Common Council member: proposed city budget needs to be amended

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Common Council member Mitch Nowakowski said that the proposed $41 million budget increase outlined by Buffalo mayor Byron Brown in his State of the City address on Wednesday needs to be amended.

Nowakowski, who represents the Fillmore District, is the chair of the Common Council Finance Committee.

The proposed budget from Brown Tuesday was just under $618 million, which was a 7.1% increase from last year's budget of $576.9 million. The increase was due to union contracts...