[ NEWS FROM THE WEEK PAST ]
Arts council moving
The Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester is moving to the Kodak Center for Performing Arts at the Eastman Business Park on West Ridge Road. The new space will include a gallery, as well as offices and a meeting space. The council should be in its new space next month.
Deputy mayor charged
Rochester Deputy Mayor Leonard Redon was charged with speeding and driving while intoxicated. Redon reportedly offered his resignation, but was rebuffed by Mayor Lovely Warren. Following the incident, Redon used several personal days to seek counseling. Questions have been raised about the role Redon’s diabetes played in the incident.
Carballada at CUE
Former City of Rochester official Carlos Carballada has been named interim director of Rochester Institute of Technology’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship. The center is at 40 Franklin Street downtown, in the old Rochester Savings Bank building. Carballada was commissioner of the city’s Department of Neighborhood and Business Development. He
was also acting mayor for a short time.
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City Council race shapes up
Eugenio Cotto Jr., former executive director of the Group 14621 Community Association, announced his candidacy for City Council. Cotto, a Democrat, is running to represent the Northeast District on Council. The seat is currently held by fellow Democrat Mike Patterson. Cotto and Patterson will fight it out for the Democratic endorsement.
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New RPD chief outlines plans
Rochester Police Chief Mike Ciminelli said last week that the plan to take the RPD from an east-west model to a quadrantbased model should be ready by May. And then it will take a year or more to complete the transition, he said.
Henrietta says no
The Henrietta Town Board voted 4 to 0 in favor of Supervisor Jack Moore’s resolution opposing a Seneca Nation of Indians casino in the town. The Seneca Gaming Corporation has purchased 32 acres on Clay Road for a casino.
Medley lawsuit pending
The Irondequoit Town Board approved a potential civil lawsuit against Bersin Properties, owner of Medley Centre. Town officials say the mostly-vacant building has several code violations, and they want Bersin to fix them. The board authorized a lawsuit in case Bersin won’t give town officials access to inspect the mall, or if the inspection reveals violations.
Rochester’s new police chief, Mike Ciminelli, says the RPD will go after open-air drug markets. PHOTO BY CHRISTINE CARRIE FIEN
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Ciminelli briefly outlined his vision for the police department at a meeting of City Council’s Public Safety Committee last week. The committee vetted Ciminelli before the full Council vote on Ciminelli’s installment as chief, which was expected to happen on Tuesday. Ciminelli succeeds James Sheppard, who retired at the end of last year. At the committee meeting, Ciminelli also talked about his plans to fight the city’s open-air drug markets, to improve police-community relations, and to give police recruits a sense of the city’s history. It will take more than enforcement to eradicate the drug markets, he said. The RPD will target a handful of the most troublesome street corners for an intense, extended effort, he said. That will include staying in the neighborhoods after the corners
have been cleared, he said, to try to get to the roots of the problem. It will probably also involve working with city’s department of Neighborhood and Business Development, he said, to understand the conditions in the neighborhoods that give rise to drug sales. Ciminelli also said that members of the local clergy have been working with RPD recruits to help the recruits understand how the history of race relations and the civil rights movement impact community perceptions of police. City Council member Carolee Conklin advised Ciminelli to keep an eye on police overtime following the reorganization. Exorbitant overtime costs were a major reason for the switch to the two-section model almost 10 years ago — though it’s difficult to say if the change worked, because the department has also grown over that time.
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