Common Council approves plan for ARPA funds

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A Christmas crisis looks to have been averted after the Buffalo Common Council voted 5-3 to keep $30 million in federal funds from going back to Washington. This was money that the City of Buffalo has had for years under the American Rescue Plan, a federal law to help assist the nation recover from Covid-19. But with a New Year's deadline, there was a holiday rush to get the funds approved in time -- and lawmakers said this was not a good process. They said that process was