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Which housing is really affordable?

In response to the “Downtown Rochester’s upward climb” on several inner city development projects: It’s clear the term “affordable” housing continues to mislead journalists as well as citizens.

The article says that “Winn Development... has developed another section of affordable housing in the Sibley tower for people 55 and older.” What’s the rent like? How many units?

How long will they stay that way?

Why is their entrance separate, segregated, from those paying market rate?

“Construction is almost complete,” the article says, “on Home Leasing’s Charlotte Street affordable housing development on the inner loop fill-in: Apartments will be available to residents with incomes 40 to 90 percent of the area median income.”

Again, glossed over is the fact that this “area median income” figure is using incomes from six counties, the Greater Rochester area, and not the city median income; which is around 20 to 30 percent of the larger AMI. These developers are getting public money to build these affordability inflated projects. It’s like the processed food industry using the word “natural” on their synthetically manufactured products.

A family of four in the City of Rochester averages around $30,000, not $60,000 a year.

Many are at $22,000. These units are completely out of reach for the long-standing black and brown residents of this historically

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redlined, white-disinvested city, whose white middle class got subsidized to move and build wealth in the suburbs, and whose children are now returning to live in the happening city. This current “revitalization of downtown” is creating the grounds for a cultural flip-flop in the coming years.

Shouldn’t journalists know better? Y’all reported on the “four income categories: moderate income, low income, very low income, and extremely low income” that were introduced by City Hall last summer to describe affordability. Why aren’t you using them?

We need to break up the city’s concentration of poverty by integrating diverse income bands into the same housing: buildings that are abundantly mixed-income and stay that way.

Developers who say it can’t be done need to get creative if they truly want to build for all of the city and organize themselves at the federal level to change this racist policy.

RAY RAY MITRANO, ROCHESTER

Mitrano is a Rochester artist and activist who describes himself as “a renter on the cusp of the Inner Loop fill-in neighborhood organizing around development without displacement with the Our Land Roc coalition.”

Downtown’s more than Center City

“Downtown Rochester’s Upward Climb” begins with a reference to Manhattan – which allows us to focus on a misnomer that impacts our perception of Rochester and suggestions for

the future, that of “Downtown” versus the Center City.

The article repeats the word “downtown” incessantly, and a companion article on Arts in the Loop does the same, when both focus points are clearly center city.

Manhattan has an Uptown, Midtown, and Downtown, and the latter includes a multiplicity of neighborhoods: Soho, Greenwich Village, Chinatown, and Little Italy, to name a few. Similarly, Rochester’s downtown includes Center City, Corn Hill, High Falls – and the Northeast Quadrant of St. Paul, Clinton, Joseph, and Hudson Avenues.

Thus the population of Downtown is not 7,000. It’s greater than 100,000!

One hundred thousand vibrant lives with vibrant businesses to shop, vibrant places, to worship, vibrant arts organizations – and the sooner we embrace the true borders of Downtown, the quicker we will integrate our city financially, spiritually, ethnically, racially, emotionally.

NEIL R. SCHEIER, FAIRPORT

Scheier is president of the Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance and vice president of the Joseph Avenue Business Association.

Correcting ourselves

In our article about the March 30 forum on the Rochester City School District, we erroneously stated that the school district has to complete a revised version of a reform plan by April 19. District officials say that date has not been set.

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GUEST COMMENTARY | BY MARK HARE AND DON PRYOR

Integrated metro schools can be a reality here What will it take to address the challenges facing the Rochester City School District? The district and its leadership are under fire as students struggle in school and state officials, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, and others demand action.

In a recent Urban Journal column, “Rochester’s School District and the Push for Change,” CITY editor Mary Anna Towler urged a community-wide effort to address the district’s challenges and the needs of its children. This week, two members of the Leadership Group of Great Schools for All – former journalist Mark Hare and Don Pryor of the Center for Governmental Research – offer a response.

In her March 13 column on the challenges facing the Rochester City School District, Mary Anna Towler appropriately raised the critical issue of the concentration of poverty and the potential role of desegregation and metro schools as part of the needed response.

The column also said “It will take the entire community” to address this and related problems facing city students. And yet the column then lets the community off the hook by concluding that the development of integrated metro schools is “not going to happen” in any of our lifetimes.

That’s true if you define metro schools as a countywide school district. But no one is proposing that solution. Fortunately, there are communitywide solutions that do not require school district consolidations. For instance, there is every reason to believe that we can create an array of voluntary inter-district magnet schools along the lines of Raleigh and Hartford and other communities across the country as part of the response to the current crisis.

Given local demographics and finite available resources, desegregating schools and reversing the insidious effects of concentrated poverty in Rochester schools require a broad-based, community-wide response.

For example, collaborations between city and suburban school districts can lead to a network of evidence-based, cross-district, socioeconomically-diverse magnet schools.

Great Schools for All calls for a two-track solution. Clearly there are many crucial internal, restructuring, and cultural issues affecting the Rochester school district that must be addressed immediately, as outlined in the Distinguished Educator report and the district’s response.

At the same time, we propose a second track that would bring the larger community, including willing suburban districts, together in partnership with RCSD. Such partnerships could develop and implement pilot magnet schools consistent with national models that research across the country shows consistently and significantly improve student outcomes, including graduation rates, for low-income students – while strengthening a variety of related skills for all students that will improve their readiness for the changing workforce

City-suburban partnerships could develop integrated pilot magnet schools, similar to national models that are improving outcomes for low-income students. demands of the future. Such schools would be designed to efficiently use existing space and shared resources and staff.

We have had discussions with several suburban superintendents who have indicated a willingness to enter into conversations with the Rochester City School District to consider partnerships to address this crisis. Professional polling commissioned by Great Schools for All three years ago indicated a strong willingness of parents in both city and suburbs, across racial and economic lines, to consider diverse crossdistrict options that would offer opportunities not otherwise available. The opportunity and the willingness to explore such approaches are clear, and the timing and urgency of such bold community-wide responses call for leadership and incentives.

Want to comment? Add your thoughts to the community discussion about the Rochester City School District: feedback@rochester-citynews.com. rochestercitynewspaper.com

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PRESERVATION | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO

Preserving a diverse past Historic preservation has often been thought of as something predominantly for white people. But like so many aspects of our society, it’s being challenged to be more inclusive, says Caitlin Meives, preservation planner with the Landmark Society of Western New York.

The Landmark Society is hosting the 2019 New York Statewide Preservation Conference from Thursday, April 25, through Saturday, April 27, and this year the conference will emphasize diversity, inclusion, and equity.

Lee Bey, photographer and architectural historian, will be the keynote speaker. Bey’s lectures often focus on social and racial forces that shape development.

“Preservation is kind of a social movement that began in the 1960’s with the threat of urban renewal,” Meives says “but it is seen even today as a ‘white’ field,” Meives says. “It’s been about saving buildings, but the dominant narrative has been about rich white people going back to Mount Vernon, George Washington’s home.” That has to change, she says.

Culture and race require us to look at preservation through different lenses, says Meives. How do we preserve important buildings and spaces without fueling gentrification and displacement? And should sites with troubling histories be preserved? Meives refers to a New York Times article that explored the controversy about preserving Bryant’s Grocery and Meat Market in Money, Mississippi, where 14-year-old Emmett Till allegedly whistled at a white woman. Till was brutally murdered a few days later.

The store has deteriorated badly, and some people in the community want it demolished. Others, however, want it restored in Till’s memory.

Americans struggle with talking about racism, Meives says, but Bryant’s Market is an important historical site. Europeans, for instance, have decided to preserve concentration camps, she says.

The question, Meives says, is how do we make preservation relevant for all people, she says.

The preservation conference will be held in Sibley Square, 250 East Main Street. Registration and event costs: Landmarksociety.org/conference.

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News DEVELOPMENT | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO

CRCDS developer outlines his plans for the campus

Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in southeast Rochester: its older buildings are protected by the city’s preservation legislation.

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Redevelopment of the 23-acre Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School property faces a challenge: producing enough income from new buildings to make it possible to preserve the historic main buildings and the broad lawn on the south side of the campus.

At a meeting with Highland Park area residents Monday night, developer Angelo Ingrassia fleshed out his latest plans for the property. They call for two new market-rate apartment buildings, both five stories tall: one with 115 units, on the northwest side of the campus, and one with 40, on the northeast side.

Among Ingrassia’s plans for the existing buildings: Strong Hall, the largest building, would be marketed for special events, executive offices, and possibly a charter school. Montgomery House would be available as a single residence. Trevor Hall, currently used by the American Cancer Society for temporary housing, could eventually become a small hotel. And Sanders House and Andrew Hall, both newer buildings, together would provide another 28 apartment units.

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Ingrassia, who hasn’t yet closed on the property, called it “financially broken.”

Redevelopment has to provide a long-term revenue stream to sustain the historic buildings, he said.

