David Andreatta
CITY editorDavid Andreatta is the editor of CITY. He joined the WXXI family in 2019 after 11 years with the Democrat and Chronicle, where he was a news columnist and investigative reporter known for covering a range of topics, from the deadly serious to the cheeky.
His coverage has earned national and state honors for depth and beat reporting, and his commentary was consistently recognized as being among the best in the state.
Outside the paragraph factory, David writes and acts in local theatre and coaches youth hockey. He lives in Fairport with his wife, two sons, and two fat cats.
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On Valentine's Day, many of us will tell someone else how much we love them. But the holiday has also been a chance to tell someone how much they're hated. Mean-spirited valentines were all the rage in the Victorian era, accounting for as many as half of the valentines sold in the United States in some years. -
The city of Rochester is negotiating with the parent company of the Democrat and Chronicle to sublease a portion of the news outlet’s building at the corner of East Main Street and South Clinton Avenue to house the new Police Accountability Board.
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A Pride parade and festival will return to Rochester in July, organizers announced Tuesday, after a two-year hiatus brought on by the pandemic and the collapse of the region’s most prominent LGBTQ+ advocacy organization.
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Rochester's director of operations, Karen St. Aubin, on Tuesday issued a warning to motorists with curbside snowbound vehicles that they have until Wednesday to move them or risk having them towed.
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Fire damaged 20 apartments at the Pines of Perinton complex early Tuesday, including six that were destroyed.
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Donna Ecker was in tears when she clasped her hands and bowed her head in prayer with her two friends outside the Gold More Mini Mart on a frigid day in January. “A mother should never bury her child, God,” she whispered. “We pray to you for peace on our streets.”
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The State Liquor Authority has unanimously approved the sale of beer and wine for consumption in movie theaters.
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The University of Rochester Medical Center warned Thursday that the public should expect some of the hospital system's care locations to close temporarily or consolidate due to staffing shortages brought on by the pandemic and vaccine mandates.
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James Smith, who was sworn in as Rochester’s mayor early Thursday to fill out the remainder of Lovely Warren’s term, has been diagnosed with COVID-19, a city spokesperson said.
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James Smith, deputy mayor under Mayor Lovely Warren, was sworn in as mayor on Dec. 2, 2021, and finish out Warren's term through the end of the year.
