Regionalism revisited: the effort to streamline governance in Buffalo and Erie County, New York.

From: Albany Law Review | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION

During the first half of the twentieth century, burgeoning grain transshipment trade and heavy manufacturing spurred the bustling economy of Buffalo, the eastern-most port on the shores of Lake Erie and the second-largest city in the State of New York. (1) With the jobs that these industries provided came residents to occupy them. In the 1900 census, Buffalo ranked as the eighth-largest city in the United States, with a population of over 350,000. (2) By 1950, Buffalo could claim over 580,000 residents--the most ever in its 118-year history to that time. (3) ...

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