(UPDATED JUNE 22) A Rochester law firm has issued an opinion that a new Police Accountability Board could be legally empowered to discipline police officers. But the city’s law department disagrees. City Council is reviewing Rochester’s system of handling citizen complaints about police actions, and is considering establishing a new Police Accountability Board to review […]
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Rallies for immigrant families and refugees take place this week
A march protesting the Trump administration’s separation of immigrant families will take place at 6 p.m. Friday, and events around UN World Refugee Day will take place Saturday.
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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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Area will celebrate Douglass’s 200th
Local governments and numerous Rochester arts organizations are planning a year’s worth of events to commemorate Frederick Douglass’s 200th birthday. The former slave, abolitionist, writer, and orator – who chose February 14 as his birthday – lived in Rochester from 1847 to 1872 and published his newspaper, The North Star, here. The City of Rochester […]
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Media expo hopes to converge tech with the arts
Virtual and augmented reality is a much different story now than what it was back in the 1990’s. Virtual reality then had made a brief buzz in the tech and gaming worlds, but was written off as nothing more than a novelty. Today, however, most smartphones come with accessories to turn your device into a […]
