Buffalo may have to return $2.5M in ARPA funds

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The City of Buffalo may have to return nearly $2.5 million in unused ARPA funds, according to a letter from Buffalo Comptroller Barbara Miller-Williams that was obtained by WIVB News 4.Under the American Rescue Plan of 2021 -- a federal law to help assist the nation recover from COVID-19 -- Buffalo received over $331 million in federal funds. The city faced a Dec. 31 deadline to designate where the funds would go."The American Rescue Plan of 2021 (ARPA) provided the City