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Buffalo’s longest-serving mayor is leaving City Hall for a betting agency

Sep. 30, 2024 19:06 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo's longest-serving mayor, Byron Brown, said Monday he will leave City Hall in a few weeks to lead an offtrack betting agency. “After nearly two decades as mayor, I have loved serving the people of Buffalo as mayor. But Michelle and I think the time is...

Buffalo's mayor is offered a job as president and CEO of regional Off-Track Betting Corporation

Sep. 05, 2024 18:35 PM EDT

BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo's longest-serving mayor, Byron Brown, was offered a position Thursday to lead Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. The public benefit corporation's board of directors voted unanimously to offer Brown the job as president and chief executive...

Tornado briefly sweeps into Buffalo, damaging buildings and scattering tree limbs

Aug. 05, 2024 19:36 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A small tornado took Buffalo by surprise Monday, damaging buildings, flipping cars and sending debris swirling over downtown. A spiraling column was caught on multiple videos shortly before 1 p.m. One video showed the cell appearing to move from Lake Erie into...