A group of Brockport residents is once again trying to dissolve the village government. Resident Rhett King sent out a press release this morning announcing that the group has submitted dissolution petitions with 429 signatures to the village clerk. The petitions will trigger a village-wide dissolution vote, as long as they stand up to scrutiny […]
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Cuomo calls for significant investment in infrastructure
Governor Andrew Cuomo just wrapped up his State of the State speech and budget presentation. The address was something of a shotgun blast of proposals: a high-level overview that touched on everything from tourism promotions to criminal justice reforms. He appealed to the image many New Yorkers’ have of themselves: that we persevere through tough […]
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Dinolfo submits integrity office proposal
True to her campaign promise, County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo has introduced legislation to create a county Public Integrity Office (see below). Legislators will take the proposal up during committee meetings later this month. A public hearing and vote on the legislation will most likely take place at the March 8 County Legislature meeting. The Public […]
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Dinolfo asks LDC’s to dissolve
County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo has asked the two county-linked local development corporations at the center of a bid-rigging case to dissolve. Dinolfo sent letters to Upstate Telecommunications Corporation and the Monroe Security and Safety Systems LDC boards asking each to adopt a resolution pledging that they’ll “take all steps necessary to dissolve in an orderly […]
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Where’s Maggie Brooks going?
Maggie Brooks has been a fixture in county government for two decades, acting as Monroe County executive for the last 12 years and before that, county clerk. But in just a couple of months, term limits will force her from office. But Brooks says she isn’t going away — and no one expects her to […]
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Macedon voters choose dissolution
By a count of 300 to 246, Village of Macedon voters have chosen to dissolve their village. Those are the unofficial results from yesterday’s special election, which was initiated by a group of village residents. Macedon is the sixth village in New York State to approve dissolution since 2011, when a new state law came […]
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Ethics boards: you’ve got it all wrong
When Donald Youngman heard his boss, Henrietta Town Supervisor Jack Moore, make what he felt were inappropriate remarks, he filed a complaint with the town’s ethics board — which, on the surface, seems like a logical course of action. The circumstances behind Youngman’s complaint are now well-known. Youngman, a 36-year town employee, overheard Moore talking […]
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County, local governments present efficiency plan
Many Monroe County homeowners ought to get a check from the state this fall to help cover any increases in their local property taxes. If that sounds confusing, that’s because it is. Last year, the State Legislature passed a two-year Property Tax Freeze Credit. The state, however, has an income tax and not a property tax, […]
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Pittsford board members quit over Westport project
Four of the five members of the Village of Pittsford Planning Board have resigned, citing objections to the way that the village’s Board of Trustees handled the proposed Westport Crossing project. The members are Remegia Mitchell, Meg Rubiano, Joe Maxey, and Jill Crooker. The resignations are effective immediately. The controversial Westport project calls for 167 […]
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About that Upstate Revitalization Competition…
Late Sunday, Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders announced that they had a basic agreement around the 2015-16 state budget. And that agreement, they said, included the governor’s request for $1.5 billion to fund the Upstate Revitalization Competition. But yesterday, the whole matter got a little hazy. Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos made […]
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Drawing the line on sex offenders
Len Douangtavilay, a Level 3 sex offender, once lived 200 feet from athletic fields used by Penfield youth. The discovery of this fact has prompted Penfield officials to propose residency restrictions on sex offenders, potentially putting Penfield in conflict with state law. New York’s courts assign sex offenders a Level 1, 2, or 3 designation, […]
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Anti-poverty effort will focus on data, flexibility
The Rochester Anti-Poverty Task Force announced last month by Governor Andrew Cuomo will hold its first meeting in the next few weeks. United Way CEO Peter Carpino gave an overview of the effort during this morning’s meeting of the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council. The task force, he said, will bring together 20 state […]
