The City of Buffalo Common Council on July 8 approved an omnibus motion that included the lease agreement for the Broadway Market, a longtime neighborhood institution in the Broadway-Fillmore district. Councilmember Norakowski, speaking on the item, said the lease is "a long time coming" and praised earlier planning work that identified the market as essential to neighborhood vitality.

Councilmember Norakowski said a 1979 report commissioned by then-Councilmember Shirley Stolarski recommended preserving the Broadway Market as part of any revitalization. "This agreement has been worked out, and I believe that it puts the city of Buffalo in a good position to then now move the management entity and structure starting next July to be in the hands of the market management," Norakowski said.

The nut of the council discussion was the market's role in neighborhood economic life: speakers framed the lease as enabling a planned transition of management and as paired with state and other funding to support long-term viability. No additional details on the lease terms, dollar amounts, or the identity of the market management entity were provided during the floor remarks.

In the body of the meeting, the council bundled the Broadway Market lease into a larger motion to approve items 1 through 15; that omnibus motion was moved and seconded and taken up by the council, with no roll-call vote recorded in the transcript. Council members who spoke about the market emphasized historical continuity and the goal of securing state and other dollars to support the market's operations.

Council members also thanked staff and previous elected officials for work leading to the agreement but did not state a schedule for formal transfer steps beyond the comment that management would shift starting next July. The record does not include the lease's specific financial terms, length, or approval conditions.

The council's action leaves implementation steps to the administration and to the market's management entity; council members said the agreement is intended to position the market for long-term success but did not request additional immediate conditions or a follow-up report at the July 8 meeting.