A Monroe County grand jury is slated to hear criminal allegations of campaign finance violations against Mayor Lovely Warren on Sept. 17.
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City seeking to establish police residency requirement
If a change to state law is made, Mayor Lovely Warren will immediately introduce a bill to require all new RPD officers to live in the city.
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After months of infighting, a new county Democratic elections boss goes to work
Monroe County Democratic Elections Commissioner Jackie Ortiz reported Friday for her first day on the job.
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Ortiz resigns Council seat to assume elections commissioner post
Jackie Ortiz was appointed as elections commissioner Thursday, a month after Democratic party members elected her to the post.
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Group of Democratic legislators appoints Ortiz as elections commissioner
The vote, which was announced Wednesday, was the latest development in a protracted intra-party fight over the elections commissioner post.
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Spurned Democratic legislators form breakaway bloc
The four Democratic lawmakers also submitted legislation seeking funding for their new Black and Asian Democratic Caucus.
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Monroe County Democratic legislators say they have ousted their leader
Monroe County Democratic legislators, plagued by infighting for months, are clashing over who among them leads their caucus.
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Tenant ‘right to counsel’ program begins in Rochester
Tenants facing eviction proceedings will now have access to free legal representation, as well as a legal advice hotline.
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Cuomo tweaks new rules for absentee voting
Governor Cuomo has signed executive orders that he said will help ensure safe and secure voting in November’s elections.
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Cuomo says no high school football games for now
Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday that there won’t be any high school football games, wrestling matches or ice hockey contests this fall.
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RCSD school expansion plan means displacement for tenants
A plan to modernize George Mather Forbes School is uprooting part of the Mayor Heights neighborhood.
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Working to change a ‘black and white’ horse world
For the past 16 years, Matthew Doward’s program — A Horse’s Friend — has been providing kids access to their first horse experience. The Batavia native says there’s a lack of diversity in upstate New York horse communities.
