Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of New York,the seat of Monroe County,and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City,Buffalo,and Yonkers,with a population of 211,328 at the 2020 United States census. Located in Western New York,the city of Rochester forms the core of a larger metropolitan area with a population of 1 million people,across six counties. The city was one of the United States' first boomtowns,initially due to the fertile Genesee River Valley,which gave rise to numerous flour mills,and then as a manufacturing center,which spurred further rapid population growth.
WROC-TV is a television station in Rochester,New York,United States,affiliated with CBS and owned by Nexstar Media Group. The station's studios are located on Humboldt Street in downtown Rochester,and its transmitter is located on Pinnacle Hill in Brighton,New York.
Robert John Duffy is a former American law enforcement officer and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of New York from 2011 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as the 65th Mayor of Rochester,New York from 2006 to 2010.
The Rochester 1964 race riot was a riot that occurred in 1964 in Rochester,New York,United States. The riot occurred in the context of a rapidly-growing African American population in Rochester which had experienced discrimination in employment,housing,and policing in the preceding years. Violence began when the Rochester Police Department attempted to make an arrest at a block party on July 24,1964,and lasted until July 26. The riot resulted in five deaths,four of which occurred in a helicopter crash in the city,as well as over 300 injuries and 900 arrests. In the aftermath of the riot,downtown Rochester received the attention of several new urban renewal and public housing projects,and local activists organized campaigns to change hiring practices in the city.
The Louise M. Slaughter Rochester Station is an Amtrak intermodal transit station in Rochester,New York. Local and regional bus transportation is provided by the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA). Various taxi firms service the station,as well. The station is located on the north side of Rochester,just east of High Falls on the south side of the tracks.
WJZR is a radio station in Rochester,New York,United States. It is owned by the WXXI Public Broadcasting Council,Rochester's primary public broadcaster. The station was started in January 1993 by North Coast Radio,Inc.,and broadcast a smooth jazz format for 29 years before it was taken silent in July 2022. WXXI plans to use the frequency to carry its news/talk service,currently heard only on AM.
The Rochester Police Department,also known as the RPD,is the principal law enforcement agency of the City of Rochester,New York,reporting to the city mayor. It currently has approximately 852 officers and support staff,a budget of approximately $90 million,and covers an area of 37 square miles (96 km2). The Rochester Police Department has been under a court-ordered federal consent decree from the United States Department of Justice since 1975 over its hiring practices. The decree was part of a 1975 settlement involving racial discrimination.
Two elections in New York's 29th district were held on November 2,2010. The candidates vied to replace Eric Massa,who resigned the seat on March 8,2010 as a result of health issues and allegations of sexual harassment.
Lovely Ann Warren is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 69th mayor of Rochester,New York from 2014 until her resignation in 2021. She was previously the President of the Rochester City Council. She was the first woman to serve as mayor of Rochester,as well as the second African-American after William A. Johnson Jr.
Hart's Local Grocers was an independent grocery store managed by Rochester Local Capital LLC. It was located in the East End Neighborhood in Rochester,NY.
The Rochester Mayoral Election of 2017 was an election to determine who will hold the office of Mayor of Rochester,New York in the upcoming term. The election took place on November 7,2017. Incumbent mayor Lovely Warren was elected to a second term in office.
The Rochester Mayoral Election of 2013 took place on November 5,2013 in the City of Rochester,New York,United States. Democratic Mayor Thomas Richards,who first took office following Robert Duffy's resignation to take office of Lieutenant-Governor of New York in 2011,ran for reelection and was defeated in both the Democratic Primary and the general election by former City Council President Lovely A. Warren. Green Party candidate Alex White also ran and received a notable 5% of the vote. Considered a major upset victory,Lovely Warren defeated the incumbent mayor Richards in their party's primary against most major polling predictions.
A special election for New York's 25th congressional district was held following the death of U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter. Democrat Joseph Morelle defeated Republican Jim Maxwell on November 6,2018.
The 2021 United States elections were held in large part on Tuesday,November 2,2021. This off-year election included the regular gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia. In addition,state legislative elections were held for the New Jersey Legislature and Virginia House of Delegates,along with numerous state legislative special elections,citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local elections. Six special elections to the United States House of Representatives also took place on November 2 or earlier as a result of either deaths or vacancies. The first of these was held on March 20.
This is a list of media serving Rochester,New York and its surrounding area.
On March 23,2020,Daniel Prude,a 41-year-old African-American man,died after being physically restrained by Rochester,New York police officers. Prude had been suffering from a mental health episode after ingesting PCP and was walking naked in the city's streets. The officers put a spit hood over his head after he began spitting. They restrained him face-down on the street for two minutes and fifteen seconds,and he stopped breathing. Prude received CPR on the scene and later died of complications from asphyxia after being taken off life support.
A mass shooting took place on September 19,2020,in Rochester,New York,United States,at a late-night backyard party on Pennsylvania Avenue. Two people were killed and fourteen others were injured. No arrests have been made. It is considered the largest mass shooting in Rochester in recent memory.
The 2021 Rochester mayoral election was held on November 2,2021. Incumbent Democratic mayor Lovely Warren ran for reelection to a third term in office but was defeated in the Democratic primary by city councilman Malik Evans.
Jeremy Cooney is an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat,Cooney represents the 56th district of the New York State Senate,covering parts of the City of Rochester,the Town of Brighton,and the western suburbs of Monroe County. His term of office began on January 1,2021.
Malik D. Evans is an American politician and banker who is the 71st and current Mayor of Rochester,New York. A member of the Democratic Party,Evans previously served on the Rochester City Council as an at-large member and on the Rochester City School Board including several years as its president.