Residents raised multiple concerns about the plans, particularly the height of the new buildings and the location of the largest one, south of properties on Highland Parkway. That building, some residents said, would “loom” over their homes. Residents suggested that Ingrassia demolish Sanders House and Andrew Hall, which have no historic value, and put the larger apartment building there.

But Ingrassia said that to keep the South Lawn free of development, he needs rental income from Sanders House and Andrew Hall.

Residents also expressed concern about increased traffic from the additional apartments and about the fact that Ingrassia has no plans for affordable housing there.

Ingrassia needs approval for his project from the Zoning Board, Preservation Board, and Planning Board.

Teachers are working to break the cradle-to-prison pipeline, but many teachers may not know about a pension-to-prison connection, says Michelle Sapere, a teacher with the Rochester City School District.

Some of teachers’ retirement benefits stem from investments in prisons.

EDUCATION | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO

Teachers call for prison divestment Many people working in urban school districts are aware of the existence of a so-called cradle-to-prison pipeline.

The 2008 Children’s Defense Fund’s campaign offered a clear-eyed look at the link between childhood poverty and incarceration, and the particularly negative effect it has on black and Latino youth.

But many teachers may not know that some of their retirement benefits stem from investments in prisons because of a pension-to-prison connection, says Michelle Sapere, a teacher with the Rochester City School District.

Sapere is one of several teachers who formed ROC-Teachers Against Student Exploitation, a social justice caucus of Rochester Teachers Association members.

ROC-TASE has launched a new campaign to get the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System, which manages the teacher pension system, to divest from private prisons like CoreCivics and GEO Group.

According to a report earlier this year from the American Federation of Teachers, some of the nation’s largest public pension funds – including NYSTERS, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, and the Ohio Public Employees’ Retirement System – hold millions of dollars in stock in the two prisons.

NYSTERS has limited investment in private prisons, John Cardillo, a NYSTERS spokesperson, said in a written statement.

And in one sense, that’s true. The AFT report estimates that NYSTERS has about $75 million invested in CoreCivics and GEO out of the billions of dollars that it manages. But, the AFT report said, this is “first and foremost, a humanitarian and civil rights issue.” In those terms, any amount is too much, the report said.

Profiting from the prison system is the antithesis of what any educator should be doing, Sapere says. And many teachers, including some retirees the group has spoken to, are shocked when they find out that their pension system makes money from prison investments.

Equally disturbing are some prison programs that pay inmates less than a dollar an hour to make school desks and chairs, Sapere says.

The cradle-to-prison pipeline isn’t just an urban school district issue, says ROC-TASE member Meagan Harris.

The group’s members are reaching out to teachers in area suburban and rural districts, and they hope to persuade Buffalo and Syracuse teachers to join them in urging NYSTER to change the investment strategy.

ROC-TASE teachers have learned, however, that divestment won’t be easy. The issue has come up before: Local education activist and school board candidate Howard Eagle brought NYSTERS’ investment in prisons to RTA President Adam Urbanski’s attention back in 2015. And Urbanski Rochester city school teachers Michelle Sapere, Meagan Harris, tried to stop it. and Vanessa Grisafe want the New York State Teacher’s Retire “I’m personally ment System to divest from private prisons. opposed to investments PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH in public and private Financial experts who manage large prisons, and we at RTA investment portfolios often argue that their are on record on that,” Urbanski says. first job is to maximize the capital they’re RTA passed a resolution opposing working with while avoiding as much risk as NYSTER’s investment in prisons two possible. And social, religious, and political years ago, Urbanski says, and the union issues can make that job more difficult. For took the issue to the New York State instance, there have been calls to divest from United Teachers convention, where the fossil fuel industry, as well as from gun members passed a similar resolution. and military equipment manufacturers.

But that’s where the effort stalled.

NYSTERS is not controlled by NYSUT. Harris says working with NYSTERS It’s a separate entity with its own board. on the issue has been sort of like peeling an NYSUT doesn’t have a controlling onion. It’s a complex problem, and there are majority on the board, Urbanski says, a lot of people involved with the pension and NYSTERS has continued investing system. It’s been hard to determine who can in prisons despite strong opposition. make the decision to stop this, Harris says.

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CLIMATE CHANGE | BY JEREMY MOULE

Inglis makes conservative case for climate action Climate change should be a simple concept to explain. Various human activities over the past century, such as burning massive quantities of coal for power or driving gas-guzzling automobiles, have led to a build-up of carbon gases in the atmosphere, which in turn are warming the planet.

The solution seems equally easy to explain: Humans need to drastically decrease the amount of gases such as carbon dioxide and methane that they are spewing into the earth’s atmosphere.

But the reality is far different. Even when people agree that climate change is real and that it’s a problem, they don’t agree on how to solve it. And at this point, humanity’s struggling just to prevent the worst effects of climate change.

Add America’s liberal-conservative political conflicts to the mix, and meaningful action on climate change seems out of reach. But that’s changing.

Back in 2009, Republican Representative Bob Inglis of South Carolina sponsored a bill to create a federal carbon tax, the proceeds of which would be used to offset a cut in Social Security payroll taxes. But in 2010, he lost a primary – and subsequently, his seat in Congress – in large part because he defied Republican orthodoxy on climate change.

In the years since, however, variations in Inglis’s proposal have become increasingly popular among liberals and conservatives.

The most popular configuration, and the one Inglis now spends his days advocating for, is a carbon tax placed on fossil fuels when they are initially pulled out of the ground. The proceeds of the tax would be distributed to households as an annual dividend.

And Inglis has founded his own organization, republicEN, aimed at encouraging conservatives to understand climate change and take it seriously, as well as to promote a carbon tax combined with other tax cuts or household dividends. He calls it a “free enterprise answer to climate change.”

“Acting on climate change should not be a ruse for growing the government,” Inglis said during a recent interview.

The Rochester group of the Sierra Club is partnering with the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce and several other local organizations to bring Inglis to Rochester. He’ll deliver an address, “A Free Enterprise Solution to Climate Change,” during the Rochester Sierra Club’s 20th annual environmental forum, which will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17. The free event – a $10 donation is suggested – will take place at the 6 CITY

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Former Republican Congress member Bob Inglis champions a carbon tax as a free enterprise approach to climate action.

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Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 East Main Street.

Inglis will also participate in some events with the University of Rochester College Republicans the following day.

Local climate activists want to work with people across the political spectrum, and the largely progressive-to-moderate core members see value in bringing their more conservative neighbors, friends, and family into the climate action movement. Local climate and environmental organizations have struggled to do that, says Linda Isaccson Fedele, a Sierra Club member who has helped organize the Inglis events and is a board member of the Rochester People’s Climate Coalition.

“We’ve wanted for years to try to engage more people and engage people who weren’t willing to talk about it or just didn’t know about it,” Isaacson Fedele says, “and this guy has the power to do that.”

The prevailing narrative, as it goes, is that liberals tend to accept man-made climate change as a reality and see government intervention as a solution, while conservatives scoff at the science and see no need to address global warming. But that narrative isn’t accurate.

Many Republicans and conservatives do believe the climate is changing and that humans play a role. But they’re alienated from discussions about solutions because those discussions are usually framed around things like government intervention, requirements, and regulations.

“The first step is for people to hear it in their own language, so that they can absorb it and evaluate it,” Inglis says. “If you’re speaking to me in the language of the left and I’m a conservative, it’s hard for me to get past that barrier. But if you explain it to me in the language of conservatism and values that I hold dear then, OK, I can engage now.”

Inglis says he believes a carbon tax, combined with tax cuts or dividends, is the most effective way to cut carbon emissions because it relies on market forces. The government will have to step in to create and collect the tax, but in doing that, it would simply be saying that it wants all fuels to reflect their true costs, including the negative effects on climate, the environment, and health, Inglis says.

Ideally, the tax would eliminate the need for energy subsidies and would make climate-friendly technologies such as

renewables, energy storage, electric cars, and nuclear power so cost-competitive that they’d take off, Inglis says. And the carbon tax would have a global effect, since it would apply to fossil fuels imported to the US from countries that don’t assess their own carbon fees, he says.

“If we play our cards right,” Ingis says, “we’re going to perfect those new forms of energy and storage here in America, and then we’re going to sell them around the world to willing customers, and we’re going to create wealth and create jobs here in America.”

In other words, a carbon tax would position America as a world leader in a moral sense, as well as in technology development and production, and in global trade. And those are results that are appealing across the political spectrum, Inglis says.

His organization republicEN refers to itself as “energy optimists and climate realists,” Inglis says. “It’s not just the doom and gloom of climate change. It’s the promise and opportunity of powering our lives in new and renewable, sustainable ways that clean up the air and give us more mobility and more freedom around the world.”

And that’s the message Inglis says he’ll emphasize when he visits Rochester next week.

