Monroe County Republicans had sought to kick Democrats off the Working Families line.
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Council wants Warren to fire city’s top lawyer
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Corporation Counsel Tim Curtin has been accused of misrepresentations designed to block the release of details of Daniel Prude’s death.
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RPD to mull charges against officers in Prude case
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Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan’s decision comes in response to a resolution passed by City Council urging the police department to take disciplinary actions against officers involved in Daniel Prude’s death.
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RASE Commission releases final report
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The report identifies underlying conditions that it says perpetuate racial inequity, outlines specific proposals for reform.
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First female public administrator hits the ground running
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Cressida Dixon, a partner in Bond, Schoeneck & King’s Rochester office, started Jan. 1. Her first few months on the job have included responding to requests from the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s office to track down relatives of individuals who died alone.
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A plague of homicides
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Rochester last year experienced the highest year-over-year increase in its homicide rate in a decade.
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Prude grand jury decides: no charges
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Attorney General Letitia James announced the decision in Rochester, saying that “the criminal justice system has frustrated efforts to hold law enforcement officers accountable for the unjustified killing of unarmed African Americans.”
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Former Rochester McDonald’s franchise operator cries foul
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Herb Washington, a champion sprinter and Oakland A’s baseball player who launched his business career here, became the fast-food giant’s largest U.S. Black franchise operator. Now, he alleges that McDonald’s systemically discriminated against him and other Black franchisees.
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Rochester’s former police chief makes his case
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In his public testimony, La’Ron Singletary insists he fully briefed Mayor Lovely Warren on the Daniel Prude case and says he does not understand why she threw “me under the bus.”
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Singletary questioned on calls with Warren
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In an ongoing public deposition, the former Rochester police chief has described his communication with the mayor on the day of Daniel Prude’s arrest.
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On the thin blue line
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Rochester police officers say they serve the public with pride, but are angered and frustrated by events of the last year.