Arts and cultural groups and organizations working to combat violence in the City of Buffalo will share $200,000 in grants under a spending plan approved Friday that contains only minor changes from what was proposed by Mayor Byron W. Brown.

City lawmakers unanimously ratified a budget for the 2012-13 fiscal year that establishes a “cultural and anti-violence fund” as part of an overall $482.6 million spending package.

By Aaron Besecker, News Staff Reporter, The Buffalo News, Published: May 19, 2012, 12:00 AM

May 19 Cultural, anti-violence fund OK’d