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Masonry Masterpiece

77 Roslyn Street

The 19th Ward—and indeed, most Rochester neighborhoods—is characterized by high quality, historic housing stock dating to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, each home boasting its own unique assortment of historic character and detailing. The house at 77 Roslyn Street is no different in this respect but it stands out from its neighbors in one important way—its wall are constructed of elaborately and unusually detailed brick. A plaque on the exterior of the house reads, “Dooley House, 1907, Built by John Dooley Jr. for his father John Dooley Sr. and family.”

To anyone passing by, the brickwork on the exterior of 77 Roslyn is obviously something special. With a mix of red and tan bricks, the decorative details like corner quoins, front door surround, and decorative corbelling along the roofline stand out. Let’s be clear—this is special work, done with special care by a true craftsman. A full width front porch with brick piers and slender, classical columns frames the front entrance. While the house could benefit from some TLC, overall it appears to be in good condition. A little bit of maintenance will go a long way with this gem. Even better: an all brick exterior means minimal painting!

Inside the house, you’ll find hardwood floors and original, unpainted woodwork throughout. The living room has a brick fireplace with a classic, painted white surround and mantel. A pair of (unpainted!)

French doors separates the room from the

front hall. At the rear of the house, the open kitchen and dining room provide plenty of flexible space. Upstairs are four bedrooms and access to a partially finished attic. The house has two full bathrooms.

77 Roslyn St. is located in the 19th Ward neighborhood, just a block off Genesee St., with easy access to downtown, the University of Rochester, and more. It is just outside the Sibley-Elmdorf Historic District but don’t worry—new owners can still reap the benefits of historic tax credits! Because of its special design, the house is individually eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If new owners pursued listing, they would be able to access the New York State Historic Homeowners Tax Credit program, which provides a credit off your NY state income tax worth 20% of qualifying repairs and upgrades.

Listed at an asking price of $84,900, there is room to invest in the 1,600 square foot property and make it your own home. Although there are some maintenance needs, the house’s historic character is well preserved.

Contact Steven Brower of RE/MAX Plus at 585-802-2355 for more information.

BY CAITLIN MEIVES Caitlin Meives is the Preservation Planner at The Landmark Society, which is a Celebrate City Living partner.

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ROCHESTER’S BIG DECISION ON POLICE OVERSIGHT

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE | BY MARY ANNA TOWLER

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ometime this spring, City Council may vote on legislation that will dramatically change the way Rochester handles accusations of police misconduct.

While activists have been pushing for reform for decades, for the past two years there’s been a particularly concerted effort, and city officials have now come up with two proposals. One, from Mayor Lovely Warren, could be viewed as a compromise, leaning toward the activists in some areas and toward police in others. Warren sent her proposal to City Council in late December. But in a particularly strong break from her, Council held her legislation in committee and presented legislation of its own.

Council’s legislation is much more far-reaching than Warren’s. The most controversial reform: It would give an independent group of civilians the authority to discipline officers when a complaint about their conduct is found to be valid.

The model for Council’s legislation is a proposal created by a coalition of activists now known as the Police Accountability Board Alliance, and the Alliance has lobbied hard for its adoption, bolstered by recent controversies over Rochester officers’ use of force.

The two proposals It’s not easy to change the oversight system, in large part because of the police union contract and because of state law, which protects officers’ personnel records. Despite those restrictions, both Warren’s and Council’s proposals include big changes to the current system. And despite key differences, they have a good bit in common.

In both proposals: • A nine-member, independent Police Accountability Board, established by City Council,

Under Rochester’s current police oversight system, police officers – members of the police department’s Professional Standards Section – investigate charges of police misconduct. The final decision – on the validity of the charge and on discipline – is made by the police chief.

A Civilian Review Board reviews what the PSS investigation finds, and it makes its own decision about the validity of the charge. But it has no authority beyond that. It doesn’t conduct its own investigation, and it can’t overrule the chief.

At the end of the process, people who file complaints are told whether or not the chief upheld their complaint, but they seldom learn whether an officer has been disciplined. And information for the public doesn’t go much further than a quarterly and annual compilation of statistics on how many complaints were found to be valid.

The lack of transparency and the police department’s control of the investigation has bred distrust in some parts of the community, particularly among people of color. And the distrust goes both ways; police union leaders argue that they work under conditions that few people experience, including the threat of violence directed at them. And they don’t want an independent group of civilians to make decisions about their performance.

will have the power to conduct its own investigation.

• A disciplinary matrix – created by the Accountability Board, with input from the police – will specify levels of discipline, which increase with the seriousness of the misconduct and with findings about an officer’s previous excessive use of force.

• The RPD’s “patterns, practices, policies, and procedures” will be reviewed by the Accountability Board, which will recommend changes – something that could be as important as the review of officers’ performance. How

officers respond to an emotionally distraught person, when it’s legitimate to clear sidewalks of people loitering in front of a store, when it’s necessary to force a suspect to the ground, how officers respond to people resisting arrest, how much training officers get: the board could recommend changes in all of those areas.

(Neither legislation requires the police department to adopt the Accountability Board’s recommendations. Council’s proposal, however, requires the police chief to notify the board, the mayor, and Council whether he or she agrees with continues on page 10

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THE BIG DIFFERENCES

the recommendations and, if so, to provide a timeline for implementing the changes.)

• Much more will be made public about the results of investigations.

Consistent with state law, officers’ names will continue to be protected, but the public will be able to learn whether a specific complaint was upheld – and what discipline, if any, was imposed.

Council’s legislation, which is more extensive than Warren’s, requires that reports include the tracking number of each complaint; previous complaints about the officers involved; the type of force used, the number of times pepper spray and Tasers were used, and other details.

How they're different

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren. FILE PHOTO

City Council President Loretta Scott. FILE PHOTO

MAYOR WARREN’S PLAN

COUNCIL’S PLAN

BOARD MEMBERS

BOARD MEMBERS

The mayor appoints three members of the Police Accountability Board, City Council nominates three, and the Police Accountability Board Alliance nominates three. The mayor approves the nominations from Council and the Alliance. Council votes on all nine.

The mayor appoints one member, City Council appoints four (one from each quadrant of the city), and the Police Accountability Board Alliance nominates four. Council votes on all nine.

THE INVESTIGATION

THE INVESTIGATION

The PAB will have “limited power” to investigate. The investigations will be done only related to excessive use of force. They won’t begin until after the Professional Standards Section of the RPD completes its investigation. And they will be “supplemental” investigations; the board will investigate only things “not addressed in the PSS investigative case file or in the PSS findings report.”

The PAB investigates “any and all conduct, acts, or omissions by any RPD employee independent of any investigations” conducted by the RPD’s Professional Standards Section. After the board reviews its own investigation and that of the PSS, it can also decide to hold hearings, to which it can call complainants and police officers.

DISCIPLINE

DISCIPLINE

When a complaint about an officer has been sustained, the PAB makes recommendations to the chief based on the PAB’s disciplinary matrix, but the chief makes decisions about discipline. The chief notifies the PAB whether he or she is adopting the recommendation, and if not, the chief explains the rationale.

The PAB determines the discipline of officers, based on the PAB’s disciplinary matrix. The board’s decision is binding on the police chief.

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The two proposals differ, though, on some of their most significant recommendations: the composition of the Police Accountability Board, what the board can investigate and when, and who determines the discipline for officers when a complaint has been found to be valid.

The Accountability Board’s composition: In the mayor’s legislation, the mayor, Council, and the Police Accountability Board Alliance each nominate three members. The mayor approves or disapproves the Council and the Alliance nominees, and Council confirms all nine.

In Council’s legislation, the mayor nominates one member, Council four, and the Police Accountability Board Alliance four. Council approves all nominees.

The limits on the investigation: The mayor wants a narrow, “supplemental” investigation, limited to use-of-force complaints and to “matters not addressed” by the RPD Professional Standards Section’s investigation and findings.

And the Police Accountability Board’s investigation would not begin until after the RPD’s investigation is completed.

In Council’s proposal, the Police Accountability Board can investigate “any and all conduct, acts, or omissions” by anyone in the RPD. And its investigation is independent from that of the Professional Standards Section.

Warren Chief of Staff Alex Yudelson says waiting for the Professional Standards Section’s findings simply makes sense. “Generally,” he says, “we have found that the PSS does a very thorough investigation, and that’s why we feel that it’s a good first step to do that review.”

ROCHESTER’S HISTORY OF POLICE OVERSIGHT

Alliance leader Ted Forsyth

Alliance leader Pastor Wanda Wilson

PHOTO BY RENÉE HEININGER

PHOTO BY RENÉE HEININGER

“They’re not limited in any way by having the PSS doing it first,” Yudelson says.

“Anything they don’t trust or want to fact check or want to supplement, they can do.”

But, counters Accountability Board Alliance leader Ted Forsyth, “people do not trust the PSS to do the investigations and make appropriate findings. People in the community, especially communities of color that are over-policed, don’t believe that the police can police themselves.”

And, Forsyth adds, it’s important that the investigation into a complaint begin as soon as possible. Having the Accountability Board wait until the police finish their investigation is “a way to hamstring an investigation before it has even begun,” Forsyth says.

