After more than a week of demonstrating outside City Hall, organizers announced Monday that they would retreat to plan for future actions.
David Andreatta
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City Council backpedals on a new East Main Street police station
The East Main Street police station was to be part of a plan of the Warren administration to re-establish neighborhood police stations.
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Monroe County Democratic Party executive director steps down
Brittaney Wells, the executive director and chair of the Monroe County Democratic Committee, announced Thursday that she is stepping down.
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Commentary: Monroe County’s Defective Democrats
Less than a year ago, Democrats came within a hair’s breadth of controlling Monroe County government. Today, their party is in shambles.
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They call him the ‘Pigeon Man’ of Rochester
Michael Picow has been feeding pigeons on Division Street for nearly 35 years. When one dies, he says, “a little piece of me dies inside.”
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As the school year nears, Lesli Myers-Small is moving fast and breaking eggs
Lesli Myers-Small is shaking things up at the RCSD. But as her grandmother taught her, you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.
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Rochester Police Chief La’Ron Singletary resigns amid RPD brass shake-up
The RPD’s top brass, including Chief La’Ron Singletary, announced Tuesday they were stepping down amid accusations of a cover-up in Daniel Prude’s death.
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Demonstrators converge on RPD headquarters amid calls for mayor and police chief to resign
Demonstrators took the streets of Rochester for the fifth straight night Sunday amid mounting calls for the mayor and police chief to resign.
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Daniel Prude case to go to grand jury, after accusations of a cover-up
New York’s attorney general announced Saturday that she would empanel a grand jury to consider evidence in the death of Daniel Prude.
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Police union president says officers followed protocol in Daniel Prude’s arrest
Locust Club President Michael Mazzeo said officers followed protocol in arresting Daniel Prude.
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Mayor Lovely Warren: ‘I was told Daniel Prude OD’d’
Mayor Lovely Warren said the city has suspended the police officers who took part in Prude’s arrest and that the city is in settlement talks with Prude’s family.
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Cuomo demands answers in Daniel Prude’s death
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that he, like most people, had only now seen the video footage of Daniel Prude’s fatal arrest.
