After Hurricane Maria roared across Puerto Rico, more than 160,000 residents fled the devastated island, according to the New York Times. Many have found their way to Rochester, which has the state’s second largest Hispanic population.
Rochester’s Puerto Rican community
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Latino Rochester: pride and power
Don’t be too hard on yourself if you don’t remember, but the City of Rochester has already had its first Latino mayor. City Commissioner Carlos Carballada filled the office for a blink-and-you-missed-it period of time in 2011, when everyone was arguing over the legal process to replace former Mayor Bob Duffy. (Duffy won election as […]
