Mar 8
2024
Tricky finances, politics in Cheektowaga
This column was adopted from Investigative Post’s weekly “Political Post” newsletter. Subscribe here and get “Political Post” in your inbox every Wednesday morning. We’ve reported a lot in recent years about the City of Buffalo’s troubled finances. And most folks reading this have heard about the 11.4 percent tax hike in Amherst, as well as the attendant uprising, now entering its fourth month. Cheektowaga has a looming budget problem, too, according to the town supervisor, Brian Nowak, who took office in January after six years as a member of the town board. On Twitter/X this week, Nowak noted that the town’s expenses[...]