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Sam Hoyt
144th Assembly District
Buffalo to Receive Record State Aid
Hoyt announces $16M (10.5%) increase in state aid and $10M "spin-up"
April 3, 2008
Albany – Assemblymember Sam Hoyt (D-Buffalo, Grand Island) today announced the Budget will grant historic levels of state aid to the City of Buffalo.
Under a budget bill to be adopted within the next 24 hours, Buffalo will receive a record $171.7 Million in state aid for fiscal year 2008-09. This represents a net increase of $16 million dollars over Fiscal year 07-08 and a 10.5% increase in year-to-year aid. The total aid also represents an increase of $2.7 Million over the former Governor's proposed budget released in January. One budget bill dealing with this issue is expected to be voted on later today, while a second bill dealing with this matter will be considered separately.
In addition to the record aid, the Assembly also secured a $10 million "spin-up" which will advance $10 million in State Aid to the City of Buffalo during the current fiscal year. The spin up will help the City deal with differences between the City and State fiscal year.
Hoyt said, "I am proud that our work here in Albany means Buffalo will get a major boost in revenue. As the senior member of the Buffalo delegation to the Assembly, and as a member of the conference committee that allocates aid to the City of Buffalo I could not be happier about these historic levels of aid. The Governor and the Speaker should be commended for maintaining their commitments to the City of Buffalo."
Hoyt stressed, "As we finish the budget process, I will continue to fight for my constituents to address many other pressing needs in my Assembly district and in our City."
Buffalo is such an economic hole in NY States wallet that it has been known at the assembly as "Buffahole" for years. I suggest you check your research before putting your biased "opinion" out there. BTW, where are you from and where do you call home?
Also, I lived in the University Heights and down by Buf State when I was in Buffahole. I know the town and I know the people/fans.
You gave yourself away with "I've lived in Providence, New Haven, Boston, Albany, Manhattan. Buffalo is a beautiful city with great architecture and housing stock that compares to (and BEATS) all of these." Which is a joke :singing:
Buffalo is and has been an economically depressed area for decades; thus a much lower income fan base does effect the personality of the crowd, its inevitable. I've been to games at Buffalo and games at Foxboro, who are you trying to fool? Not to acknowledge the obvious difference is a bold faced lie.
And for those who misinterpretted: every team has its fanatics and deniers, but the Bills have an inverse proportion where MOST of the fans fit the description as opposed to a small minority. The Bills were a good team when I was there, but I still have contact with plenty of Bills fans and the mentality remains unchanged 15 years later.
This is one of the dumbest posts I've ever read. A city receives state revenue. Big deal. So does Manhattan, much more per capita than Buffalo does. That's a fact. That makes New York an economic headcase, in your book, right?
Trust me, people would LOVE for Buffalo to cut ties with New York, because the federally guaranteed energy resources up here would make the region into a goldmine, instead of having Albany take it and dole it out to people in the Capital Region, or else sell it fund public housing in Manhattan. We're talking hundreds of millions of dollars there. Not to mentino onerous tax laws that are ONLY appropriate for Manhattan, yet the rest of the state has to abide by them.
Your ignorance of Buffalo is easily proven. You ridicule me for saying Buffalo's architecture takes a back seat to none of these northeastern cities. The fact is, it doesn't.
I'm not the only one who says so:
http://purecontemporary.blogs.com/behind_the_curtains/2006/10/frank_lloyd_wri.html
Buffalo was a huge boomtown, one of the richest in the United States, at the turn of the last century when the first hydropower electric projects started here. That's the exact period that coincided with America's greatest public planning and architectural movements, as Frank Lloyd Wright spent more time here than anywhere else outside Chicago. Frederick Law Olmstead called it the best planned city in the world, with parkspace, waterfront, and roads and neighborhoods. Arts & Crafts architecture was huge here at the time, HH Richardson, it goes on and on. The other cities I listed can't beat Buffalo in this. It's that simple.
And I've lived in all of those cities.
Most of the Patriots fans here will tell you that they have a great time at Buffalo games with no one getting into any trouble at them. Do you realize how many people on this website travel up to Buffalo for games? I see Murphy's crew there every single year. No one has the sour experience you do (I doubt you even go to Pats-Buffalo games).
Of course I acknowledged Buffalo is economically depressed. But it's moving up now, a lot of people have moved into the city, it's gentrified, there are lots of new restaurants, clubs, theaters, things to do. The waterfront is rebuilt with parks and boardwalks. Like most American cities, it has improved hugely in the last decade. Just as Boston has. I'm old enough to remember when the Pour House on Newbury in Boston was a tough biker bar that was dangerous, not some yuppified Armani den full of neon lights. City's change, you have to keep an open mind. I moved here from Providence (after living in Boston) and I don't regret it one bit. Great restaurants, pro sports, great parks, access to the water and great natural areas for hiking nearby, lakes, wineries, a vibrant arts community, and best of all affordable housing that makes all my friends envious when they visit us. Quite simply, the houses here are amazing.
