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5 issues that may decide who is Buffalo's next mayor

  • By Eric DuVall News Assistant City Editor
  • Oct 25, 2021
  • Oct 25, 2021 Updated Mar 18, 2026

Though nominally a contest between Democrats, the positions staked out by the two primary candidates for mayor of Buffalo show a wide gap in the political identity and governing philosophies of Byron Brown and India Walton.

Brown is a product of a New York Democratic Party machine that, as recently as a few years ago, saw him as state Democratic chairman. In 16 years, he has staked out a business-friendly, low-tax mantra that applies to a centrist Democrat.

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How should police handle mental health calls? Buffalo's next mayor will help decide

Mayoral candidate India Walton says police should not be first responders to mental health-related calls.

In many cases, in Buffalo and many other communities, they already aren't.

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2021 Election: Brown, Walton paint opposing pictures of housing in Buffalo

The two leading candidates for Buffalo's mayor are painting very different pictures of housing development in the state's second-largest city.

Mayor Byron Brown sees a city on the rise, driven by adaptive reuse and new construction that has drawn new residents to Buffalo.

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5 issues that may decide who is Buffalo's next mayor

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2021 Election: Role of police a clear dividing line in race for Buffalo mayor

This story contains raw language.

Nine months before she won Buffalo's Democratic mayoral primary, India Walton walked in the middle of Court Street shouting into a megaphone to three dozen protesters in front of the downtown police headquarters.

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BIG READ Walton Brown (copy)

India Walton, left, speaks during a rally Sept. 15, 2020.  At right, Mayor Byron Brown, talks with Police Chief Joe Gramaglia in Buffalo.

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Byron Brown: Investment in Buffalo’s revival must not come to a halt

Byron Brown: Investment in Buffalo’s revival must not come to a halt

When I took office as Buffalo’s mayor in 2006, I promised to work to revitalize our city, build a safer, smarter, stronger Buffalo and ensure that every community shares in our opportunity and success. And we’ve made incredible progress.

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India Walton: My five-point plan will build a healthier city for all

India Walton: My five-point plan will build a healthier city for all

I’ll never forget the Tuesday when a group of sisters came to me with head lice.

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Protesters rally for Willie Henley

India Walton speaks during a rally supporting a man with emotional problems who was shot by Buffalo police in September 2020 after they said he was wielding a baseball bat.

 Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
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VIPER Task Force

Mayor Byron Brown, center, Commissioner Byron Lockwood, left, and other agencies recognize the members of the FBI Viper Task Force for their recent efforts to help reduce gun violence in Buffalo and Western New York, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. The VIPER team members are from New York, North Carolina, Arkansas, Massachusetts and Syracuse. Staff Operations Specialist Kristen Ford receives her certificate from FBI Special Agent in Charge Steve Belangia.

 Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News
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2021 election issues: Does Byron Brown deserve credit for Buffalo's population increase?

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said it long before anyone would believe it.

“For the first time since 1950, we are preparing for population growth in Buffalo,” he said in his State of the City address in February 2015.

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Election 2021 issues: Should Buffalo be a 'sanctuary city'? Walton, Brown disagree

Buffalo has long billed itself as "the City of Good Neighbors" – but should it be a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants?

That question, which never was discussed all that much locally until lately, stands as one of the issues in the mayoral race between Democratic nominee India B. Walton and the four-term incumbent she defeated in a June primary, Mayor Byron W. Brown.

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