Chris Hawley

Progressives likely won’t be able to make any sweeping changes on the committee, but some progressive candidates were hopeful that they could expand their numbers in the long term.

There are nine contested races for Erie County Democratic Committee across the City of Buffalo during this month’s primary elections, many of them with progressive candidates.

City Hall is pushing back against the spillover from the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus into the adjacent Fruit Belt.That includes a new parking ramp with…