Article: Mayor aims $5 million at S. Buffalo site: HICKORY WOODS.

Byline: Brian Meyer

May 3--Mayor Byron W. Brown's new budget plan would earmark up to $5 million to help resolve environmental issues surrounding the Hickory Woods neighborhood in South Buffalo.

"This is the largest appropriation ever for Hickory Woods," Brown told The Buffalo News Editorial Board on Wednesday as he detailed his spending plan.

The $5 million would be put in a reserve fund and could be used to pay claims to homeowners, relocation expenses or cleanup of the contaminated neighborhood.

Still, Brown acknowledged that the large infusion of funding he wants the Common Council to approve will not be be enough to end the ...

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