Tag: monroe county legislature, racial equity
Monroe County Legislature President Deems Proposal to Address Racial Inequities as Matter of Importance
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Five Democratic legislators are asking their colleagues to pass a bill that would address...
Mayor-Elect Evans Sets Out Administration’s Vision, Mission
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Mayor-elect Malik Evans pledged his administration will be open, collaborative and work...
Adam Bello Proposes Trust Fund to Hold Money in Opioid Settlement
By Miguel LopezMiguelLopez@minorityreporter.net Monroe County Executive Adam Bello held a press conference at the Monroe County legislative...
Republicans to Ask Residents How Monroe County Should Spend COVID Relief Money
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Monroe County is getting $144 million in American Rescue Plan Act money to help it recover...
Authors of County Ethics Proposal Call for Independent Commission
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net In an effort to take politics out of ethics reform, one author of a controversial bill has...
Bello Blasts Proposed Ethics Reform as ‘Dangerous’
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net A reform proposal seemingly introduced across party lines in the Monroe County Legislature...
Nine Votes Appear to Decide 24th Legislative District
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Next time you’re tempted to think that your vote doesn’t matter so why bother to...
Monroe County Board of Ethics Releases Report on Flagler-Mitchell Investigation
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net This story was updated June 4 with a statement from LaKaya Sinclair, the woman who lodged the...
Bello Under Fire for Frederick Douglass Airport Renaming Event
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Monroe County Executive Adam Bello is being criticized for the way he announced and celebrated...
County Legislators Say Families Shouldn’t Be Forced to Cremate Loved Ones
By Tyronda Jamestyrondajames@minorityreporter.net Monroe County Legislators Vince Felder and Calvin Lee say they want to make the costs of...
