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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Separate lawsuits filed in state Supreme Court describe a situation very similar to what unfolded at the end of the GloRilla concert in March 2023. -
Rochester City Council approved a $50,000 contract to launch an esports program starting at the Trenton and Pamela R. Jackson R-Center on North Clinton Avenue. -
Iowa-based VenuWorks will serve as the new operator for the BlueCross Arena. -
The county removed the defense that the Second Amendment doesn't apply to private citizens from its legal filings a day after WXXI News reported on the issue. -
Police offered scant detail on when and how the ban would be enforced. -
The argument is unique among responses from state and county law enforcement officials named in the litigation.
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Of the 31 completed investigations, 23 sustained allegations of misconduct and recommended discipline against the Rochester police officers involved. -
Police say up to 50 rounds were fired from nine guns during a July shooting that left two women dead and five injured. -
The crime, which happened on Aug. 31, took the lives of two adults and their two young children.
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A push to bring the camp back is at an impasse. The associated nonprofits are in disarray. The construction budget is short an estimated $70,000. And nobody is capable or willing to take charge.