Discipline: In the mayor’s legislation, the Accountability Board will make recommendations about discipline, but the decision remains in the hands of the police chief. In Council’s legislation, the Accountability Board’s decision “is binding on the chief.”

This is a key difference between the two proposals, and it’s an issue of special concern to Alliance leaders, Warren, and police.

The Warren administration is adamant on this point: The union contract specifically gives the police chief the authority to discipline officers.

And state law, city attorney Tim Curtin says, prevents the city from unilaterally changing the terms of the contract.

City Council and PAB Alliance leaders disagree. They’re convinced that with a change in the City Charter, the Police Accountability Board could be given discipline authority, despite the union contract. And they cite a

legal opinion by attorney Todd Bullard at the Harris Beach law firm.

The change in discipline authority has broad ramifications. Oversight of officers’ behavior is a key responsibility of the police chief. And oversight of the police chief is a key responsibility of the mayor. For cases involving civilian complaints, Council’s legislation gives that authority to an independent, unelected group of people – people who, unlike the mayor and City Council members – have no constituency.

Alliance members note that in Council’s legislation, Council nominates some of the Alliance Board members and approves all of them. In that respect, Council has oversight of the board. That’s a more diffused oversight, however, than the mayor’s direct oversight of the police chief.

Funding the board

Both the mayor’s and Council’s legislation specify that the Police Accountability Board will hire an executive director, who will hire a staff and investigators. City Council will approve the Accountability Board’s budget.

But how much work the board can do will depend on how much money it has. And to be effective, that work won’t be cheap. Scrimping on the budget, says Alliance leader Stanley Martin, could be a way to block reform.

The Alliance had initially suggested a budget of a little over $1 million annually, which both Warren and Council President Loretta Scott have said would be far too much.

Alliance leaders Matt DeLaus, left, and Stanley Martin PHOTO BY RENÉE HEININGER

During discussions with Council, Alliance leaders agreed to a first-year budget of $520,000, Forsyth says: enough to hire two investigators. “I think Council wants to see how this works before they go all in with the resources,” Forsyth said.

Warren is considering something “well into the six figures,” says Alex Yudelson, “not seven figures. We have budget issues here.”

Alliance leader Matt DeLaus points to money that the city already spends to pay the Center for Dispute Settlement for operating the Civilian Review Board.

And, the Alliance leaders and other critics say, the city is already spending money to settle civil suits filed by people who say they’ve been injured by police.

Heading to court?

So far, all nine members of City Council are lined up behind the Council proposal.

Council members are currently reviewing comments and suggestions they got at three public forums, but Council President Loretta Scott says that if there are changes to the Council’s current legislation, they won’t be major ones.

If Council passes its own proposal in its current basic form, with discipline authority in the hands of a civilian Police Advisory Board, the Rochester Locust Club, RPD officers’ union, seems certain to sue.

Scott says she’s confident that Council would win that fight, as are the Accountability Board Alliance leaders, who point to several court cases they say back their argument. continues on page 12

Rochester has been trying to get this right for decades, and community activists have continued to push for a better system. That push gained strength two years ago with the release of a detailed report titled “The Case for an Independent Police Accountability System” in April 2017.

The report, written by Ted Forsyth and Barbara Lacker-Ware, included examples of complaints about excessive use of force in Rochester, information about police oversight in Rochester and in other cities, and a proposal for a new oversight system in Rochester.

The report also traced the history of reform efforts back to the creation of a Police Advisory Board in 1963. The police union’s fight against it led to its elimination in 1970. The city then created a Complaint Investigation Committee in 1977, which had little effect. And it took no more action in the 1970’s and 1980’s, despite a renewed push by activists and despite several civilian deaths by police shootings, including that of Alecia McCuller, the daughter of Action for a Better Community’s president at the time, James McCuller.

In 1992 City Council established the system Rochester has today: a Civilian Review Board administered by the Center for Dispute Settlement. In 2012, Council tweaked the system. It added a civilian “advocate,” who can accompany the complainant in the interview; it added more places where people can file complaints; and it required that members of the Civilian Review Board be city residents.

And Rochester police officers have been wearing body cameras for the past two years.

But critics say that’s not nearly enough. Their concerns about police conduct have continued, as has mistrust between police and some parts of the community. The police union notes that the number of complaints filed about officer conduct has declined.

And the union has distributed a chart showing that the rate of allegations of police misconduct in Rochester is lower than that of Albany, Syracuse, and New York City. Critics say that’s because many people don’t trust the system enough to use it. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 11

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THE MAYOR'S PLAN

THE COUNCIL'S PLAN

WHAT BOTH REQUIRE A Police Accountability Board: The Accountability Board will be “an independent office of city government,” separate from the RPD and all other law enforcement agencies.

The majority of PAB members will be nominated by city elected officials: the mayor and City Council (although the proposals differ in the breakdown of who nominates candidates). City Council will have final approval of the PAB’s membership.

Staff: The PAB will hire an executive director, who will be an employee of the city, confirmed by City Council. He or she cannot be a former employee of the RPD or any other law enforcement agency nor can any of the director’s immediate family members. The director will hire other staff, including investigators.

Discipline guidelines: The PAB will develop a disciplinary matrix: a document that will specify levels of discipline that increase with the seriousness of the offense and with the number of previous sustained complaints about an officer. The PAB will develop the matrix in conjunction with the police chief and the president of the police union. The PAB will determind the version of the matrix that the RPD will use.

In Council’s legislation, the Community Justice Advisory Board and the Police Accountability Board Alliance will also provide input on the contents of the disciplinary matrix.

RPD policies: The PAB will “review and assess Rochester Police Department patterns, practices, policies, and procedures” and recommend changes to the police chief and publish them on the PAB website. The PAB will publish an annual report noting whether the recommendations have been implemented.

Council’s legislation also requires the chief to notify the mayor, Council, and the PAB why he or she agrees or disagrees with the recommendations. If the chief agrees, he or she has to provide a timeline for implementing.

Complaints: Civilians will be able to make complaints through the RPD’s Professional Standards Section or the PAB. They can be made by phone, in person, by mail, email, or web, and they can be anonymous. Council’s legislation says the complaints can also be made through the mayor, City Council, any Councilmember, or the police chief.

Complaint forms will be widely available, including at libraries, recreation centers, courts, “and other government buildings” and will be available on the websites of the PAB, city government, and the RPD. 12 CITY APRIL 10 - 16, 2019

“We feel there’s a lot of precedent to what we’re proposing,” Alliance executive committee member Ted Forsyth says.

The Warren administration, on the other hand, is convinced that a court would strike down Council’s legislation and that Warren’s would stand up in court if the Locust Club sued.

“Any unilateral change would face union opposition and undoubtedly a legal challenge,” Corporation Counsel Tim Curtin said in an advisory opinion to Warren last May, “exposing the city to both cost and risk, and likely failure.”

A suit could delay the changes Council hopes to bring about, perhaps for years. And it’s possible that the union wouldn’t sue over the Warren reform. Would Council be taking a risk, then, by adopting its more expansive legislation rather than the mayor’s proposal, which could bring about fewer reforms more quickly?

Pastor Wanda Wilson, also a member of the Alliance leadership, is optimistic. “We thought we were going to be fighting for a long time” to get Council’s agreement on the principles of the Alliance’s proposal, Wilson says. “So I don’t know that we’d be tied up as long as we might anticipate.”

Alliance leaders say that Council’s legislation isn’t perfect.

Warren’s and Council’s proposals both give the Police Accountability Board’s majority to people nominated by elected officials. Alliance leaders want an Accountability Board with 11 members, six nominated by the Alliance, four by Council, and one by the mayor.

In addition, the Alliance says that having the Accountability Board advised and represented by the city attorney (specified in both proposals) would be a conflict of interest. As an independent body, the board should be represented by outside counsel, they say.

But on the whole, says Forsyth, Council’s is “an incredible piece of legislation.”

“We feel a radical change is necessary,” says Matt DeLaus.

Determining misconduct

Much of the concern about Rochester police conduct has centered on the use of force. As with all law enforcement officers, the conduct of Rochester police is governed by federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations.

The Rochester Police Department’s policy on the use of force says that members of the police force “may use only that level of physical force necessary in the performance of their duties” within the limits of the state penal law and “consistent with the training and policies of the Rochester Police Department.”

“The appropriateness of force used,” the RPD policy says, “is dependent on the ‘totality of the circumstances’ at the moment the force is used.”

Here’s what the state penal code says about police use of force when an officer is making an arrest: http://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article35.htm#p35.10 “A police officer or a peace officer, in the course of effecting or attempting to effect an arrest, or of preventing or attempting to prevent the escape from custody of a person whom he or she reasonably believes to have committed an offense, may use physical force when and to the extent he or she reasonably believes such to be necessary to effect the arrest, or to prevent the escape from custody,

or in self-defense or to defend a third person from what he or she reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of physical force....”

