Meet the Candidates: Byron Brown

Byron Brown is the 62nd Mayor of Buffalo and the city’s first African American mayor.
He previously served as a member of the New York State Senate and Buffalo Common Council.
Brown was born in Queens, New York and began his political career serving as an aide to local legislators in the Buffalo Common Council, Erie County Legislature and the New York State Assembly.
As Buffalo Mayor, Brown has been closely involved in the development of the three Seneca Nation casinos built in western New