R-Vote: Pop-up voter registration, learning sessions at R-Centers
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June 2022 Housing Quality Task Force final report & recommendations
On Thursday June 23, 2022 — one day before its 90-business-day deadline — Rochester’s Housing Quality Task Force delivered its final recommendations to Mayor Evans.
February 2023 Housing Quality Task Force update
Code Enforcement
- Hired new code enforcement trainer and added 15 new inspectors who have entered an extensive two-year training program.
- Created a cross-functional team City team to target habitually non-compliant landlords and long outstanding Certificate of Occupancy and code violation cases.
- Established a dedicated Housing Attorney:
- Brought to court more properties in the last four months than have been brought to court in years.
- Dramatically decreased compliance time to clear violations to weeks instead of years.
- Doubled the amount of
September 2023 Housing Quality Task Force report
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Code Enforcement
- Minimal vacancies (3) remain on the Code Enforcement team, and management is actively hiring.
- The City’s Buildings & Compliance and Neighborhood Service Center teams have combined efforts to hire and
- train part-time Code Enfo
January 2024 Housing Quality Task Force report
Code Enforcement
- Minimal vacancies remain on the Code Enforcement team, and management is actively hiring to fill remaining open positions.
- The City’s Buildings & Compliance and Neighborhood Service Center teams have combined efforts and have in place two part-time Code Enforcement Inspectors with a total of four inspectors; one in each quadrant will be hired.
Mayor Evans marks start of firehouse renovations with groundbreaking ceremony
Mayor Malik D. Evans today marked the start of extensive renovation projects at the Rochester Fire Department (RFD) firehouses on Goodman Street and Allen Street with a groundbreaking ceremony.
RFP – Public Safety Building Lobby Floor Replacement
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City responds to release of confidential information by PAB
It remains the City’s legal position that the Police Accountability Board, per its charter, does not have the authority to publish internal investigative reports, and that publication of such reports, redacted or otherwise, violates local law, the automatic stay of the Fourth Department’s decision in the NYCLU matter, and the City’s own Code of Ethics.
Mayor Evans expresses outrage, demands Walgreens halt planned closure of West Main Street store
Mayor Malik D. Evans today demanded that the parent company of the Walgreens drug store chain immediately halt plans to close the storefront at 792 W. Main St. in the Bulls Head area.