City of Buffalo departments address concerns with South Buffalo block club leaders
The first in a series of posts about community involvement & neighborhood attention.
By: Cindy K. Yesterday evening several members of the City of Buffalo met at a community meeting of block club leaders. About 80 in all attendance included mostly block club leaders, listened to topics of interest and asked questions.
Division of Citizen Services, Oswaldo Mestre, Jr. conveyed the importance of using the Mayor’s Call & Resolution hotline for reporting citizen complaints.
Points of interest included the use of the 311 System, which will be an expansion of the Mayor’s Call & resolution Center. 311’s mission is to provide citizens of the City of Buffalo with access to city services, city information and non-emergency police services with the highest possible levels of customer service.
Saying “graffiti is a big emphasis with the Mayor”, Mestre also talked about Buffalo’s Anti-Graffiti and Clean City Programs.
Graffiti prevention improves the quality of life for communities and residents, and Buffalo’s Anti-Graffiti Clean City coordinator was introduced to the public.
“We take that serious. The whole idea of graffiti, that’s a quality of life call, and we want to be able to do something about it.” Mestre stated to block club leaders.
The Save Our Streets Program was another component that was addressed.
“The whole idea here is to make sure you have recourse. We’re your recourse in terms of following up on those particular calls, and that’s a very, very important thing in that respect.” He said.
For additional information contact Oswaldo Mestre, Jr.
Phone Number- (716) 851-4229
Address: 218 City Hall, Buffalo, New York 14202
email: omestre@city-buffalo.com
or use the Call and Resolution Hotline (716) 851-4890
Online form, click here.
*note: to get a tracking number of your complaint, you have to fill out all the contact information.