Christopher Scanlon (Democratic) has been Mayor of Buffalo since 15 Oct 2024. In Aug 2026 the unemployment rate was 5.8% of the labour force, 1.5 percentage points higher than when Christopher Scanlon took office in October 2024; New York's moved +0.1 percentage points over the same months. Among the 106 cities with a year or more of figures, Buffalo ranks 36th on the fall in violent crime and 115th of 117 on the fall in unemployment. Over the same months New York's average hourly pay fell 1.3% a year; Buffalo's edged down 0.1%. Under Byron Brown (2006 to 2024) the unemployment rate fell 1.4 percentage points. Since day zero typical rent climbed 3.2% a year, 6.5% in all.

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