BUFFALO, N.Y. — A frustrated Buffalo Common Council voted to tap into the so-called rainy day fund in order to close out a $6.8M variance from the 2024-2025 fiscal year.

The vote comes after City Comptroller Barbara Miller-Williams formally requested that the Council utilize funds from the 'Committed Fund Balance,' commonly called the reserves or rainy-day fund.

The Comptroller formally submitted a letter with the request to the Common Council on Veterans Day, when all city offices were closed.

According to the city charter, a request of this nature needs happen within 120 days of the of the comptroller closing out the financials for the previous fiscal year.

Councilmembers were thus put in a position of forcing a vote, or risk posting a negative variance, which would likely impact the

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