More details are emerging on next week's Presidential visit to Buffalo. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer confirmed the trip Tuesday morning while appearing in Cheektowaga.
Schumer told reporters President Obama's trip will include a Buffalo stop on Thursday, August 22. He said the Buffalo visit would be the first of a two-day bus tour that will also stop in Syracuse, Binghamton, and Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Rumors of a presidential visit starting emerging publicly Monday. Mayor Byron Brown says the White House has been in contact with his office.
"We'll get some briefing about how the schedule will lay out," Brown said Tuesday morning. "They will pretty much set the tone about what will happen."
Calling this an "exciting time" for the city, Brown said he would like to see Obama visit the Inner Harbor and the Buffalo Niagara Medical campus to see some of the city's newest developments.
The President is expected to discuss the economy and building the middle class. The White House has not officially announced the trip.
Obama was last in Buffalo in May 2010. Among the items on his agenda were a tour and speech at a manufacturing facility, a meeting with the families of Flight 3407, and a stop for chicken wings at Duff's.