The Buffalo area's county budget crisis is taking a toll on the bathrooms in at least one public building.
Erie County has had to slash 2,000 jobs and cut back on services in order to close a more than $100 million budget shortfall.
In the Rath Building in downtown Buffalo, workers report that the bathrooms aren't being cleaned or maintained. One longtime worker in the building tells Buffalo's WGRZ-TV that there's no soap, paper towels or toilet paper in the restrooms.
The Rath Building is home to many county offices, including those of County Executive Joel Giambra, the Department of Social Services and the Health Department.
It's so bad, some county employees are bringing in their own toilet paper and other supplies. The worker told WGRZ that's "like working in another country -- a bad country."
