Budget freezes property taxes in city.

Byline: Brian Meyer

April 29--Homeowners' property tax rates would be frozen at current levels and the city would provide assistance to some cultural groups for the first time in a decade under a spending plan that Mayor Byron W. Brown is expected to unveil today. Commercial property owners would see a slight decline in their tax rates. Some sources said the administration has also been seriously weighing the notion of including in the budget a controversial plan to install cameras at many of Buffalo's biggest intersections to nab red-light runners. For more than a year,

the administration has been reviewing other cities' experiences with red-light cameras. Brown has been an avid supporter of red-light cameras since taking office in 2006, claiming they …