First hour: Juneteenth 2021

Second hour: Discussing U.S.-Russia relations

Town of Irondequoit Supervisor Dave Seeley is stepping down before his term ends later this year.

Seeley said Wednesday that he has accepted a job opportunity that will not permit him to serve through the rest of this year. He will leave office on July 31.

Seeley announced in January that he would not be seeking another term. He was appointed supervisor in 2016, replacing Monroe County Executive Adam Bello, who was then appointed Monroe County Clerk. Seeley won a full term later that year. 

After more than a year of the twists and turns of life in the coronavirus pandemic, Danny Deutsch decided he had to lay down the law. In mid-May, he declared that no one would be allowed in Abilene Bar & Lounge unless they had proof that they had been vaccinated against COVID-19.

He posted the new policy on the club’s website. And on Facebook.

A divided Rochester City Council voted Tuesday by a margin of 5 to 4 to adopt a $561 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

The spending plan, which would take effect July 1, reallocates funding from the Rochester Police Department, grants $5 million to Police Accountability Board, expands the city’s new Person in Crisis (PIC) team, and earmarks $1 million for implementing recommendations from the Commission on Racial and Structural Equity (RASE), among other things.

Eastman Kodak’s CEO, Jim Continenza, will have to publicly testify on allegations of insider trading.

That word came from New York State Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday. James said that Continenza will have to testify on October 1, 2021 and Kodak General Counsel Roger Byrd will have to testify a week before that on September 24.

James said a State Supreme Court judge also ordered the company to produce relevant documents to the attorney general by June 30.

The next time you visit the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial, things will look a little different. A $12 million, 4,500-square-foot expansion of the building, along with numerous renovations, were unveiled Tuesday. The renovations are part of the Roc the Riverway project, started in 2018, aimed to showcase waterfront property in Rochester. The arena renovations are the fourth project to be completed so far; dozens more are expected in the coming years, all backed by state funds.