Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo’s 2019 budget will knock the county tax rate down by a dime, making it $8.89 per $1,000 assessed value. That’s if the proposal passes, which it probably will, since Dinolfo’s a Republican and the legislature majority is made up of Republicans. The rate has been flat at $8.99 for roughly […]
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Budget deal OK’s Uber, tuition aid, Raise the Age
New York State now has a 2017-18 budget, even if it’s a little late. The far-reaching plan goes beyond basics such as school aid and department funding. The budget includes provisions that: • Clear the way for ride hailing services such as Uber and Lyft outside of New York City. The transportation network companies, as […]
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Advocates push again for ‘Raise the Age’
Jerry Ingram’s life could have unfolded differently than it has. When he was 17, he and his cousin were arrested in front of their Broward County, Florida, apartment and were hit with drug possession and distribution charges, Ingram says. And since there was a school nearby, the charges carried extra weight. Ingram ultimately received a […]
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Week ahead: sessions on Irondequoit’s ‘neglected properties,’ westside city bus route changes, and juvenile justice
At 7:35 p.m. Thursday, the Irondequoit Town Board will hold an informal public hearing on neglected and troubled properties. The hearing will be held at the Irondequoit Town Hall, 1280 Titus Avenue. The board will be working on legislation regarding such properties, Supervisor Adam Bello says in a post on the town’s website. Officials want to […]
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Young offenders, adult prisons
The Raise the Age movement seeks to get youth ages 16 and 17 out of the adult criminal justice system.
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Cuomo lays out his 2014 agenda
During his State of the State address this afternoon, Governor Andrew Cuomo spelled out his 2014 initiatives. But few, if any, of the big ticket items came as a surprise. He announced a plan to allow 20 hospitals to prescribe marijuana as treatment for some serious ailments, but that had already been leaked to the […]
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Court of second chances
Darryl Ballard says he knows he’s lucky that he’s not in prison. A short young man with a slight build and dreadlocks pulled back from his boyish face, Ballard says that, two years ago, he cussed out a Rochester police officer while the officer was engaged in an altercation with Ballard’s best friend. Things got […]
