The change comes after a resident brought up concerns last month about how predominantly Christian opening prayers were. A national organization that advocates for the separation of church and state also reached out to council urging it to stop prayers altogether.
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India Walton scored an apparent victory Tuesday over four-term incumbent Byron Brown in a Democratic primary for Buffalo mayor, making her poised to become the first woman and first socialist to lead New York s second-largest city.
Walton, a nurse and community organizer who directed a Buffalo land trust, led Brown by 1,507 votes with all in-person votes counted, a near-insurmountable margin that almost matched the number of absentee ballots left to tally.
With Republicans failing to field a candidate, the primary victory clears the way for Walton to become mayor in the heavily Democratic city of 260,000 people.