Gino Fanelli
City Hall reporterGino Fanelli covers City Hall. He joined the staff as a reporter 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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Of 400 people who were asked to take the physical agility test, just 49 passed, marking a hurdle in the department's efforts to recruit. -
Firefighter Jerrod Jones is seeking $5 million in damages, claiming he endured a racist and hostile work environment for years.
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As a city plan for a guaranteed basic income program in Rochester plods along, a privately funded upstart prepares to roll out its own initiative here in July.
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The study past shootings in order to identify patterns which may prevent future violence.
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The tentative budget is 4.7% higher than last year’s city budget, but it does not increase the amount of money raised through property taxes.
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The Rochester Police Accountability Board would operate with a $3.4 million budget if City Council accepts a proposed budget from Mayor Malik Evans.
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A set of three bills aims to increase the penalties for delinquent landlords, and sets out to create a tenant Bill of Rights.
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The Police Accountability Board has completed a disciplinary matrix and is close to finishing its first misconduct investigation. But the group lacks the power to enforce punishments.
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Rochester police released their final report on the fatal crowd surge that killed three in March. They don't know what caused it, but found no criminal wrongdoing.
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All officers on staff with the Rochester Police Department between 2020 and 2022 will receive $4,000, plus retroactive back pay, as part of an arbitration award.
