BUFFALO, N.Y. — On Tuesday, Buffalo Common Councilmembers talked about a letter from the city comptroller where she suggests using part of the rainy day fund to cover the budget deficit.

One of the first things they brought up was the fact that they don’t know how much money she’s talking about. They’ve heard figures ranging from $2.1 million to $7 million. So they don’t want to decide anything until they have an amount. 2 On Your Side talked with Councilmember Mitch Nowakowski about this latest chapter in the saga involving the city’s finances after the meeting.

“The fact is where you find councilmembers angry right now is that there was no total that was given, so we’re being asked to dip into our emergency reserve without any question or answer to how much, when, where, so that’ll b

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