Buffalo's incoming mayor's response to questions posed during his interview with Investigative Post

Investigative Post interviewed Buffalo Mayor-elect Sean Ryan who discussed, among other things, the critical role that UB and similar institutions play in economic development in Western New York. “Almost every study has shown that subsidies don’t work. Company gets a five-year subsidy. Soon as the subsidy is gone, they’re gone,” he said. “The better bet for economic development is to invest in your schools, invest in your research institutions, invest in your healthcare institutions — your Roswell Park, your University at Buffalo. That’s really what creates an economy.”