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The Buffalo Common Council is starting its 2022 by making no changes to its leadership structure. At its reorganizational meeting Monday, Councilmembers voted to retain Ellicott District representative Darius Pridgen as their council president.

Exactly four years to the day since Buffalo Police Officer Craig Lehner drowned while dive training in the Niagara River, the Buffalo Common Council Claims Committee approved a $1.2 million settlement for Lehner’s estate.

The day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd, the Buffalo Common Council’s Police…

For years, many of Buffalo’s iconic buildings have been demolished, some for major new structures and some for parking lots. Now the Common Council has…

Two Buffalo Common Council members have introduced legislation to require proactive rental inspections of single and double rental housing units. The…

Street protests and the shooting of a mentally ill man on Saturday are heating up the relationship between Buffalo's Common Council and Mayor Byron Brown…

By Friday, the Common Council should have the first draft of a major change in policing in Buffalo. It's likely to be called Cariol's Law, for former BPD…

The Buffalo Common Council is pushing for change in the city's police department, some longstanding issues and some growing out of the current string of…

Buffalo Common Council members say price gouging is becoming a problem as the city deals with the COVID-19 pandemic. During Tuesday's online session, they…