City Council

Mayor Lovely Warren has put together new programs that will help to prevent city residents from being evicted. She will present the new legislation to City Council Tuesday. The coronavirus has affected many city residents financially from the loss of income due to being out of work. Because of this Mayor Warren created programs that […]

The results are in from the Rochester City Council vote on its budget from Tuesday night and it has been approved. There was one member who voted against – Mary Lupien. She chose her stance because she doesn’t think that the budget defunds the police department enough. The budget fully finances the Police Accountability Board, […]

City Council passed the city budget on Tuesday 8-1. The budget will cut $3.6 million from the Rochester Police Department. This includes moving funds from police overtime for special events and downsizing new recruit classes for officers to half. Money saved from the cuts will be diverted to a task force for re-imagine policing in […]

Mayor Lovely Warren will make a budget proposal announcement by May 15 to meet the City of Rochester’s June 1 budget deadline for 2021. Given the economic crisis caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, Mayor Warren is expected to announce worker layoffs. Although the city normally employs approximately 3,000 workers, an unknown number of “non-essential” workers […]

The moment when your local officials ALL work together for you and the community! Tuesday night our City Council members all agreed that there needs to be a new system in place for traffic violations in the city of Rochester.  The vote was unanimous.

City Council meeting today for citizens of Rochester to speak with council members regarding red light cameras. Public Forum – Red Light Camera Legislation  Date: Monday, December 19, 2016 Time: 5:15 Place: Rochester City Hall – Council Chambers

Kids are our future so when they speak about issues that affect us such as racial injustice we adults need to pay attention. Zianna Oliphant words are powerful and her courage is inspiring. We have to figure this out a better way for our future!