State Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle has formally announced his candidacy for the congressional seat left vacant by the death of Louise Slaughter. The Irondequoit Democrat has served in the New York Assembly since 1990 and is a past chair of the Monroe County Democratic Committee. That gives him immediate access to a political organization […]
Former Rochester mayoral candidate and good-government group head Rachel Barnhart has filed an ethics complaint against Rochester’s deputy mayor. Barnhart claims Cedric Alexander is likely performing outside work on city time and has outside jobs that amount to conflicts of interest. She says these need to be investigated. City Communications Director Jim Smith answers that […]
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren says an affidavit sworn out by a former supporter is “a joke.” The mayor spoke on “The Brother Wease Show” this morning, dismissing the affidavit made public yesterday by Albany lobbyist and political advisor Robert Scott Gaddy. Gaddy swore that the mayor ignored advice of an attorney regarding the use of […]