Richard A. Fontana

Majority Leader
Lovejoy District Councilmember

For more information contact :
Council Member Richard A. Fontana
Phone: 716-851-5151
Fax: (716)851-5141
E-mail: rfontana@city-buffalo.com

Committees Currently Serving on the Council:

• Common Council Majority Leader
• Budget, Chairman
• Legislation
• Claims
• Waterfront
  
              

• Richard Fontana was born on July 18, 1972 on Buffalo's West Side
• Married to Dolores (Sullivan) Fontana, father of Christopher and Thomas Fontana
• Graduated from Buffalo State College in 1994 with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Business.
• Former owner and operator of family restaurant
• Elected to City Council in 1997

Councilmember Fontana undertook several projects, many of which have been accomplished and some remain in process nearing completion shortly:

• Secured over $250,000 in housing rehabilitation grants.
• Secured a $335,000 regionalism grant from Erie County for improvements to Genesee Street Corridor.
• Negotiated the new Machnica Center deal with landowners and fought for the additional 1.3 million dollars to fill the budget gap.
• Secured $1,000,000 for sidewalk repair and replacement district wide.
• Introduced a new gateway Improvement Project.
• Introduced numerous pieces of legislation pertaining to city wide and district issues.
• Fought corruption and sought to return city dollars back to the district.
• Secured funding to renovate our district parks including; Moreland Field, Hennepin Park, Houghton-Stachowski an Schiller Parks.
• $600,000 for renovations to the Seneca-Babcock Community Center.
• Secured funding to renovate Precinct Police #11 building.
• Facilitated the demolition of blighted property and construction of new homes in the district.