And police may use deadly force if they “reasonably believe” someone else “is using or about to use deadly physical force.”

“Reasonably believes,” of course, are the key words. It would be hard to prove that an officer did not reasonably believe he or she was in danger. And when officers say they used force used only when and to the extent they believed was necessary, many other officers – and many jurors – will be reluctant to second-guess them unless there is strong evidence otherwise.

An officer’s action, then, could be consistent with the law and with the Rochester Police Department’s policies, practices, and regulations, even when a civilian believes otherwise.

Currently, the Civilian Review Board, the RPD’s Professional Standards Section, and the police chief make one of four determinations about a complaint brought against an officer: Sustained: The complaint is valid, and the officer “acted improperly and may be disciplined”; Unfounded: The investigation didn’t find a basis for the complaint; Unprovable: There wasn’t enough evidence to prove whether the complaint was valid or unfounded, and “no further action will be taken”; Exonerated: The officer “acted properly and will not be disciplined.”

Of the 33 use-of-force complaints made in 2017 (the last full-year report available), the RPD’s Professional Standards Section sustained five, the Civilian Review Board sustained 9. The police chief, whose decision is final, sustained only one. (The chief’s decision was still pending at the end of the year on nine complaints, but historically, the chief has sustained fewer than the Civilian Review Board has.)

The union’s argument

The police officers’ union, the Rochester Locust Club, is opposed to both proposals, although its comments over the past months have been reserved for Council’s legislation. (“We did not comment on the mayor’s proposal,” Mazzeo says, “because it was basically killed by Council’s actions.”)

The current oversight system is working well, Mazzeo says, and he notes that civilian complaints against Rochester police officers have declined over the past 15 years. The RPD, the Locust Club said in a press release last month, “receives the lowest percentage of allegations against officers among large cities in New York State, when compared in terms of both number of residents and number of officers.”

Alliance leaders say that the decline is due to community mistrust of both the RPD and the complaint-review system.

Mazzeo has had a consistent message since the Alliance issued its report two years ago. Few people understand the challenges police officers face every day, he says. When critics talk about civilians shot by police, Mazzeo said during an interview on WXXI, “I talk about what’s going around the country that’s leading to police officers being shot, and ambushed.”

“Has anyone asked over the period of time how many police officers have been assaulted?” Mazzeo said. “How

MEMBERS OF THE ALLIANCE More than 50 Rochester organizations are members of the Police Accountability Board Alliance, the organization that spurred action

by City Council and Mayor Lovely Warren. The current list of members:

Police union President Mike Mazzeo. PHOTO BY DENISE YOUNG, WXXI

many police officers have been hospitalized?

How many police officers have been medically retired because of actions they took as a police officer?”

Mazzeo insists that the call for a Police Accountability Board is coming from a small group of people, and that residents of Rochester are asking for police protection.

(Alliance leaders note that the Alliance consists of more than 50 organizations, ranging from small neighborhood and faith groups to large organizations like the Urban League, Action for a Better Community, and Ibero-American Action League.)

Rochester needs reform, Mazzeo says, but not what the Alliance, the mayor, and Council are pushing for. “We believe there are a number of things that need to be implemented to improve policecommunity relations,” he said in an email last week. “Neither proposals address any of those needs.”

In a recent Feedback letter in CITY, Mazzeo called for a Blue Ribbon Panel “to identify what the problems are, what will correct them, and how best to implement change.”

“Instead of making legislation,” he said last week, “determine what is needed and what will accomplish those goals. Then pass legislation if it’s even needed.”

Beyond an Accountability Board

Early this week, Council was continuing to review its legislation and the public comments. When that’s completed, Council will release its final version and schedule a public hearing and a date for a vote.

Meantime, distrust between police and parts of the community they serve has continued. In a recent WHEC interview, Mazzeo said Rochester’s push for a Police Accountability Board has already had a negative impact, causing police officers to second-guess their actions. And, he said, the call for an Accountability Board has contributed to a growing disrespect of police officers.

In the WHEC interview, Mazzeo related a recent event in which police responded to calls from residents of the West Avenue area and found a large group of people fighting. In the chaos that continued, two officers were injured, according to media reports, and the crowd was disrespectful and aggressive toward the police.

That kind of action, Mazzeo suggested, is attributable to the Alliance’s push.

“The advocacy for police accountability doesn’t lead to disrespect,” counters the Alliance’s Matt DeLaus. “It’s

the lack of respect for the community” that led to the disrespect for police.

“What we are experiencing didn’t happen overnight,” says Pastor Wanda Wilson. “The seeds of mistrust – these are seeds that have been planted in the community for over plenty of years. Those are just symptoms of a problem that is more deeply rooted in poor policing in black and brown neighborhoods over years.”

The level of distrust that exists in Rochester right now – on both sides of the police oversight issue – won’t be easy to overcome. And it won’t disappear with legislation that changes the way Rochester handles complaints about police misconduct. A vote by City Council, whenever it comes, will be only a first step.

Eliminating the distrust between police and community will require transparency about the investigations and the oversight system, transparency that both the police and the community trust.

It will require changes in training and police practices. And it will require efforts that can help the police, public officials, and the community find common ground.

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URBAN ACTION This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.)

Ending solitary confinement

The College at Brockport will host a program titled “Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Solitary Confinement as Torture in the US Prison System” on Thursday, April 18.

Melanie Funchess, director of community engagement for the Mental Health Association of Rochester, will moderate a discussion on the use of solitary confinement, its impact on inmates, and its role in structural racism. The event, which is sponsored by several social justice organizations, will be held at the college’s downtown Rochester campus, 161 Chestnut Street, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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Guns repurposed

Activists Shane Claiborne and Michael Martin conclude their 35-city “Beating Guns Tour” in Rochester on Thursday, April 18.

In their program, Claiborne and Martin give an overview of the history of guns in the US, discuss gun marketing, and share stories of people impacted by gun violence. The show culminates with an invitation for the audience to take hammers and transform guns into garden tools. The event will be held at Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Road, at 6 p.m.

Assessing the Supreme Court

Timothy Kneeland, history and political science chair at Nazareth College, will review “The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court’s Assault

on the Constitution” on Tuesday, April 23.

Journalist David Kaplan interviewed dozens of judges and Supreme Court watchers and concluded that both liberal and conservative Justices are undermining the role of the other branches of government, and that the current court is among the most ideological in recent history.

The book discussion is part of the Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library’s Books Sandwiched In series, and will be held at the Central Library, 115 South Avenue, from 12:12 p.m. to 12:52 p.m.

Nightlife

An Axes & Ales employee demonstrates a two-handed throw at the new East Avenue venue. The range is now open for business, and the space will soon offer a robust menu and local beers and wines. PHOTOS BY JACOB WALSH

Best zombie deterrent in town Axes & Ales 349 EAST AVENUE MONDAY, WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, 5 TO 10 P.M.; FRIDAY, 5 TO 11 P.M.; SATURDAY, NOON TO 11 P.M.; SUNDAY, NOON TO 8 P.M. 270-8801; AXESANDALES585.COM [ PROFILE ] BY CHRIS THOMPSON

Perhaps you like bar games, but pool has become a bit boring. Maybe you’re big into Canadian lumber sports. Maybe you like to throw sharp objects in controlled environments, but darts are just not doing it for you anymore. Or just maybe, you are irrationally afraid of a zombie apocalypse scenario, you’ve been practicing survival skills at home, and your roommate is getting really whiny about the resulting holes in the drywall.

No matter what the reason (I’ll assume the latter), Axes & Ales is the place to be.

Located just off the corner of East and Alexander, Axes & Ales offers a less conventional bar experience than most.

There’s neither a pool table nor dart boards.

Instead, there is a bar directly to the left, and from there, you can view a row of large wooden targets encased by five-foot walls and mesh fencing. In the rear is a VIPtype area with a single target next to some comfortable chairs, table, and television. The owners say they envision this to be a decent place for corporate events or private parties.

I do not have time for such pleasantries, though — those zombies are not going to kill themselves. I need to learn ax-throwing as soon as possible.

Interestingly, Axes & Ales is located directly across the street from Riot Room, a bar where patrons can don protective gear and smash anything in a designated room for a set amount of time. That’s all well and good, but wanton destruction is why my roommate is angry with me in the first place.

(We forfeited the security deposit when you turned the attic into a vape lounge, Tyler.

What are a few drywall holes when we’re talking about the protection of the human race against the bloodthirsty undead?)

I asked co-owner Beau Warren if he had any cantaloupes or other melons that I could

use as a decent facsimile for a zombie head.

He just responded, “I...what?” That’s likely because the kitchen is still being constructed, so there’s nowhere to put fresh produce.

But when it is finished, they’ll offer a robust menu, as well as craft beer and wine.

Co-owner Josh Hurlburt is also an experienced chef, and he’s created a menu that boasts everything from turkey legs to oxtail poutine and vegetable shawarma. Until the kitchen is open, they’re happy to allow

food from the outside, and there are plenty of nearby venues in the area to pick up a meal before training to fight for humanity’s survival. Unfortunately, I wasn’t allowed to bring my own cantaloupe for target practice. I had to settle for the targets set in the venue.

