Buffalo Common Council

The Buffalo Common Council is the legislative branch of the Buffalo, New York City Government. It is a representative assembly, with one elected member from each of 9 districts: Niagara, Delaware, Masten, Ellicott, Lovejoy, Fillmore, North, University, and South. In the past, the Common Council also had a nominal number of at-large members who were elected citywide. The members of the Common Council are often referred to as Councilmen or City Councilmen even though they are probably correctly called Common Councilmen. The council has a President, President Pro Tempore, and a Majority Leader. The size of the council's membership has been shrinking roughly in tandem with the "white flight" to the suburbs represented by the population declines (see Buffalo, New York).
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