Council members opened the door a little more toward providing a lifeline to Braymiller Market, but they weren’t quite ready to do it on Tuesday.
The Council didn’t take any action Tuesday on whether it would make Braymiller Market eligible for $562,000 in Covid pandemic-related funds. But there were signs that Council members are being persuaded to approve the money that would help keep the grocery store in downtown Buffalo afloat.
What seemed to be swaying them was the promise from the Brown administration that it would use more of the city’s Covid-era aid to bail out other small businesses struggling throughout the city’s nine districts.
“The mayor can ask for whatever he wants to, but it doesn’t mean that the Council has to produce it. I want to be clear, if it had been voted on today, it would have failed, according to the votes,” Council President Darius Pridgen said Tuesday.
“For me, the pathway to voting for Braymiller for me was always if I’m going to vote for the downtown market, which is important, I understand that, but I need to deliver dollars for our businesses in our neighborhood,” said Council Member Bryan Bollman. “I’m glad that’s the path we’re moving toward, and that’s where I would support this vote moving forward.”
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