The space’s walls are adorned with works from various local artists. Nice touches like that takes your mind off the heavy task of preparing for the rise of the undead. Axes & Ales is a World Ax Throwing League (WATL) affiliated location, and all of the targets are designed with that in mind: all dimensions of the ax-throwing area are WATL regulation measurements. The owners plan to host official competitions and tournaments there.

The red sweatshirt that I wore in anticipation of hiding any injuries I would incur was completely unnecessary. The folks of Axes & Ales are strict on safety protocols prior to even picking up an axe.

You have to read and sign a release and go through a thorough lesson on how to handle the axes and how to move around the target areas safely during practices and/ or competitions. Additionally, the boards of the targets are replaced regularly to prevent excessive ricocheting splinters, and the axes are sharpened every few days to ensure that they stay buried in the targets and don’t bounce off them.

Employee Mark Foy took a quick break from sharpening to teach me the basics of ax-throwing. The two techniques are a stable two-handed throw and a one-handed throw, both overhand. I learned that it takes a decent amount of momentum to get the ax to spin properly and stick to the target. Out of the 10 two-handed throws, I got one of them to stick properly. The other nine hit the target, but with the butt of the ax. That is not bad for my first time, if nineout-of-10 zombies can be stopped with simple blunt force trauma.

There is no doubt I will be returning to practice more. This could be a fun excursion with two or three people (Group reservations are $35 per person and last two-and-a-half hours. Open throws are $25 per person and are first come, first serve).

However, I was made to promise that I would not mention zombies or apocalypses or yell, “Take that, meat bag” every time I release an ax. Also, cantaloupes will strictly be for eating. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 15

Upcoming

Music

[ BLUES ]

Jontavious Willis Wednesday, August 14. Abilene Bar and Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. $15-$20. 8 p.m. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com; jontaviouswillis.com. [ POP ROCK ]

Darryl Hall & John Oates Thursday, August 15. CMAC. 3355 Marvin Sands Dr., Canandaigua. $29.50-$199.50.

7 p.m. 394-4400. cmacevents.com; hallandoates.com.

KZA K’Lee

FRIDAY, APRIL 12 SMALL WORLD BOOKS, 425 NORTH STREET 8:30 P.M. | $5-$10 SUGGESTED DONATION FACEBOOK.COM/SMALLWORLDBOOKS; KZAKLEE.COM [ HIP-HOP ] Homegrown, hard-hitting hip-hop artist KZA K’Lee comes equipped with biting knowledge, reigning supreme over rugged, hyperactive beats. His gritty and ruthless style has been gestating through multiple releases, collaborations, and visually fresh music videos.

Influence from contemporary artists like Mick Jenkins and Kendrick Lamar are apparent, as are old school sounds reminiscent of the rawness of Rakim and the easy cool of Digable Planets. KZA K’Lee shares the bill on Friday with Mistar Anderson from Ohio and local soul singersongwriter WESLEYFRANKLIN. — BY HASSAN ZAMAN

Gary Allan THURSDAY, APRIL 11 KODAK CENTER, 200 WEST RIDGE ROAD 7:30 P.M. | $38-$96 | TICKETMASTER.COM; GARYALLAN.COM [ COUNTRY ] Gary Allan’s last record, 2013’s “Set You Free,” debuted at number one on two Billboard charts. The California-born honky tonker struck a gold certification with his first release “Used Heart for Sale” in 1996, and simply owned the aughts with four other gold and platinum records. His versatile tunes can tug at your heartstrings, lift you up with a light melody, or describe the emotions that come with personal loss. The quality of Gary Allan’s songwriting is what has put a star on his dressing room door.

— BY ROMAN DIVEZUR

PHOTO BY KRIT UPRA

PSST. Out of touch? Out of tune?

See our music reviews from Frank De Blase.

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[ ALBUM REVIEWS ]

[ WED., APRIL 10 ]

Driftwood

ACOUSTIC/FOLK Beau Ryan. Rosen Krown, 875 Monroe Ave. 271-7050.

6:30 p.m.

Neil Van Dorn. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. 5-8 p.m.

The Riverside. Mod Midtown, 45 Euclid St. 6 p.m. $10.

‘Tree of Shade’ Self-released driftwoodtheband.com

Doc Severinsen and the Sonic Era Jazz Orchestra WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 GREECE CENTRAL PERMORNING ARTS CENTER, 800 LONG POND ROAD 7:30 P.M. | $24.25-$64.25 | SONICERA.COM; DOCSEVERINSEN.COM [ JAZZ ] At 91, Doc Severinsen remains one of the top trumpet

players on the planet. His long-term, Grammy-award-winning collaboration with Rochester’s own Jeff Tyzik enters a new phase with the premiere concert of the Sonic Era Jazz Orchestra. In this benefit for Jazz 90.1 WGMC-FM, Severinsen will front a powerhouse ensemble featuring Bobby Militello and John Nugent on saxophone, Herb Smith and Mike Cottone on trumpet; bassist Jeff Campbell, drummer Rich Thompson, and many more of the area’s finest musicians.

— BY RON NETSKY

RPO with Michael Francis and Yekwon Sunwoo THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 7:30 P.M. | SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 8 P.M. KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE, 26 GIBBS STREET $24-$106 | RPO.ORG [ CLASSICAL ] The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

offers a great, well-known piano concerto and a great, lesserknown symphony. You may remember the 1996 movie about pianist David Helfgott,“Shine,” in which he battles through Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto — one of the virtuosic bruisers of the repertoire. Van Cliburn Competition Gold Medalist Yekwon Sunwoo takes on “Rach Three” here in his RPO debut.

British conductor Michael Francis, who made his RPO debut with Sir William Walton’s “Henry V,” brings us another major Walton work: his electric, if seldom-played First Symphony.

— BY DAVID RAYMOND

The Binghamton band Driftwood is back with “A Tree of Shade,” another collection of warm and earthy songs that feel rooted in indie Americana but bloom into full-blown, radioready pop. Driftwood strikes a balance between dirt-road weariness and wide-eyed optimism; the lyrics are bittersweet and earnest, but the music is consistently smile-inducing.

Two songs practically beg for a singalong: “Lay Like You Do,” a brilliant piece of country-folk ear candy, and the closing cut “Hello,” with its particularly strong performance from Dan Forsyth on lead vocals. The insightful “Conquering Man” is a pop-country toe-tapper about navigating gender politics from a female perspective, featuring the soul-stirring vocal flair of Claire Byrne. There’s a welcome change of pace toward the album’s end, when the glossy studio sheen starts to come off on the folksier, more intimate title track and “Santa Fe.” — BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER

Chris Bethmann ‘Naked Bourbon’ Self-released chrisbethmann.com

Rochester-based guitarist Chris Bethmann is a storyteller at heart, capable of producing countrified ingenuity in an ever-changing world.

Bethmann brings a thoughtful, alt-folk approach to the table on his debut EP “Naked Bourbon,” released in December 2018.

Bethmann has a nasal, baritone voice with harsh vowel articulation, yet surprises the listener with an operatic vibrato in higher registers. He uses situational imagery to make societal observations in songs like “Blanket” and the title track. While the album’s lyrics feel too wordy at times, Bethmann has serious guitar skills, ripping through fast-paced solos as if the instrument were another voice on stage with him. He creates musical irony on this new EP, using soft arrangements with hard lyrics to bring motivational awareness to the listener.

AMERICANA

The Old Main & Friends.

Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. $7.

Sara Hulse & Brendan Gosson, Rabbet Futt. Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. 9 p.m.

BLUES

Debbie Kendrick Project.

Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7 p.m.

CLASSICAL

Composers’ Sinfonietta.

Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-1000. 7:30 p.m.

Wind Symphony & Symphonic Band. Nazareth

College Glazer Performance Center, 4245 East Ave. 389-2700. 7:30 p.m.

JAZZ

Andy Stobie Greater Finger Lakes Jazz Band, Al Bruno Trio. Robach Community

Center, 180 Beach Ave. ontariobeachentertainment. org. 6-9 p.m. $2.

POP/ROCK

Desmond Jones. Flour City Station, 170 East Ave. 413-5745. 8 p.m.

Shinji Kazama, Pomelo, MUAH. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe

Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $6/$8.

— BY KATIE HALLIGAN continues on page 20

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Music

Saxophonist Billy Harper has played with legends like Louis Armstrong, Art Blakey, and Max Roach.

On Friday, April 12, Harper will join the Eastman Jazz Lab Band. PHOTO BY JIM DAWSON

Saxophone stalwart Billy Harper WITH THE EASTMAN JAZZ LAB BAND FRIDAY, APRIL 12 KILBOURN HALL AT EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, 26 GIBBS STREET 7:30 P.M. | FREE | ESM.ROCHESTER.EDU [ FEATURE ] BY RON NETSKY

Billy Harper may not be the first name that comes to mind when you think of tenor saxophonists of the last half-century, but he’s been at the center of some great jazz.

