According to the US Dept. Of Labor website (http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.ny_buffalo_msa.htm) which lists it as Buff + N. Falls, the unemployment rate is 8.2% while it shows the national rate at 7.9%.
It is below the NY rate though which is 8.7%.
I just noticed that the data for this was from 2010 so that explains it.
Nice to see some good press about Buffalo I guess, but there is a reason "The cost of living is 14.4 percent below the national average, and the average home price is $119,700, well below the national average of $171,700."