Story: Last week, there was a $12.5 million civil judgment against the Rochester City School District and Edwin Fleming, the former music department director at East High who's been accused of child sexual abuse in nine cases. Read free below⤵️
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A judge has ordered the liquidation of Community Resource Collaborative for its misuse of ARPA funds. There are still outstanding questions, like whether CRC has the assets to meet its obligations and whether the for-profits due money will get it. Read my story free below ⤵️

Story: Footage of corrections officers beating Robert Brooks before his death Dec. 10 triggered plenty of shocked statements from NYS officials, but red flags about violence by guards at Marcy prison near Utica have been thrown up for years. (1/3).

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Back in 1968, a rep from RG&E was int'l president of the Administrative Management Society, which—among other things, I imagine—administered the "Federal Government Paperwork Management Awards" for outstanding leadership in effective... paperwork management.

You can read the story for free here—includes info about how the strong version came to be and the rationale behind some of the councilmembers' votes, along with some painstaking bullet points shoved in at the end covering the specifics.

Rochester City Council just passed Good Cause eviction protections after about six months of deliberations, making the city the largest in NY aside from NYC to adopt the law.

The version passed tonight is the so-called "strong" version of Good Cause. Story forthcoming.

Yesterday, graduate student union organizers at the University of Rochester announced that they have reached a tentative agreement to include over 400 PhD students in their bargaining unit after they were excluded in a university proposal pitched last month. Read free below⤵️

"Josh Allen" seems to be some kind of sleeper activation phrase for SEO specialists

The Monroe County legislature just unanimously confirmed Dr. Marielena Vélez de Brown as commissioner of public health. She's been serving as acting commissioner since March, when Dr. Mike Mendoza suddenly stepped down from the role.

Her term will run until 2030.

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The body pulled from the Genesee River Tuesday belonged to missing University of Rochester Professor Heikki Rantakari, Simon Business School Dean Sevin Yeltekin just confirmed in an email.

RPD say they have video showing missing University of Rochester Professor Heikki Rantakari falling in the Genesee River.

UR didn't issue any info to the entire student & faculty body about the situation — even when RPD said he might be in danger.

I spoke with 42 students about how they found out.

Lauded Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie headlined UR's alumni homecoming event, but her invitation was criticized by a coalition of student groups due to her past comments about transgender women

Below is a breakdown of the whole situation.