BUFFALO, N.Y. – Under Buffalo’s city charter, Common Council President Chris Scanlon will assume the duties of acting mayor until the end of 2025 after current Mayor Byron Brown resigns.
Because Scanlon’s council term runs through the end of 2027, he could return to his South district seat when his mayoral duties end. The dual but conflicting roles led to Council Majority Leader Leah Halton-Pope introducing a resolution asking the city’s corporation counsel to submit a formal opinion on succession and if the council could temporarily appoint a member to represent South District in the interim.
“The question would be, should a district, any district in the city of Buffalo be without representation and my answer to that is no, absolutely not,” she said…