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Michael Rhynes, whose double-homicide conviction was vacated after he served nearly four decades in state prison, alleges Monroe County prosecutors and Rochester police conspired to frame him.
The Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority, which operates the Regional Transit Service, needs a sharp increase in state funding to keep pace with rising expenses.
The first case with a judgment against the Rochester City School District and Edwin Fleming, a former East High School music teacher accused of sexually abusing girls, was decided on Feb. 24.
Robert Brooks, from Rochester, died in December after several corrections officers beat him and hoisted him by the neck in Marcy Correctional Facility.
The company and its 110 professional and clinical home care workers have been negotiating a first union contract for the last nine months.
The Toronto-based company, whose nearly $1 billion Rochester Hub construction project is on hold, says a Trump executive order aligns with its role in critical mineral recovery. But the firm has been silent on how the directive might impact the domestic electric vehicle market—its main source of revenues.
The California-based union reached an agreement with Cahoon Farms in Wolcott Thursday amid a concerted organizing push into New York with legal hurdles.
The state is joining 21 others to thwart a policy announced Tuesday that may halt trillions of federal dollars from disbursement.
Money from the tentative agreement is likely to be used toward opioid addiction treatment and recovery programs.
The lawsuit, filed last week, alleges 15 prison staffers at Marcy caused Robert Brooks Sr.’s death on Dec. 10, either by beating him or failing to intervene.