Mayor welcomes German delegation
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren and Council member Carolee Conklin will welcome Würzburg Mayor Christian Schuchardt and his delegation today at the annual reception of International Sister Cities of Rochester. The event will run from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the City Hall atrium, 30 Church St. One of Rochester’s 12 sister city connections, the Rochester-Würzburg […]
Rochester elects first female mayor
Rochester City Council President Lovely Warren has become the city’s first female mayor. With all precincts reporting Tuesday night, Warren won the mayoral election with 55 percent. She scored an upset victory over Mayor Thomas S. Richards in a Democratic primary in September. Republicans didn’t have a candidate on the ballot in this heavily Democratic city. […]
With mayor as victim, operative’s trial nears
NEW YORK — It’s a case of political intrigue that put New York’s billionaire mayor in the unlikely role of victim, froze a political party’s bank account and splashed light on the inner workings of a $109 million mayoral campaign. In short, the upcoming trial of a campaign operative charged with stealing $1.2 million from […]
Richards is ready to roll up his sleeves
Newly elected Mayor Thomas S. Richards is wasting no time getting to work. And there is no shortage of work to be done. Richards, who won a special election Tuesday with 49 percent of the votes, met Wednesday with R. Carlos Carballada, who has been acting mayor since mid-January.
Three left in mayor’s race
Three candidates will be on the ballot March 29 for the special election for mayor of the city of Rochester. They are Thomas S. Richards, former corporation counsel who served as mayor for three weeks after Mayor Robert Duffy resigned to become lieutenant governor ...
City fight over mayoral succession ongoing
R. Carlos Carballada would like to move past the question of his authority as acting mayor, but there may be another challenge on the horizon. Monroe County Supreme Court Justice John J. Ark on Monday ...
Judge delays decision in mayoral case
A decision is expected Monday in a civil suit over the mayor’s post and the legality of a special election to fill the vacant mayoral seat. Monroe County Supreme Court Justice John J. Ark, who was expected to render a decision Wednesday ...
Judge: City abrogated duty to appoint mayor
The city charter needs to be reworked, particularly the part about filling a vacancy in the mayor’s office. That is pretty much agreed by the parties involved in a civil suit challenging the Rochester City Council’s failure to appoint ...
Ex-mayor Johnson jumps back in ring
A former three-term mayor of Rochester is wearing his old political hat again. Democrat William Johnson, a political outsider when he became the city's first black mayor in 1994, has announced his candidacy ...
Hatch Act v. the mayor
The Hatch Act left Thomas S. Richards with only two choices. He could resign as mayor of the City of Rochester in order to run for the seat in a special March election or he could keep the temporary post and not seek election ...
Business owner plans to run for mayor
Alex White, a Rochester business owner, intends to seek the Green Party’s nomination for mayor of the city of Rochester. He plans to officially announce his intentions this afternoon ...
Green Party releases candidate questionnaire
The Green Party of Monroe County has officially begun its search for a candidate for mayor of Rochester for the March 29 special election. It is offering a questionnaire in various formats ...
Case Digests
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Review of another judge’s actions: Opinion 22-153
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Charitable contributions: Opinion 22-150
- Second Circuit – Class action settlement: Moses v. The New York Times Company
- Fourth Department – Breach of contract: Hausrath Landscape Maintenance Inc. v. Caravan Facilities Management LLC
- Second Circuit – New York Child Victim’s Act: Kane v. Mount Pleasant CSD; Coe v. Eastport Union Free School
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Appointing law clerk: Opinion 22-149
- 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.
Law News
- Fourth Department affirms $400K judgment in contract dispute
- Could legislation limiting non-compete agreements kick off a new era of workplace disputes?
- Fourth Department affirms decision in NY property dispute
- Greenlight Networks selects Buffalo-based attorney as general counsel
- 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