The study would be the city’s first step toward opting in to state rent stabilization laws.
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City Council grills RCSD officials
At a meeting with Rochester City School District leaders Thursday night, City Councilmembers raised concerns about transparency and a lack of confidence and peppered district officials with questions about the district’s finances. Internal and external investigations are continuing into how the district went from a balanced budget that it presented to City Council in June […]
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Council votes to ask state for RCSD financial oversight
[ UPDATED ] Rochester City Council voted this afternoon to ask the state to “establish financial control” over the Rochester City School District and stabilize the finances. Council voted 8-0 in favor of a resolution introduced by Mayor Lovely Warren and Council President Loretta Scott. Councilmember LaShay Harris abstained because she works for the district. […]
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City wants state to sever ties with Rochester school district
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren is asking state officials to “sever the connection” between city government and the Rochester school district. That would mean that the city would no longer raise taxes for the district.
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Police union sues to stop referendum
Plans for a Police Accountability Board could be in jeopardy because of a lawsuit filed last week by the Rochester police officers’ union. The Locust Club wants a judge to block a November referendum on the board’s creation. The union; its president, Mike Mazzeo; and its treasurer, Kevin Sizer; are suing the City of Rochester, […]
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Food waste on city’s menu
Each year, Americans put billions of pounds of uneaten food and scraps in the trash. And they do so at hefty costs, not just to the local governments that have to haul residents’ garbage to landfills, but also in terms of the climate-disrupting greenhouse gases that food waste generates. To counter those problems, cities across […]
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In the RCSD-city fight, the children are losing
An ugly battle is heating up between City Hall and the school district, and nobody’s looking very good in this.
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Council approves referendum on state takeover of RCSD
In a 5-3 vote, with one abstention, last night City Council approved a no-binding referendum on a temporary state take-over of the Rochester school district and removal of the school board.
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Warren: put state RCSD takeover on the ballot
Mayor Lovely Warren stepped up her push for a state takeover of the Rochester City School District. She wants city residents to vote on the issue.
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Scott predicts progress, regardless of PAB vote
Rochester took its most dramatic step yet last week in a decades-long search for a better system of police oversight. In a unanimous vote, City Council passed legislation creating an independent Police Accountability Board. The legislation still faces a public referendum, and it will be on the ballot in the November election. But if it […]
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Rochester City Council approves Police Accountability Board
Tuesday night was a milestone in a decades-long fight over how police misconduct claims in Rochester should be handled. In a unanimous vote, City Council passed a new law creating an independent, civilian Police Accountability Board.
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Public may vote on who disciplines police
Rochester voters apparently will have a say in how much power a new Police Accountability Board would have. At its May 21 meeting, City Council plans to vote on establishing an independent Police Accountability Board with broad powers. As the legislation is written now, the board would have the authority to impose discipline on officers […]
