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• Source: Buffalo News
• Date: February 19, 2006
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• Bylines: James Heaney , Deidre Williams
• Topics: Local Government
• Data Types: Local Data
• Description/Excerpt: The former chairman of the city housing authority and two tenant-elected representatives retained by Mayor Byron W. Brown engaged in self-indulgent spending in recent years that siphoned off tens of thousands of dollars earmarked to house the city's poor, a Buffalo News investigation found. Commissioner perks cost almost $250,000 the past three years for what are supposed to be largely volunteer positions. This spending came while the authority cut staff and trimmed expenses, including the elimination of its police force.