Rochester Beacon (https://rochesterbeacon.com/author/justin-oconnor/)
The three measures Rochester City Council recently passed include changes in code enforcement that empower the corporation counsel to seek hefty penalties in court if violations go uncorrected.
The bid to disband the union at Starbucks’ Mount Hope Avenue store was rejected by the National Labor Relations Board’s Buffalo office.
The Police Accountability Board says only two of 137 data requests to the Rochester Police Department since June 2022 have been fulfilled in full.
Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis for parents and legal guardians to serve as representatives on RCSD’s board committees in the next school year.
Results presented last week show that more than 68 percent of RCSD kindergartners assessed scored below a level that indicates a student is functioning in a “normal range.” But the data can be tricky.
They say the deadly Christmas blizzard in Buffalo showed the city and county are not prepared for a severe weather emergency.