Public Hearing - JSCB Bond
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON PROPOSED PROJECT
AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
RELATING THERETO
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing (the “Public Hearing”) pursuant to Section 859-a(2) of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York, as amended (the “Act”), will be held by Erie County Industrial Development Agency (the “Agency”) on the 6th day of October, 2025 at 9:00 o’clock a.m., local time, at the offices of the Agency located at 95 Perry Street – Suite 403 in the City of Buffalo, Erie County, New York in connection with the following matters:
The City School District of the City of Buffalo (the “District”) submitted an application (the “Application”) to the Agency, a copy of which Application is on file at the office of the Agency, which Application requested that the Agency consider undertaking a project (the “Project”) for the benefit of the District, said Project consisting of the following: (A) the refinancing of the Agency’s School Facility Refunding Revenue Bonds (City School District of the City of Buffalo Project), Series 2015A (the “Series 2015A Bonds”), which Series 2015A Bonds were issued on June 24, 2015 in the aggregate principal amount of $236,975,000 to refund a portion of the Agency’s School Facility Revenue Bonds (City School District of the City of Buffalo Project), Series 2007A (the “Series 2007A Bonds”), which Series 2007A Bonds were issued on August 3, 2007 in the aggregate principal amount of $180,000,000 to finance a project consisting of the acquisition, construction, renovation, reconstruction, improvements, equipping and furnishing of certain facilities of the District (collectively, the “Series 2007A Facilities”) as the first part of the third phase of the Buffalo Schools Reconstruction Project; (B) the refinancing of the Agency’s School Facility Refunding Revenue Bonds (City School District of the City of Buffalo Project), Series 2008A (the “Series 2008A Bonds”), which Series 2008A Bonds were issued on February 28, 2008 in the aggregate principal amount of $173,225,000 to finance a project consisting of the acquisition, construction, renovation, reconstruction, improvements, equipping and furnishing of certain facilities of the District (collectively, the “Series 2008A Facilities” and together with the Series 2007A Facilities, the “Facilities”) as the second part of the third phase of the Buffalo Schools Reconstruction Project; (C) the financing of all or a portion of the costs of the foregoing by the issuance of tax-exempt revenue bonds of the Agency in one or more issues or series in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to pay the cost of undertaking the Project, together with necessary incidental costs in connection therewith, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $85,000,000 (the “Bonds”); and (D) the payment of a portion of the costs incidental to the issuance of the Bonds, including issuance costs of the Bonds and any reserve funds as may be necessary to secure the Bonds.
The Facilities are located at the following addresses within the City of Buffalo, Erie County, New York:
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D’Youville Porter #3, 255 Porter Avenue Former Harbor Heights #4,425 S. Park Avenue BEST #6, 415 South Division Street Former Follow Through #8, E. Utica & Masten Avenue Early Childhood Center #17, 1045 W. Delavan Avenue Dr. Antonia Pantoja Community School of Excellence #18, 750 West Avenue Former School #18 Annex, 179 Albany Street Native American #19, 97 W. Delavan Avenue Hillery Park Academy #27, 73 Pawnee Parkway Former Triange Academy #28, 1515 S. Park Avenue Harriet Ross Tubman Academy #31, 212 Stanton Street Bennett Park Montessori School #32, 342 Clinton Street Bilingual Center #33, 157 Elk Street Marva J. Daniel Futures Prep School #37, 295 Carlton Street Frank A. Sedita School #30, 21 Lowell Place Marva J. Daniel Futures Prep School #37, 295 Carlton Street Frank A. Sedita School #30, 21 Lowell Place Martin Luther King Jr. School #48, 487 High Street Former Occupational Training Center #42, 2495 Main Street Lovejoy Discovery School #43, 161 Benzinger Street International School #45, 141 Hoyt Street Former Adult Learning #46, 389 Virginia at Elmwood Community School #53, 329 Roehrer Avenue Dr. George Blackman ECC #54, 2358 Main Street PS #59 Dr. Charles Drew Science Magnet 1 Martin Luther King Jr. Pkwy. PS #61 Arthur O. Eve School of Distinction, 453 Leroy Avenue F.L. Olmsted #64, Amherst St. & Lincoln Pkwy PS #65 Roosevelt ECC, 249 Skillen Street North Community School #50, 780 Parkside Street Discovery School #67, 911 Abbott Road Former Westminster #68, 24 Westminster Avenue Houghton Academy #69, 1725 Clinton Street
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Lorraine Academy #72, 71 Lorraine Avenue Hamlin Park Claude & Ouida Clapp Academy #74, 126 Donaldson Road Herman Badillo Bilingual Academy #76, 315 Carolina Street William J. Grabiarz #79, 225 Lawn Avenue Highgate Heights #80, 600 Highgate Avenue School #81, 140 Tacoma Avenue Ronald Peoples School of Scholars #82, 230 Easton Avenue Erie County Healthcare for Children #84, 462 Grider Street Academy School #131, 756 St. Lawrence Avenue Dr. Lydia T. Wright School of Excellence #89, 106 Appenheimer Street Early Childhood Center #90, 50 A Street Build Build Community School #92, 340 Fougeron Street Southside Elementary #93, 430 Southside Parkway West Hertel Academy #94, 489 Hertel Avenue Waterfront #95, 95 Fourth Street Harvey Austin School #97, 1405 Sycamore Street Stanley Makowski E.C.C. #99, 1095 Jefferson Avenue Former Web Middle School #171, 1409 East Delavan (formerly School #11 Annex) Former BAVPA #187, 333 Clinton Street Buffalo Academy – Visual & Performance Arts #192, 450 Masten Avenue City Honors #195, 186 E. North Street Lewis J. Bennett HS of Innovative Technology #200, 2885 Main Street International Preparatory High School #198, 110 Fourteenth Street Frederick Olmsted #156, 319 Suffolk Avenue Lafayette International #207, 370 Lafayette Avenue Riverside Academy #208, 51 Ontario Street South Park HS #206, 150 South Park Avenue Burgard Voc. HS #301, 400 Kensington Avenue Emerson School of Hospitality #302, 1405 Sycamore Street Hutch Tech HS #304, 256 S. Elmwood McKinley McKinley High School #305, 1500 Elmwood Avenue Math Science Tech Prep School #197, 646 E. Delavan Avenue East Community High School #309, 820 Northampton Street |
The Bonds will be special limited obligations of the Agency payable solely from the New York State building and operating aid payable to the District and pledged as payment under an agreement with the Agency. THE BONDS SHALL NOT BE A DEBT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ERIE COUNTY, NEW YORK, AND NEITHER THE STATE OF NEW YORK NOR ERIE COUNTY, NEW YORK SHALL BE LIABLE THEREON.
The Agency has not yet made a determination pursuant to Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law regarding the potential environmental impact of the Project.
The Agency will at said time and place hear all persons with views on the location and nature of the proposed Project, the financial assistance being contemplated by the Agency in connection with the proposed Project, including exemption from mortgage recording taxes with respect to any documents, if any, recorded by the Agency with respect to the Project in the office of the County Clerk of Erie County, New York or elsewhere, or the proposed plan of financing the proposed Project by the issuance from time to time of the Bonds. A copy of the Application filed by the District with the Agency with respect to the Project is available for public inspection during business hours at the offices of the Agency. A transcript or summary report of the hearing will be made available to the members of the Agency.
Any written comments may be submitted to the Agency’s website at www.ecidany.com, or mailed to the Agency at 95 Perry Street – Suite 403, Buffalo, New York 14203, until the comment period closes at 4:00 p.m. on October 21, 2025.
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