camera whenever the weapon is drawn from its holster.

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Buffalo city building inspectors reach new contract

After three years of working under an expired contract, the City of Buffalo's building inspectors, about 50 of them, ratified a new collective bargaining agreement. The Buffalo Common Council is

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As winter nears, Buffalo close to hiring emergency manager

Some Buffalo Council members said that the job should have been filled months ago. But Mayor Byron Brown says the delay won't have any adverse impact on the city's preparedness.

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Common Council incumbent Bryan Bollman faces GOP challenge

There are four contested races for the Buffalo Common Council in the general election. But only one of them - the Lovejoy District - involves two major party candidates.

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Could a ban on menthol cigarettes be ahead in Buffalo?

Advocate Stan Martin wants the City of Buffalo to act now to prohibit the sale of menthol tobacco products. With the help of the Public Health Law Center, he drafted

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Buffalo to pay $255,000 to family whose home was raided

A lawsuit alleged Buffalo police narcotics investigators improperly obtained a search warrant by misrepresenting and omitting evidence they presented to a judge. On Tuesday, the Buffalo Common Council voted to

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