City of Buffalo Department of Law

About City of Buffalo Department of Law

The City of Buffalo Department of Law is the legal office of the City of Buffalo, New York, and is headed by the Corporation Counsel. The corporation counsel shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the council and shall be removable at the pleasure of the mayor. The department provides comprehensive legal services to Mayor Byron Brown, the Buffalo Common Council, and numerous departments and agencies. It defends and brings suits for the city, including matters involving the board of education and the Buffalo sewer authority.

The department also drafts and reviews local laws, ordinances and city contracts. It is also charged with instituting and conducting all legal proceedings brought by the City in the exercise of its eminent domain powers, and it prosecutes violations of ordinances that are not otherwise prosecuted, including Housing Code violations. It collects past due accounts, revenues and other moneys owing to the city and participates in the negotiation and arbitration of labor matters involving city employees. Its Administrative Adjudication bureau hears code and ordinance violation cases. The department's listed address is 65 Niagara Square in Buffalo, New York.

Practice areas

Areas of work that City of Buffalo Department of Law describes on its own website. They describe the organization as a whole, not the practice of any individual attorney listed below.

Organization profile based on its official website and public sources (reviewed October 30, 2026). Attorney list from the New York State Unified Court System registration data. Not affiliated with City of Buffalo Department of Law.

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