The Buffalo Police Department has worked very hard for the 40% drop in crime that has been achieved since Mayor Brown took of ce. Mayor Brown announced that he and Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz entered into an agreement – where for the first time in 40 years – the City and County are collaborating on a joint strategy for alleviating barriers to fair housing choice and enhancing affordable housing opportunities.This complements the work of ‘One Region Forward’ – that’s right – this will be a neighborhood strategy integrated into a regional agenda. The “Complete Community Initiative” is the next step in the Housing Opportunity Strategy. The Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency will lead a community engagement strategy that tailors solutions to neighborhood needs.The City will invest $350,000 dollars to preserve the historic elements of the former North Buffalo Library as it transforms into an Italian Cultural Center.The City made the initial investment to prepare the site for sale, and will use the proceeds from the purchase to improve Mullen Park. He will purchase land from the City of Buffalo to build a 2.6 million dollar, privately-run and funded community center. Daniel Alexander is submitting plans for a new community center for the Seneca-Babcock neighborhood. JEF-FREE WI-FI is the next phase of Buffalo’s public wireless network. Mayor Brown reported that JEF-FREE WIFI will be expanded by ten blocks in the Jefferson Avenue Business District to include hotspot access points from East Ferry Street to Best Street.The new center will offer workshops and one-on-one counseling, as well as online course offerings, in financial and credit counseling. Northwest is also partnering with Belmont housing to open a Financial Education Center. Mayor Brown announced that Northwest Savings Bank is coming to Jefferson Avenue this center will open in 2019.Finally, those properties with the greatest rehab challenges will be tackled by Habitat for Humanity, ensuring that local homeowners will bene t from their investments Where rehab costs exceed the amount of the mortgage, the Brown Administration has secured grant money from the State to cover the difference. The Brown Administration in partnership with Empire State Development, the NYS Affordable Housing Corporation, SONYMA, M&T Bank, and Habitat for Humanity developed a new program for creating homeownership in Buffalo’s abandoned properties single and double family homes sold by the City will be eligible for a new type of mortgage from SONYMA that will include the cost of purchase and rehabilitation.Development teams for 201 Ellicott, Women’s & Children’s Hospital and Gates Circle have committed to work with the City to incorporate affordable housing units in projects.Developing new ways to revitalize with affordable and safe housing – Mayor Brown has invested $450 million in affordable housing projects since 2006 there are currently over 40 affordable housing projects underway across the City.The Albright Knox’s $155 million expansion, marked by the gift of one extraordinary benefactor, Jeffrey Gundlach’s $52.5 million gift, and will bring a world-class architectural team from O-M-A to design the new expanded facility.The two companies now employ over 500 local workers and expect to spend an additional $5 billion over the next decade. Tesla’s Factory at Riverbend has begun manufacturing solar roof panels and its partner, Panasonic, began building solar cells and modules.Mayor Brown highlighted how Buffalo is leading the way in manufacturing, energy, medicine, education, entertainment and culture through major projects including, the new Oishei Children’s Hospital, the University at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the new Explore & More Children’s Museum.Leading the way with the next generation of development and job growth
This competition will inspire innovative, technological solutions to overcome challenges. Mayor Brown announced that Open Data Buffalo has successfully launched a portal designed to empower the City to use data to further improve the quality of life for our residents and enhance the efficiency and transparency of our operations he also announced that the City is partnering with AT&T on the ‘Buffalo Civic Innovation Challenge’.Taveras is joining the City after a long tenure at IBM, a partner at Accenture, CIO at Hartford Health and then Senior Vice-President for the Of ce of Integration at Barnabas Health. Luis Taveras as the City’s new Chief Information Officer. Mayor Brown announced an exciting and innovative public-private partnership with Kaleida Health, the largest healthcare provider and employer in WNY, that will transform the way that the City manages our information systems.Enhance efficiency through our use of technology and public private partnerships
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