Harper was in the bands of Max Roach, Art Blakey, Gil Evans and Randy Weston.

He backed Louis Armstrong on “What A 18 CITY APRIL 10 - 16, 2019

Wonderful World.” He was in Lee Morgan’s band and was with him, sadly, the night Morgan was shot and killed at the age of 33.

As a leader, Harper has played his compositions in his own ferocious style on stunning albums like “Priestess.” Harper will be a guest artist with the Eastman Jazz Lab Band, directed by Rich Thompson, Friday night at Kilbourn Hall.

Growing up in Houston, Texas, Harper showed promise early. “They said I started singing when I was crawling,” he says. As a child, he thought would continue to sing, but walking by an instrument shop, he became curious about how to play a horn he saw on display.

At 9 he asked for and received a saxophone for Christmas. His uncle played him records by Sonny Rollins and he listened to Texas saxophonists like Arnett Cobb. By 14, Harper had his own quintet. A decade later he was sharing the stage with greats like Blakey and Roach.

“Blakey and Roach, my god — they were the two strongest drummers in the history of jazz,” Harper says. “When Blakey wanted you to drive, he’d get into thunder. Roach was more of a precision kind of guy.”

One of Harper’s greatest, but ultimately saddest experiences was his stint with Morgan. “Lee was fantastic,” Harper says.

“He seemed to be like a fireball. He was kind of brash, kind of cocky. A lot of trumpeters are Aries-type people. He was very inspiring to younger musicians.”

Harper’s career highlights include working with Elvin Jones and The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, as well as recording with Armstrong. “It was just good to be in his presence,” Harper says about the legendary trumpet player. “He was very gracious, a great person.”

Jazz has taken him all over, including to concerts on a “Far East Tour” documented in a 1991 album. “People were applauding like I was a rock star,” Harper says of his performances in Japan. “They’d heard a lot of the records, so they kind of knew my sound.”

His ongoing work with Randy Weston has taken him to Africa, an especially valuable experience, “because so much of jazz comes from Africans who live in America,” Harper says. “A lot of the roots and rhythms come from Africa.”

After five decades of playing worldwide, Harper has a reverence for the music. “It means a higher level of creativity,” says Harper.

“Not just improvisation; you have to be in a certain direction, a certain groove, a certain feeling. Creative music and jazz contributes to the feeling of freedom in life.”

PHOTO BY PRISKA KETTERER

Zinman returns to Rochester

PHOTO BY JIM DAWSON

Over the course of conductor David Zinman’s impressive, 50-year career — including his tenure with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra for 11 of those years — he has also conducted the Berlin Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich, and many others.

When Zinman conducts the Eastman Philharmonia on Friday, April 12, 7:30 p.m. at Kodak Hall, he’ll be joined by violin sensation Joshua Bell for Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, a romantic and virtuosic showpiece. Felix Mendelssohn’s tuneful overture “The Hebrides” and Robert Schumann’s robust Symphony No. 2 are also on the program. The Friday concert is the culmination of Zinman’s two-year tenure as Distinguished Visiting Artist at the Eastman School of Music, where he has served as a mentor to conducting students.

Online, in “David Zinman on conducting,” Zinman discusses the role of today’s conductors, the delicate balance of programming new works, and gender equality in classical music. rochestercitynewspaper.com.

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Joan Burch. The Greenhouse Café, 2271 E. Main St. 270-8603. 7 p.m.

Steve Lyons. Skylark Lounge, 40 South Union St. 270-8106.

6-8 p.m.

Unplugged III. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta.

334-3030. 7 p.m.

AMERICANA

The Lonely Ones. Little Café,

240 East Ave. 258-0400. 8 p.m.

PHOTO BY TIM LEVERETT

ROCK | RIVER LYNCH & THE SPIRITMAKERS

River Lynch & The Spiritmakers are on a mission to revive rock ‘n’ roll for future generations. Guitarist River Lynch started a solo electric project after leaving college, eventually finding kinship with bassist Schuyler Skuse and drummer Tim Leverett.

Since 2016, River Lynch & The Spiritmakers have celebrated three releases, including its newest single, “Outside the Sun.” With robust guitar twang and vintage vocal effects, the band mixes classic rock, psychedelia, folk, and blues. Lynch has a tenor voice like Beck’s, and the guitar style of Tom Petty.

River Lynch & The Spiritmakers will perform along with The False Positives on Friday, April 12, 9 p.m. at Lux Lounge, 666 South Avenue. $5. 232-9030. lux666.com; riverlynch.com — BY KATIE HALLIGAN

TRADITIONAL

Rochester Folkus: Peg Dolan & Sharon McHargue.

Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St. 325-4370.

7 p.m. $10.

[ THU., APRIL 11 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK Arise & Go. McGinnity’s, 534 W Ridge Rd. 7:30 p.m. Album release. $10.

CLASSICAL

Eastman Saxophone Project.

Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-1000. 7:30 p.m.

CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL

Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS). Hatch Hall, 26

POP/ROCK

The Archive Ravens. Abilene,

153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230.

8 p.m. $5.

Chrissie Romano Band. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport.

802-6741. 7 p.m.

The Commonheart, Vinyl Orange Ottoman. Flour City Station,

170 East Ave. 413-5745. 9 p.m. $10/$12.

Dean’s List. Iron Smoke Distillery, 111 Parce Ave Suite 5b. Fairport.

388-7584. 7:30 p.m. $5.

Herb Heins & The Turbines.

Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 244-1224.

7-10 p.m. $5.

Jungle Steve. The Daily Refresher, 293 Alexander St. 360-4627. 7 p.m.

VOCALS

Chorus of the Genesee.

Gibbs St. 274-1000. 7:30 p.m.

Harmony House, 58 East Main St. Webster. 7 p.m.

JAZZ

[ FRI., APRIL 12 ]

Roger Eckers Quartet. Via

Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Pl. Pittsford. 641-0340. 7 p.m.

HIP-HOP/RAP

DAR£, Lil Geechy, Jake Daniels.

Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 10 p.m. $5/$10.

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ACOUSTIC/FOLK Jack Baron. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Pl. Pittsford.

641-0340. 7 p.m.

Jackson Cavalier. The Spirit Room, 139 State St. 397-7595.

9 p.m. $5/$10.

CLASSICAL Arvid Gast. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. rocago.org. 7:30 p.m. $5-$12.

Eastman Philharmonia: Joshua Bell, violin. Kodak Hall, 60

Gibbs St. 7:30 p.m. $71-$91.

Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra. Nazareth College Glazer Music Performance Center, 4245 East Ave. 389-2700. 7:30 p.m.

COUNTRY VOLK. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane.

Fairport. 315-3003. 8 p.m.

JAZZ

Concerts on Park: The Mambo Kings. Immanuel Baptist

Church, 815 Park Ave. 473-7664. 7 p.m. $5/$10.

Eastman Jazz Lab Band.

Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-1000. 7:30 p.m.

The Klick. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 8:30 p.m. $5.

The Occasional Saints. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230.

6 p.m.

METAL

In the Shadows of Giants, Sastruga, Mavradoxa, Tyranitar.

California Brew Haus, 402 W. Ridge Rd. 621-1480. 7:30 p.m. $8/$10.

POP/ROCK

Cypher, Elephant In The Room.

Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. 9 p.m.

Footstep and Nobody. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport.

315-3003. 5-7 p.m.

Ice Cream Social. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230.

9:30 p.m. $5.

Matt Stephens, Dial Up. Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 244-1224. 7 p.m. $10.

Nobody’s Marigold, Nazareth College Rock Ensemble. Sticky

Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. 9 p.m.

Patternist, DBMK, Walkney.

Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. 7 p.m. $10/$12.

Rarity, Romancer, 20 SomeThing, Pawner. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com.

9 p.m. $10/$12.

River Lynch & The Spiritmakers, The False Positives. Lux, 666

South Ave. 9 p.m. $5.

[ SAT., APRIL 13 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK Genesee Rising. Johnny’s Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990.

2 p.m. $10.

Michael P. Smith. Rochester Christian Reformed Church, 2750 Atlantic Ave. Penfield.

7:30 p.m. $10-$22.

AMERICANA

Hey Mavis. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 8 p.m. $12/$17.

RECORD STORE DAY

DJs MDG, Peter Hughes, Psychedelic Nun, & more. 9

a.m.-6 p.m. Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave. 271-3354.

Rob Noyes, Lunar Guys, r.uuja, Joe+N. 12-5 p.m. NeedleDrop,

304 Gregory St. 271-6785.

The Stedwells, Ted Nicolosi, Jill McCracken, & more. 9 a.m.-9

p.m. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210.

The Tombstone Hands, Anonymous Willpower, Hankerin’ Harry, & more. 9:30

a.m.-8 p.m. House of Guitars, 645 Titus Ave. 544-3500.

