Gino Fanelli
Investigations/City Hall reporterGino Fanelli is an investigative reporter who also covers City Hall. He joined the staff in 2019 by way of the Rochester Business Journal, and formerly served as a watchdog reporter for Gannett in Maryland and a stringer for the Associated Press.
His interests include government and policy, policing, cannabis, and beer.
He spends much of his off time cooking or hiking in the Finger Lakes with a banjo on his back. You can catch him on most weekends at a local brewery or scrolling through the used metal rack at Record Archive.
Gino is a Rochester native who currently lives in the city’s Highland Park neighborhood.
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Timothy Kuhn was accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the home of Savannah Streber on Feb. 24, 2004, setting the deadly fire. -
The summer of 2025 saw the second lowest number of homicides in the past decade. But the issues of blight, addiction, and divestment that lead to violent crime are still ever-present. -
RHA, which oversees about $60 million in payments for over 26,000 tenants, is advising staff to conserve office supplies as the shutdown threatens federal housing funds. -
Rochester's first distillery since Prohibition was on the edge of folding. A new partnership with a nascent liquor firm has given it a second chance. -
Cook Properties will develop nine houses in the Marketview Heights neighborhood, on vacant lots purchased from the city. -
The current Irondequoit Town Justice will serve in the position into the election next year. -
Peter Elder, the Republican commissioner of the Monroe County Board of Elections, will serve as chairman of the county's Republican Committee. -
The designation as a historic preservation district is the first new one in over 30 years, with Cobb's Hill joining the likes of East Avenue and the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood. -
The eight are accused of using everything from romance scams to posing as government agents to attempt to defraud 139 victims of over $11 million. -
The city is seeking developers for two former city schools, with the options open for what they can become.
