Lawsuit over dog killed by police settled
Lawyers for the city of Rochester have reached a tentative settlement with a man who sued the city and the Rochester Police Department after an officer fatally shot the man’s dog in his home. Officer Joseph Perrone killed the pit bull dog named Sheba on Jan. 16, 2015, while responding to a report of a […]
City now offers online marriage licenses and weddings
Because Rochester City Hall is closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rochester City Clerk’s office on Friday announced that marriage license applications are now available online. Information is available at https://www.cityofrochester.gov/marriagelicense/. After all necessary information has been submitted, documents will be reviewed by city officials. After being approved, applicants will [...]
Rochester City Hall on two-hour delay due to weather
Rochester City Hall, city offices, Neighborhood Service Centers, city branch libraries and the Rundel Library are on a two-hour delay due to inclement weather and will open at 11 a.m. City R-Centers will open at their regularly scheduled hours of operation. City officials issued the following information: The city is postponing today’s residential refuse and recycling collection […]
NY man charged in triple homicide acquitted at 2nd trial
A second trial for one of the three men charged with fatally shooting three people in Rochester in 2015 has ended with the defendant’s acquittal. A jury deliberated for just a few hours Wednesday before finding 21-year-old Jalen Everett not guilty of second-degree murder in the August 2015 shooting outside the Rochester Boys and Girls […]
Rochester gets top rating for LGBT policies
The city of Rochester has received a score of 100, the highest ranking possible by the Human Rights Campaign’s 2016 Municipal Equality Index (MEI) which assessed LGBTQ equality in 506 cities. Rochester was the first municipality in the state to elect an openly gay council person in 1985. In 2014, the Rochester began offering trans-inclusive health coverage […]
Manufacturing designation renewed for Rochester
The city of Rochester has received its second designation as a manufacturing community by the U.S. Department of Commerce under the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP). The region was first awarded the designation in 2014, which is designed to assist communities hard-hit by recession, loss of manufacturing companies or other economic challenges. “Obtaining this […]
Improved streetscape planned for downtown Rochester
The city of Rochester will get $2 million in state funding to improve the appearance of Main Street downtown. The money will help pay for the Main Street Streetscape Project, which is currently in the design phase and will start construction in spring of 2017. The project includes reconstruction of the sidewalks on Main Street […]
Woman arrested for protesting at memorial dedication for slain officer files suit
A Rochester woman has filed a civil rights suit against the city of Rochester, Police Chief Michael Ciminelli, and several Rochester police officers for being arrested while protesting at a memorial dedication for a police officer killed in the line of duty. In the 62-page complaint filed Saturday in U.S. District Court in Rochester, Katrina […]
City of Rochester issues RFP for east side Inner Loop development
Rochester city officials have issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking development projects on five parcels of land that will be available after a portion of the Inner Loop is filled in. The $22 million Inner Loop East Transformation project, which is expected to be completed in December 2017, will convert a portion of the […]
R-Centers to host post-Thanksgiving fun
City youth and their families are invited to enjoy post-Thanksgiving special events at R-Centers throughout the city from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday. “Thanksgiving is a time to enjoy the company of family and friends,” said Mayor Lovely A. Warren. “City R-Centers are extending the celebration by offering fun activities to enjoy with those […]
City to auction more than 800 properties
ROCHESTER — City officials in Rochester are offering up more than 800 houses, commercial sites and vacant lots at foreclosure auction today. City Treasurer Kim Jones says more than $1.4 million is owed in taxes on the 803 parcels. Nearly 800 properties have been removed from the original tax foreclosure list because the owners repaid […]
Loose leaf collection starts Monday
The city’s Department of Environmental Services’ annual Fall Loose Leaf Collection Program will begin Monday, Nov. 2, when crews begin work in sections of the city’s Northwest and Southeast quadrants. A collection schedule and map can be found on the city’s Loose Leaf Collection Program Web page at www.cityofrochester.gov/leaves. Residents can also check their DES […[...]
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Bill of particulars: Harris v. Rome Memorial Hospital, et al.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Accusations against co-judge: Opinion 22-148
- Fourth Department – Medicaid: Washington Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Home v. NYS Dept. of Health
- Fourth Department – Criminal possession of a firearm: People v. Wilson
- Fourth Department – Promoting prostitution: People v. Watts
- Second Circuit – Class certification: Arkansas Teachers Retirement System V. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
- Fourth Department – Show-up identification: People v. Waggoner
- Fourth Department – Association: Victory Village Tenants Assoc. v. Evergreen Communities, et al.
- Second Circuit – In personam jurisdiction: Kaplan v. Bank Saderat PLC
- Fourth Department – Labor Law: Verdugo v. Fox Building Group
- Fourth Department – Out-of-possession landlord: Truax v. M.D. Meyer’s Properties
- Fourth Department – Discovery: Sylvester v. Sanders
Law News
- Espinosa named general counsel at Greenlight Networks
- Barclay Damon hires attorney Matt Smith
- Rochester man sues Geneseo police, alleging false arrest, assault
- The Daily Record’s Power List for Intellectual Property 2023
- NY ethics panel says judges can join NRA
- Harter Secrest & Emery LLP names partner-in-charge of Buffalo office
- Banned professor sues SUNY Fredonia leaders
- Hochul signs law requiring unemployment insurance information from employers