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 options for using the $225 million in state funding are wide-ranging, but redevelopment of the city's riverfront are top of the list. -
The site on Mt. Hope Avenue sits on the edge of the Genesee River, and is meant to play into the Roc the Riverway waterfront revitalization initiative. -
Completing the project is the top recommendation of an extensive report on homelessness released Monday by City Council President Miguel Meléndez. -
After three years, the city has still not received a single viable applicant to be its shelter veterinarian. -
Special event overtime rose by 31% from the previous year. While often reimbursed, that variety of overtime is given first dibs by senior officers, and a chance to boost pensions. -
The city intends to use the same arguments of Tenth Amendment protections in its defense. The Department of Justice has argued the city's policy obstructs federal immigration enforcement. -
All categories of crime dropped in Rochester between 2024 and 2025, with some hitting 10 year lows. But a gun violence state of emergency continues on. -
The renovations began in 2024, and mark the first major update to the facility since its opening in 1959. -
For the third time, and after twice being blocked by federal courts, President Donald Trump has threatened to withhold funds from sanctuary cities and locales. He set a start date of Feb. 1.
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