Mayor Lovely Warren has won the Democratic Primary and, given the party’s heavy domination in the city, in all likelihood she’ll will begin her second term in January. With results in from most polling places, Warren had scored an impressive win – more than 60 percent – over County Legislator and former Rochester police chief […]
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Debate gave closer look at personalities
During yesterday’s mayoral debate on WROC-TV, challengers James Sheppard and Rachel Barnhart did their best to inflict serious damage on incumbent Lovely Warren. But whether you were undecided or were just leaning toward one of the three, it’s unlikely that the debate did much to sway your decision. For one thing, none of the three […]
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City moving on energy program
A year or so from now, City of Rochester residents and small businesses could have easy access to 100 percent renewable energy at a price lower than their current rates. Mayor Lovely Warren is preparing legislation stating the city’s intent to pursue community choice aggregation. Under a CCA arrangement, which state law allows, the city […]
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Warren pushes traffic-violations agency for city
Mayor Lovely Warren wants the city to have its own traffic-violations agency and she is asking City Council to support state legislation authorizing the agency. Council will discuss her request at a special public meeting at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow in City Council Chambers at City Hall. Currently, if motorists are charged with a traffic violation […]
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Warren’s budget ready for scrutiny
Mayor Lovely Warren presented her proposed budget for the coming fiscal year on Friday. And while it contains nothing dramatic – no big layoffs, no big tax increases, no major new programs – the budget is noteworthy for the picture of Rochester it provides. Now it heads to analysis: by the public, City Council, and […]
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Dems designate their candidates
The Monroe County Democratic Committee’s annual designating convention was more celebration than spat. The whole thing led off with the installment of Lovely Warren as the party’s mayoral candidate; Warren is, of course, the sitting mayor. She pulled in about 55.6 percent of the weighted vote from the party’s city legislative district committees, far more […]
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Warren and her opponents square off
The list of accomplishments that Mayor Warren cited was a lengthy one, and she got plenty of applause from the audience of mostly invited guests. Her opponents in the September Democratic Primary, Jim Sheppard and Rachel Barnhart, are seeing something different.
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The week ahead: Warren’s ‘State of the City,’ a Daniel Pipes lecture, a charter school hearing
Mayor Lovely Warren will deliver the last State of the City address of her current term at 7 o’clock tonight. The venue: the downtown tech company CGI Communications, 130 East Main Street. Her talk will be streamed live on the city’s website. The Leon Katzen Memorial Lecture Series will host a talk by controversial historian […]
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How the city made its Parcel 5 choice
If multiple large companies were moving their headquarters to downtown Rochester, or the county’s population were exploding, there’d have been a high-stakes bidding war over developing Midtown’s Parcel 5. Instead, city officials and developers had to choose from a small handful of proposals, each of them based partlyHowconfidence that current demand will continue for years. […]
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For Parcel 5: a theater topped by apartments
If City Council approves, a key part of the Midtown Plaza site will be developed as a 3000-seat theater for the Rochester Broadway Theatre League with a 50-apartment building on top of it.
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THE WEEK AHEAD: Events for the Week of March 20
Rochester schools Superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams will present her proposed budget for the district’s 2017-2018 school year on Tuesday, March 28. The introductory presentation to the school board kicks off a lengthy review process and is expected to focus on closing an $80 million budget gap. The meeting will be held in the district’s central office, […]
