Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 – Continually and in light of recent events, I am committed to ongoing police reform. Consequently, I will be hosting a Telephone Town Hall at 6 p.m. on Sunday February 28th. Joining me in that discussion will be Interim Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan and City Council Vice President Willie J. Lightfoot. Among other things, we will be…
February 26, 2021. I am committed to making sure that our Black and Brown communities have equal access to COVID-19 vaccines. Though a designated location on St, Paul Street is scheduled to meet the need of city residents in certain zip codes for one-week beginning March 3rd, I and City Councilmember Miguel Melendez Jr. have teamed up and have reached…
February 25, 2021. Lifting each other up as we grieve…Please submit photos of your loved ones as we create this virtual memorial in their honor. Submit by visiting: https://covid19memorial.wp.cityofrochester.gov/Let’s cherish the memories of our city’s beloved citizens. Lost but never forgotten… -Mayor Lovely Warren
Rochester, NY. February 20, 2021. “I’m pleased to announce that we’ve selected Dr. Wandah Gibbs as Campaign Manager for 2021. She is a welcome addition to the team and we couldn’t be happier that she has agreed to travel along this journey towards reelection with us.” – Mayor Warren Wandah Gibbs comes to us with extensive experience in community and…
(Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020) – Mayor Lovely A. Warren, joined by state and local officials and a host of skatepark enthusiasts, officially opened the new ROC City Skatepark during a ribbon cutting ceremony today. The long-awaited and much-anticipated skatepark, located along the Genesee Riverway Trail under the Frederick Douglass-Susan B. Anthony Bridge, just south of the Erie Harbor Promenade, is part…
(Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020) – Mayor Lovely Warren today announced that nearly a thousand people benefited from the no-cost COVID testing and flu shot clinics set up at select Rochester churches over the past two weeks. The initiative provided Rochester’s minority communities with additional opportunities to access to these services during the pandemic as the area prepares for the upcoming influenza…
(Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020) – Mayor Warren announced that operation of the Family and Victims Services office has been transferred from the Rochester Police Department to the City’s Department of Recreation and Youth Services (DRYS), and a new Crisis Intervention Services Unit has been created that will better serve the needs of the community. Details regarding the new crisis intervention…
Mayor Lovely A. Warren is one of 25 elected women leaders from across the country to be profiled in the March issue of Governing magazine as a member of the Women in Government Leadership Class of 2019, a group of outstanding, courageous trail blazers who are making a difference in the communities they serve. “I am honored and humbled to…
Mayor Lovely Warren released the following statement on Thursday regarding the interest of Amazon considering The Greater Rochester region for their eastern headquarters: “Today I am calling on Amazon’s leaders to strongly reconsider the Rochester Metro Corridor for the company’s eastern headquarters, also known as Amazon HQ2. Once, the I-35 corridor between San Antonio and Austin was empty. It was…
“We want to make sure our residents get the money they earned by taking advantage of the free assistance that’s available to help them claim any tax credits or refunds at the state and federal level,” said Mayor Lovely A. Warren. Mayor Warren and Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo are urging local families who may qualify for the Earned Income…
“Creating wealth is a big part of the American dream,” said Mayor Lovely Warren on Tuesday at the City’s official opening of the City’s new Business and Community Service Center on N. Fitzhugh Street. “The Office of Community Wealth Building aims to give everyone in Rochester the tools they need to create wealth from the bottom up, especially communities of…
