BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Without fanfare, the Buffalo Common Council approved a $94 million capital budget. This will provide money for:

equipment upgrades

libraries and parks

city facilities

This all comes at a time when Buffalo, overall, is in the red and overtime pay is over-budget. The City of Buffalo is short at least $50 million.

"We have to operate day to day and provide services and to keep the city moving, even through turbulent fiscal times," said Common Councilman Mitch Nowakowski.

Nowakowski is the Finance Committee Chair. He says most of the city's debts will be paid off in ten years.

Nowakowski: I don't want to have broken down community centers, street lights that are falling down, sidewalks that are cracked, paving of streets be down to the brick. We have to get this

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