A second official of Rochester’s new Police Accountability Board has been placed on administrative leave. The city says Mike Higgins, Chief of Policy and Oversight, was put on leave with pay for undisclosed reasons. Two other staff members were fired in September, and Executive Director Conor Dwyer Reynolds remains on administrative leave since running afoul […]
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says a Rochester man is being held as a predicate felon after he slashed a security guard with a knife at the Henrietta Walmart this week. They say 64-year-old Johnny Lee Greggs was trying to shoplift a cart of merchandise from the store when he was confronted by an employee. […]
The touchy subject of redistricting the Monroe County Legislature drew a press conference attacking one plan as in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act, and also a demonstration outside the County Office Building defending it. At issue is which of two plans better defends the voting rights of Black Rochester residents. The “Crescent Plan” […]