At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, elected officials and leaders of area law enforcement agencies shared details of the Monroe County Heroin Task Force, a law enforcement entity created to collect intelligence and identify long-term investigations in order to successfully ...

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The Raise the Age legislation adopted as part of the new state budget could cost Monroe County more than $20 million to get off the ground and $13 million annually after it’s implemented next year. The startup cost includes $7.5 ...

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  Adoptions may take place in private, but attorneys, judges, and families involved in the process want to share the importance, and joy, of their work with the public. While National Adoption Day is officially celebrated each year on the ...

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There are a total of six judicial races on ballots in Monroe County Tuesday, with the exact number depending on where you live. No matter what the results, we’ll see three new faces on the bench starting next year. Of ...

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ALBANY— New York’s comptroller reports eight localities — including Monroe County — were under “significant” fiscal stress last year, with low fund balances and operating deficits, while another 14 were under moderate stress and 18 were considered susceptible. The eight ...

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ROCHESTER — New York authorities say a fourth man has been convicted of criminal charges in a public bid-rigging scheme unearthed in Monroe County. Businessman Daniel Lynch has pleaded guilty to grand larceny and other charges in a case investigated ...

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Nelson Rivera, Monroe County’s former chief information officer, admitted Wednesday to working with others to rig the bidding process for multi-million dollar public works contracts in Monroe County. Rivera pleaded guilty to two counts of the felony charge of combination ...

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ROCHESTER – Robert Wiesner, the former security director for the Monroe County Water Authority and husband of former Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks, pleaded guilty Tuesday to bid rigging a multimillion-dollar public works contract in Monroe County. Wiesner entered the ...

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Supreme Court, Monroe County Special Permit Local Law Compliance and Review – Arbitrary and Capricious Friends of Pittsford Village v. Village of Pittsford, et al. 2012/13778 Judge Ark Background: The petitioner commenced an article 78 proceeding challenging the 2012 approval ...

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An additional seat is being added to the bench in Monroe County Family Court, and two attorneys are hoping to claim it. Maritza Buitrago and James A. Vazzana, both residents of the Town of Penfield, are on the ballot for ...

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New York’s highest court is considering whether judges must tell jurors they can make an adverse inference when police don’t make audiovisual recordings of their interrogations. Janet C. Somes, an assistant Monroe County public defender, argued before the Court of ...

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Judge Donald J. Mark on Saturday received the Monroe County Magistrates Association’s 2015 James E. Morris Award at its annual dinner on Saturday at The City Grill in Rochester. Judge Mark, who has been a judge in state Supreme Court, ...

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