The possibility emerged after a rash of violent acts in and around middle and high schools since the school year began.
Michael Patterson
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‘Tough financial situation’ ahead for the City of Rochester
City Councilmember Malik Evans says that the COVID-19 pandemic has hurt the city’s budget, reducing how much the city receives through sales tax receipts and state aid.
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New year, new City Council
City Council members Mary Lupien and Jose Peo haven’t previously served in elected offices.
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A changing City Council faces major challenges
The City of Rochester continues to be a place of sharp contrasts: deep, persistent poverty existing side by side with affluence, college graduates working in tech firms a mile or so from neighborhoods where high-school drop-outs are hanging out on street corners. A medical center’s research labs in one quadrant of the city, drug dealers […]
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Nuisance Abatement Law gets overhaul
Rochester City Council adopted changes to the nuisance law after a review process lasting a couple of years.
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No LDC action in Lej, but secondhand dealer proposal revived
Democratic legislators’ efforts to advance a package of local development corporation reforms during Tuesday’s Legislature meeting were short-lived. The caucus had unveiled and introduced the legislation, which called for eight specific reforms, earlier in the day. The sponsor, Legislator Paul Haney, submitted them as matters of urgency so that, with Adair’s consent, they could be […]
