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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The former mayor is running for City Court judge but petitions also were passed to put her on the ballot for Monroe County Democratic Committee member.
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Da Garage has been a thorn in the city's side. But there is precedent for shutting down a residence and boarding it up.
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The complaint alleges the Victor brewery fired two employees in 2020, one due to their cancer diagnosis and another for a traumatic brain injury.
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Her opponent Mike Geraci filed the petition Wednesday in state Supreme Court.
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The grant-funded effort has been erratic for months and extend beyond the Community Resource Collaborative that the Bello administration has highlighted.
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Among the key notes covered were growing employment, increased generational wealth, and strides in public safety.
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Council is calling for leadership of Gannett and the Democrat & Chronicle to meet at the bargaining table and sign a fair contract with the newsroom staff.
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Rachel Barnhart is obligated to legal defense from the county, in the defamation suit brought against her by local dentist Nicholas Nicosia.
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Mitchell Leach, hired by the department in 2018, has been sued in federal court four times since 2021 on claims of excessive force and civil rights violations.
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ConnectionsIn the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Friday, March 22, 2024, small cannabis farmers discuss why New York State's rollout of the has put them in crisis mode.