The group HealthiKids Rochester is pushing the Rochester City Council to cut the speed limit on city streets from 30 to 25. The initiative has the support of the alternative transportation group Connect Rochester, which says hundreds of people are struck by vehicles while walking or biking every year in Rochester. Many of the incidents […]
According to Politico, Western New York Congressman Chris Collins will continue under the eye of the House Ethics Committee…but that committee is not moving ahead with a full-scale investigation into Collins’ dealings with an Australian biotech company. The Office of Congressional Ethics, an independent watchdog group, unanimously recommended a full investigation of Collins’ investments into […]
Rochester City Court Judge Leticia Astacio is asking that she be resentenced on her original DWI conviction. Astacio’s new attorney, Gregory Salmon is arguing that she didn’t violate her initial punishment, so she shouldn’t have been put on probation at all. Salmon said his client wants to redeem herself.