La Voz Rochester

Family and friends remembering Ricardo Carrero Chico who was tragically killed in a car accident.

Family, Community Mourn East High Graduate Killed in Crash Family and community members gathered Thursday evening to honor Ricardo Carrero Chico, a recent East High School graduate who was killed earlier this week in a car crash on Route 590 in Rochester.Carrero Chico, 17, died Tuesday when his vehicle crossed the median on State Route 590 near the Empire B...

Mayor Evans regarding N. Clinton Corridor: “We’re not going to stand by while people come here from outside the community to buy drugs and leave behind needles, trash, and sometimes bullets.”

Rochester officials step up safety efforts in North Clinton Avenue corridor Rochester Mayor Malik Evans and Police Chief David Smith have launched a series of targeted actions to combat drug activity, gun violence, and unsafe conditions in the North Clinton Avenue corridor — an area that has long struggled with crime and disinvestment.At a press conference Tuesday, city l...

Rochester City Council are urging residents to stay put and seek legal advise if they have questions regarding the sudden evictions from Danforth Towers and Hudson Ridge Towers.

Emergency Eviction Notice Sparks Outcry for Rochester’s Elderly and Disabled Residents Approximately 75 elderly and disabled residents of Danforth Towers and Hudson Ridge Towers in Rochester, New York, have been informed they must vacate their apartments by this Friday. The abrupt notice follows the sudden termination of an enriched housing program operated by Family Service of Roches...

Chanting "bring them home" protesters gathered outside the Federal Building on Wednesday to protest "unconstitutional immigration enforcement under the Trump administration."

Rochester Activists Rally at Federal Building, Say Rule of Law Is Under Attack More than 200 Rochester-area residents gathered outside the Kenneth B. Keating Federal Building on Wednesday to protest what they describe as unconstitutional immigration enforcement under the Trump administration. Organized by Indivisible Rochester and supported by several immigrant rights groups,....

Raoul Lowery Contreras: Today, echoes of that defiance ring louder than ever. Trump, Vance, and others challenge court authority, echoing the rhetoric of secessionists past. History doesn’t repeat—it evolves. But as it did in 1957, justice will prevail... It is written.

THE CONTRERAS REPORT: From Little Rock to MAGA: The Long Shadow of American Racism Former Arkansas Governor Orville Faubus will be remembered as the white man who defied President Dwight D. Eisenhower over whether Black children should attend public schools. Faubus opposed integration, despite court rulings, claiming it was his duty to maintain segregation.In 1957, when federal co...