The Bello administration estimates the change could save families $560 per year.
Monroe County
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‘Change of heart’ pushes police ‘annoyance law’ repeal
In a bipartisan push, Monroe County legislators are looking to repeal a newly-enacted law that prohibited intentionally annoying police officers and first responders.
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County lawmakers take step toward a climate plan
Bipartisan legislation submitted to the Monroe County Legislature would establish a county Climate Action Plan Advisory Committee.
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Replacing Justice Matthew Rosenbaum is ‘a waiting game’
Odds are good that Monroe County will start 2020 with one less state Supreme Court justice on the bench.
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Cuomo’s veto snubs Monroe County’s poor
Vetoed bill would have given public assistance recipients across the state the same protections for those in New York City.
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CABLE Act took a page from GOP playbooks in other states
Republicans in North Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan have taken legislative action to weaken incoming Democrats
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Monroe County GOP withdraws CABLE Act
The bill would have curtailed the power of the incoming Democratic county executive, Adam Bello.
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Early voting ends with nearly 13,900 ballots cast in Monroe County
The total represents about 3 percent of the county’s registered voters.
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Human Trafficking Court will cover all of Monroe County
The Rochester Human Trafficking Court is expanding its services to include towns and villages around Monroe County, with the help of a federal grant. The effort began in 2013 through Rochester City Court. State Supreme Court justice Craig Doran said that around that time the state’s former Chief Judge Jonathan Lipmann opened his eyes to […]
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Groups take aim at Project Exile
Civil liberties and criminal justice reform groups are calling on Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley to pull out of a federal program that has some local gun cases turned over to federal prosecutors. Federal charges for gun crimes carry harsher sentences than state charges. Representatives of three groups – Enough is Enough, Citizen Action […]
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The money race
Taxes: they’re what this year’s county executive race is fundamentally about. As Republican incumbent Cheryl Dinolfo and Adam Bello, her Democratic opponent, lay out how they’ll approach county government, they’re really talking about how they’ll spend money that comes from county, state, or federal taxes. They’re talking about how they’ll manage the county’s $1 billion […]
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The State of Our County: divided and complacent
Dinolfo’s State of the County was mostly cheery, boosterish talk, a description of a happy, successful place. But below that surface is a harsh reality.
