Former Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard has boosted his lead in his effort to win the Monroe County Democratic Committee’s designation for mayor. Sheppard won two of the three Democratic committees that voted last night on the mayoral nomination: the 21st and 23rd legislative district committees. Mayor Lovely Warren won the 24th district committee. Former […]
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Alexander to be new deputy mayor
Cedric Alexander, who served as Rochester’s police chief during the Johnson administration, is coming back to Rochester and to city government – this time as a top administration official. Mayor Lovely Warren announced this morning that Alexander will be her new deputy mayor. He is currently deputy chief operating officer and director of public safety […]
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Warren will seek a second term
[UPDATE] In a long-anticipated move, Mayor Lovely Warren has announced that she’ll seek a second term. Given the Democratic Party’s voter-registration domination in Rochester, a Democrat is almost certain to win the November general election. But Warren will first have to face at least three other candidates in a September 12 Democratic primary: former Rochester […]
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Rochester acts to protect immigrants
Rochester officials and area activists are responding with concern to the Trump administration’s immigration plan. The deportations are likely to have a serious impact in Upstate New York, not only in rural areas, where immigrants are working on farms and vineyards, but also in cities, whose residents include refugees from countries the administration is targeting. […]
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Feedback 2/22
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Politics, violence, and the city’s mayoral race
Violence is not a problem of policing. It’s a terrible, complicated societal problem, and police cannot solve it.
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Rochester needs real leadership
Guest commentary by mayoral candidate James Sheppard
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The risks we face in the next race for mayor
The last thing this community needs right now is major division among Rochester Democrats. But the division is there.
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Warren, an elector, supports briefing on Trump’s Russia ties
Dozens of electoral college members have asked for an intelligence briefing on the president-elect’s ties to Russia before they cast their votes on December 19.
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Feedback 12/14
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Future of Warren’s traffic court uncertain
People in poverty often live on the edge of a cliff. One misstep can set off a chain of events that makes it hard to stop the downward slide, much less better their lives. A prime example in the City of Rochester involves transportation and fines. Many residents can’t afford to pay their traffic fines, […]
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Results mixed for neighborhood revival program
The City of Rochester’s Focused Investment program has made visible, tangible changes in its target neighborhoods, but the gains are fragile, and significant challenges remain, says a recently released evaluation of the city’s high-profile revitalization effort. And in addition to questions about the program’s accomplishments are questions about whether or not there is the money […]
