This was discussed in depth over at Buffalo Rising a couple months ago when it first came out.
Buffalo can stabilize only if albany takes the shackles off. High taxes & business unfriendly means a slow whirl down the drain...
Buffalo can return to national prominence only following some drastic nationwide change. For instance, massive drought due to climate change means population centers need to move much closer to large bodies of water...that would be an instant rust belt revitalization.
The take away lesson is really to vote the incumbents out of office at every level of city, county, and state government until we get a group of wahoos who want to do more than line their and their chosen constituency's pockets