India Walton, the democratic candidate for Buffalo Mayor, talks to supporters at the start of a canvassing event in North Buffalo, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. (Derek Gee / Buffalo News)
India B. Walton knows what she wants to do as mayor, and she's spelled it out on her website, replete with short-term, near-term and long-term goals on each and every issue.
"It's not about making India Walton mayor," the candidate said at a rally earlier this month. "This is about making Buffalo better: creating together the safe and healthy community that we all want, need and deserve."
The Working Families Party, which was heavily involved in the Walton campaign before her June 22 primary win and which has an especially strong presence in New York, was among the groups signing the statement.
That disagreement comes against the backdrop of a broader national debate: Academics and others cite a lack of statistical evidence that becoming a sanctuary city increases crime; immigration skeptics cite isolated anecdotal evidence to the contrary.
Brown's supporters in Buffalo's immigrant communities say he is doing the right things to make newcomers feel welcome in the city, but India Walton says she will do even more for them.
India Walton, the democratic candidate for Buffalo Mayor, talks to supporters at the start of a canvassing event in North Buffalo, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. (Derek Gee / Buffalo News)
