Council sends Cassandra Scrupa safety program back to committee after member objections

Buffalo City Common Council members voted to refer the Cassandra Scrupa safety program (item 80) to the education committee after council members raised concerns and requested additional review.

When the city clerk introduced item 80 as a motion to receive and file the Cassandra Scrupa safety program and related item 81, Council Member Wyatt asked the council to keep item 80 on the floor because she had received citywide complaints and wanted the council to hear objections. "If there's something going on, that there's mechanisms or some other issue we should hear, so I hope that we can rescind that and have this in committee so that we can hear the issue," Wyatt said.

A motion was made to revisit item 80 and was seconded. Subsequent motions to resend and to send the matter to the education committee were moved and seconded; the transcript excerpt records the motion "to send to education" and a second by Council Member Rivera. The excerpt does not include a roll-call vote or tally in the provided text.

The council's action moves the safety program out of the consent-style "receive and file" handling and into committee review, where members can request testimony or additional information. The transcript does not include further details of the program's content, funding sources, or implementation schedule.