The Salvation Army of Greater Rochester is addressing the need for permanent affordable housing with a plan to transform a portion of its building on Liberty Pole Way into affordable and supportive permanent housing units. The site lies within ...
Read More »Appeals court awards attorney fees for man seeking body camera footage
A New York appeals court has affirmed a judge’s ruling ordering Rochester to pay legal fees for a man who sued to obtain video recorded by Rochester police on body worn cameras.
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Read More »Buffalo supermarket shooter arraigned on federal charges
The white gunman charged with killing 10 Black people in a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded not guilty Monday to federal hate crime charges that could be punishable by the death penalty. Payton Gendron was indicted last ...
Read More »Lawsuit says Bass Pro won’t honor lifetime warranty on socks
A Missouri man says in a class-action lawsuit against Bass Pro that the outdoor outfitter is refusing to honor its lifetime warranty on socks. Kent Slaughter of Springfield said that after years of exchanging his “Redhead Lifetime Guarantee All-Purpose Wool ...
Read More »MLB to pay minor leaguers $185 million to settle lawsuit
Major League Baseball agreed to pay minor leaguers $185 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging violations of minimum wage laws, a case that progressed through the courts for eight years without reaching a trial. An early estimate is that ...
Read More »Fourth Department split on weapon case
In a split decision, a New York appeals court has affirmed weapon convictions.
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Read More »Retired Justice Stephen Breyer joining Harvard law faculty
Retired Justice Stephen Breyer is getting a different title: professor. Harvard said Friday that Breyer, who retired from the Supreme Court June 30, is re-joining its law school faculty. Breyer is a graduate of the law school and first joined ...
Read More »Prosecutors disavow 3 convictions in 1995 NYC subway killing
Prosecutors are disavowing the convictions of three men who spent decades in prison for one of the most horrifying crimes of New York’s violent 1990s — the killing of a clerk who was set on fire in a subway toll ...
Read More »Man exonerated in Malcolm X killing sues NYC for $40 million
A man who was exonerated last year in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X has filed a $40 million lawsuit against New York City for the two decades he spent in prison for a notorious crime he did not commit. ...
Read More »Two lawyers join bankruptcy practice
The law firm of McConville Considine Cooman & Morin P.C. has added two attorneys to beef up its bankruptcy practice area.
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Read More »NY court tosses conviction in death of anti-gang activist
A New York appeals court overturned the conviction of a woman found guilty of causing the death of an anti-gang activist.
Read More »Rochester launches health and wellness initiative
Rochester launched a Community Total Health and Wellness initiative to help define the gaps in the health and wellness needs of its underserved communities.
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