Byron Brown: “We demolished over 8,000 of those vacant, unsalvageable…”

“I drive those streets. When I came into office, there were thousands of vacant and abandoned structures throughout the city of Buffalo, most of them on the east side of Buffalo. We demolished over 8,000 of those vacant, unsalvageable structures, many of them that were not safe. that were a danger to surrounding homes. That's no longer the case on the east side of Buffalo.” (12:58–13:07)

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