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Justice & Public Safety

A nationwide injunction from Rochester … about cows

By PETER LOVENHEIM | May 28, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court is examining the power of federal district court judges to issue nationwide injunctions—such as one issued in Rochester nearly four decades ago.

Ruling against Police Accountability Board appealed

A new measure of public safety

N.Y., other states sue Trump administration over DEI demand

Feds sue Rochester over sanctuary city policies

Justice & Public Safety

The New York State Police are feeding ICE a gang database

By CHRIS GELARDI | April 24, 2025

A New York Focus investigation: For 20 years, state police have been quietly building a database of suspected gang members — and they’re feeding it to Donald Trump’s administration.

Justice & Public Safety

Wrongfully convicted man seeks $200 million in suit

By JUSTIN O'CONNOR | April 15, 2025

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.

Justice & Public Safety

New insights into RPD traffic stops

By JACOB SCHERMERHORN | April 1, 2025

A working paper from the Center for Public Safety Initiatives at Rochester Institute of Technology shows a downward trend in traffic stops since 2017.

Justice & Public Safety

Centralized arraignments begin in Monroe County

By SMRITI JACOB | March 31, 2025

The Centralized Arraignment Part Court will handle arraignments for nearly two dozen city, town and village courts countywide.

Justice & Public Safety

SmART Streets project combines art and pedestrian safety measures

By SARAH WOODAMS | March 26, 2025

The new initiative, led by Reconnect Rochester, aims to reduce crashes in the center city.

Justice & Public Safety

When conviction integrity units exonerate the innocent, prosecutors escape blame

By RYAN KOST and OISHIKA NEOGI | March 13, 2025

A New York Focus investigation found that half of CIU exonerations in the state involve prosecutorial misconduct, but DAs rarely acknowledge who got it wrong.

Justice & Public Safety

A $12.5 million verdict 

By JUSTIN O'CONNOR | March 6, 2025

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.

Justice & Public Safety

Murder charges filed in death of Marcy inmate Brooks

By JUSTIN O'CONNOR | February 20, 2025

Robert Brooks, from Rochester, died in December after several corrections officers beat him and hoisted him by the neck in Marcy Correctional Facility.

Justice & Public Safety

Evans announces new community emergency responder plan

By JACOB SCHERMERHORN | February 19, 2025

The city will adopt an approach used by other cities based on recommendations from the Law Enforcement Action Partnership.

Justice & Public Safety

DAs promised to help wrongfully convicted New Yorkers. In many cases, they made things worse.

By RYAN KOST and WILLOW HIGGINS | February 13, 2025

A New York Focus investigation identified dozens of cases in which the units denied a wrongful conviction application, only for a judge to later exonerate them.

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