BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer says Buffalo’s revitalization efforts are being hindered by a decades-old decision to close Main Street to vehicle traffic.
The New York Democrat was in Buffalo Monday to support efforts to secure $28 million in federal transportation funding to return cars to the stretch of Main nearest the city’s transforming waterfront.
Schumer and Mayor Byron Brown say previous public sector investments have paid off with tens of millions of dollars in private investment.
The city has applied for a TIGER — or Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery — grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
