Mayor of Buffalo, NY
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Government Positions
City of Buffalo
• Mayor (Dec 31 '05→?)
City of Buffalo Common Council
• Councilman (Masten District) (Jan 1 '96→Jan 4 '01)
Buffalo Economic Renaissance Corporation City of Buffalo's Economic Development agency
• Board Chair
Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency Administers federal development funding programs for the City of Buffalo
• chairman
Buffalo Urban Development Corporation
• Chairman (Ex-Officio)
Western New York Regional Economic Development Council
• Board Member
Erie County Council on Economic Development
• committee member
Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation Public authority charged with redeveloping Buffalo waterfront
• Board Member
New York Works Task Force Cuomo infrastructure commission
• member (May '12→?)
Erie County IDA Erie County's industrial development agency
• Board Member
Other Positions
Buffalo Place Buffalo Place Inc. is the not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the economic health and quality of life in Downtown Buffalo.
• Board Member
Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority State-created watchdog org for the City of Buffalo
• Board Member, ex-officio (Jan 1 '06→?)
Police Athletic League of Buffalo Provides youth recreational programming
• Board Member
The Buffalo Zoo
• ex officio board member
Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus Consortium of regional health care and medical research providers
• Board Member
Memberships
Council of Economic and Fiscal Advisors - Cuomo Transition Cuomo economic advisor transition team
• Member ('10)
St. John Baptist Church Prominent church in Buffalo's Fruit Belt neighborhood
• member
Grassroots Inc. Buffalo political organization
• Member [+1]
• Member
Education
State University of New York College at Buffalo A public, liberal arts college in Buffalo, NY
• BA, Political Science/Journalism (?→'83)
Leadership Buffalo a project of the Greater Buffalo Chamber of Commerce
• School (?→'88)
Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Partnership of Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard to Train Mayors in "Impact" and "Innovation"
• School ('19→'20) [+1]
• Third Class (Jul '19→Jul '20)
Holdings
Brown for Buffalo Campaign committee for Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown
• Owner
Services/Transactions
Professional Associates
Maurice Garner Lobbyist; founder of Grassroots in Buffalo
• longtime confidante
Andrew Cuomo Governor of New York State
• a political ally
Adam W Perry Partner at Hodgson Russ LLP
• Confidante
Donors
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Hodgson Russ LLP
• 35 contributions · $46,900 (Oct 21 '02→Jun 25 '18)
43x79 PAC PAC funneling money from elite Buffalonians into elections
• 3 contributions · $25,000 (Jun 12 '13→Jul 12 '17)
Barclay Damon Buffalo law firm; formed from merger of Hiscock Barclay & Damon Morey
• 15 contributions · $24,000 (Jun 23 '09→Dec 31 '17)
Howard A Zemsky Managing Partner at Larkin Development Group
• 8 contributions · $21,500 (Apr 16 '08→Nov 5 '17)
Committee for Economic Growth PAC Buffalo Niagara Partnership's PAC
• 13 contributions · $19,440 (Apr 30 '09→Apr 27 '17)
James E Hornung
• 21 contributions · $18,000 (Aug 25 '09→Jul 12 '17)
Adam W Perry Partner at Hodgson Russ LLP
• 26 contributions · $17,725 (Jul 3 '08→Dec 31 '17)
R Mark Storch Executive at Foit-Albert architects
• 39 contributions · $16,129 (May 16 '00→Jul 13 '17)
Hiscock & Barclay LLP Buffalo-based law firm
• 6 contributions · $16,000 (Jul 11 '06→Apr 30 '15)
Louis P Ciminelli Chairman and CEO of LP Ciminelli. Convicted felon in the Buffalo Billion/Kaloyeros case.
• 9 contributions · $14,500 (Apr 16 '08→Apr 30 '15) [+1]
• Donation · $14,000 (Jun 1 '09→Apr 30 '15)
Donation/Grant Recipients
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ANDREW CUOMO FOR NEW YORK, INC. Campaign organization for Andrew Cuomo
• Donation · $2,500 (Jan 14 '14)
Andrew Cuomo Governor of New York State
• 1 contribution · $2,500 (Jan 14 '14)
Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State & NY Senator; 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate
• 2 contributions · $1,250 (Nov 1 '16)
Kevin S Parker NYS Senator, District 21
• 2 contributions · $1,000 (Sep 3 '08→Apr 23 '09)
Grassroots Inc. Buffalo political organization
• 2 contributions · $540 (Aug 30 '13→Apr 23 '14) [+2]
• Donation · $500 (Aug 30 '13)
• Donation · $40 (Apr 23 '14)
New York State Democratic Committee
• 2 contributions · $500 (Jun 7 '01→Jun 10 '02)
Democratic Senate Campaign Committee of New York
• Donation · $300 (Jun 10 '02) [+1]
• Donation · $200 (Jun 7 '01)
Dennis T Gorski
• 1 contribution · $250 ('92)
Barack Obama 44th President of the United States
• 1 contribution · $250 ('08)
Democratic National Committee governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party
• 1 contribution · $250 (Nov 7 '08)
Leadership & Staff
Steven M Casey deputy mayor, City of Buffalo
• senate staffer (past) [+1]
• campaign manager ('05→'13)
Clarence Lott Jr Grassroots president and aide to Mayor Brown
• Aide
Steve Pigeon Erie County political operative
• State Senate Staffer ('02→'04)