October 24 – Buffalo Public Hearing

Rob Puentes, Fellow, Brookings Institution

Upstate Urban Areas

• Byron W. Brown, Mayor, City of Buffalo
• Joel A. Giambra, County Executive, Erie County
• Matthew J. Driscoll, Mayor, City of Syracuse
• Barbara Fiala, County Executive, Broome County

Smart Growth Upstate

• Jay Gsell, County Administrator, Genesee County
• Kristen Hughes, Director, Ontario County Planning Department
• George Grasser, President and CEO, Partners for a Livable Western New York
• Karen Kitney, Director, Syracuse-Onondaga County Planning Agency

Additional Testimony Submitted to the Commission

• William N. Young, Jr., Esq, Counsel, Association of Fire Districts
• Richard Zwaga, President, Monroe County Fire District Officers Association
• Alan B. Lublin, Executive Vice President, NYS United Teachers
• Kenneth A. Rogers, Group Facilitator, 43x79
  • Supporting Document - Thinking Beyond Municipal Boundaries - Cost Reduction Opportunities
• Andreas Kriefall, Community Organizer, ARISE
• VOICE Buffalo
• Judith C. Mower, Syracuse 20/20
• Shelley Stein, Supervisor, Town of Le Roy
• Howard Frawley, Mayor, Village of Angola
• Sue McVaugh, Mayor, Village of Hamilton
• Gerald E. Kelly, Former Commissioner, Erie County Charter Revision Commission
• James P. Keane, Candidate for Erie County Executive
• Gordon Heights Fire District Tax Group
  • Supporting Document 1 - Unfair Tax Crisis Facing Resident Taxpayers, part 1
  • Supporting Document 1 - Unfair Tax Crisis Facing Resident Taxpayers, part 2
  • Supporting Document 1 - Unfair Tax Crisis Facing Resident Taxpayers, part 3
  • Supporting Document 1 - Unfair Tax Crisis Facing Resident Taxpayers, part 4
  • Supporting Document 2- Gordon Heights Fire District Tax Crisis Video
• Linda Gale Gellman, Resident, City of Buffalo
• James M. Mulcahy, Resident, Town of Grand Island
• Rodney Rogers, Resident, Village of Forestville
• James R. White, Resident, City of Dunkirk
• Pres Cutter, Resident, City of Buffalo
• Gail Pettis-Plato
• Richard L. Taczkowski, Former Trustee, Village of North Collins