BLUES

Cotton Toe Three. Abilene, 153

Liberty Pole Way. 9 p.m. $5.

Noah Moses. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 315-3003. 5 p.m.

CLASSICAL

Clibbus, Pomello. Rosen Krown, 875 Monroe Ave. 10 p.m.

The Gray Hounds. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. 9 p.m.

Northside Johnny. Iron Smoke Distillery, 111 Parce Ave, 5b.

Fairport. 388-7584. 9 p.m. $5.

Roses & Revolutions, Sam Goodwill, Space Cubs, My Vegan Uncle. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 9 p.m. $10.

JAZZ

Frank McComb, Will Holton.

Brue Coffee Co., 960 Genesee St. 287-5282. 8 p.m. $20.

Jon Seiger & the All Stars. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Pl. Pittsford. 641-0340. 7 p.m.

HIP-HOP/RAP

KZA K’ Lee, Moses Rockwell, MF SKUM, ILL, Negus IRap.

The Yards, 50-52 Public Market. attheyards.com. 9:30 p.m. $5.

METAL

Psycroptic, Cannabis Corpse, Gorod, Micawber. Montage

Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. 6:30 p.m. $17/$18.

POP/ROCK

Ben Morey & The Eyes. The

Spirit Room, 139 State St. 397-7595. 9 p.m. $7.

City Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave. 451-0047. 5:30 p.m. $5.

ROCKABILLY

The Mopar Cams. Bug Jar,

219 Monroe Ave. 9:30 p.m.

TRADITIONAL

Justin Stahl: Pops on Pipes.

R&B/ SOUL

Cinnamon Jones & Eternal Soul. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane.

Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. rtosonline.org. 2 p.m. $15/ students free.

Fairport. 315-3003. 8 p.m.

VOCALS REGGAE/JAM The Majestics. Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 244-1224. 8 p.m. $10.

VOCALS

Lotte Lenya Competition.

Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-1000. 11 a.m. Concert: 8pm.

RIT Gospel Ensemble. Allen Chapel, RIT, One Lomb Memorial Drive. 475-4292. 7 p.m.

WORLD

The Medicinals, Buffalo Afrobeat Orchestra. Photo City

Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave. 451-0047. 9 p.m. $8.

[ SUN., APRIL 14 ] AMERICANA

House of Hamill, LewingtonDownie. Fanatics Pub & Pizza, 7281 W Main St. Lima.

624-2080. 3 p.m.

Eastman Cello Choir. Hatch Hall,

26 Gibbs St. 274-1000. 11 a.m.

UR Chamber Orchestra. The Episcopal Church of St. Luke & St. Simon Cyrene, 17 S Fitzhugh St. 546-7730. 7 p.m.

PUNK/HARDCORE

Invictra, Just One More, Bushido Code, Nuclear Winter. Photo

Eastman Repertory Singers, Women’s Chorus. Lutheran

Church of the Reformation, 111 N. Chestnut St. 3 p.m.

Nazareth College Choirs.

Nazareth College Glazer Music Performance Center, 4245 East Ave. 389-2700. 3 p.m.

[ MON., APRIL 15 ] JAZZ

The Barroom Buzzards Plus Two. Radisson Hotel, 175

Jefferson Rd. flowercityjazz.org.

6:30 p.m. $12.

POP/ROCK

The Gen X Quartet, The Painted Birds, EMDR. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com.

9:30 p.m. $8/$10.

Polyphia, I The Mighty, Tides Of Man. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. 6 p.m. $20/$24.

[ TUE., APRIL 16 ]

CLASSICAL

Greece Symphony Orchestra.

Bethany Presbyterian Church, 3000 Dewey Ave. 473-6711.

3 p.m. $5.

Junheng Chen, violin. George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. eastman.org. 3 p.m. $5-$15.

Spanish Music for Cello. The Episcopal Church of St. Luke & St. Simon Cyrene, 17 S Fitzhugh St. 410-7278. 1:30 p.m. $10.

Ying Quartet. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-1000. 3 p.m. $23-$29.

JAZZ

The Cool Club & The Lipker Sisters. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park

Point Dr. lovincup.com. 6 p.m. $5.

POP/ROCK

Bob Dietch: The Piano Bar. Out Alliance, 100 College Ave. Second Sunday of every month, 2-4 p.m. $5.

EMDR. The Daily Refresher, 293 Alexander St. 360-4627.

5-7 p.m.

ACOUSTIC/FOLK

Jeff Riales & Friends. Abilene,

153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230.

7:30 p.m. $5.

Spring Chickens. Little Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7 p.m.

CLASSICAL

Don Weilerstein, violin. Ciminelli

Lounge, ESM, 100 Gibbs St. 1:30 p.m.

Guy Johnston, Chiao-Wen Cheng. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-1000. 7:30 p.m. $10.

Nazareth College Wind Symphony & Symphonic Band.

Nazareth College Glazer Music Performance Center, 4245 East Ave. 389-2700. 7:30 p.m.

METAL

Ulthar, Sastruga, Sulaco. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar. com. 9 p.m. $10/$12.

POP/ROCK

The Sideways. Bop Shop

Records, 1460 Monroe Ave. 271-3354. 7:30 p.m.

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Art

Megan Joy May’s photo-collage self-portrait as The High Priestess, on view at Flower City Arts Center.

Practical magic “Myths of the Sacred Wound” THROUGH APRIL 27 | FLOWER CITY ARTS CENTER, 713 MONROE AVENUE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M.; THURSDAY, 10 A.M. TO 9:30 P.M.; FRIDAY-SATURDAY, NOON TO 5 P.M. | FREE | 271-5920; ROCHESTERARTS.ORG [ REVIEW ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

Last Saturday evening a crowd of art devotees gathered to watch a woman give birth to herself. She emerged from behind a curtain dressed like a priestess in flowing veils, nude fishnets, and shimmering pumps, with a giant third-eye headdress strapped to her brow.

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The front of her stockings protruded with a volume of scarves, simulating a baby bump.

Over the course of her performance she called upon the elements, ancestors, spirit guides, archangels, and ascended masters, performed a cosmic dance with a mannequin, used a blade to cut off all of her clothing, anointed herself with her own menstrual blood, and

buried herself in a mound of soil. When she reemerged, minutes later, she was ecstatic.

The performance was the culmination of Megan Joy May’s year-long art residency at Flower City Arts Center, and it accompanied “Myths of the Sacred Wound,” an exhibit of her photographic self-portraiture, which is on view through April 27 at the center’s Photography & Digital Arts Gallery.

There’s not a lot of performance art going on in Rochester, and what I have seen in the past several years was in a similar conceptual vein: photographer Tina Starr performed acts of catharsis and confrontation to small crowds, reclaiming her body while displaying it on her own terms. Portraiture (self- and otherwise) is inherently performative, so the leap from photography to performance art is perhaps not a large one.

It feels like a cliché to call May’s performance courageous, but it wouldn’t be false. A female-bodied individual deciding the terms of how her body is viewed and consumed is an act of confrontation. Making “dirty” menstrual blood a public topic, let alone smudging it on your face and body, is defiant as hell. And making a sweep of eye contact with the audience while nude before descending into the earth is one hell of a goddess move (just ask Persephone or Inanna).

Performance art is also an act of trust, a sacred covenant formed between the player and the witness. It’s not meant to be comfortable, but provocative, and it’s arguably the most difficult art to approach.

Even May’s photography is treated as performance: with few exceptions she functions as both photographer and model. Her work runs the gamut from boudoir-esque explorations of her own sensuality to more formal-looking, staged portraits of her holding a baby doll to her breast, with a shimmering red cloth (representing blood) suspended from her vulva to the mound of dirt she stands on. She’s created photo-collage self-portraits that allude to tarot cards (in this show, The High Priestess and The Empress) and are packed with elemental and spiritual symbolism. And she experiments with creating animated gifs from selfies on social media.

Woman-centered, witchy, woo-woo practices have seen a resurgence among Millennials and in the younger generation (whatever it is we’re calling it), and it’s not just a passing identity fad. There are deeperthan-ever dives into the nuances of tarot and astrology specifically, and women and femmes have begun to identify with specific goddess or heroine archetypes, the femininity of nature and of the Earth, and spirit guides.

The interest in, and hunger for, reawakening feminine-powered, elemental and spiritual arts that began during the sexual revolution is experiencing a second wave.

And just like the first wave, it’s experiencing a pushback from the patriarchy. Whether women dabble in the practices — as symbolic anchors of power in a world that denies them equity — or take it all seriously, there’s a knee-jerk tendency to deride and dismiss it. That’s cruel, given that it’s doing no harm, is arguably no more ridiculous than better-respected religions and rituals, and can serve as a means of self-actualizing. But May sees the ridicule as echoes of something more sinister: when the patriarchy seized power and defended its supremacy with bloodshed.

A great deal of violence against women has happened throughout history, May said in an interview. And part of women’s internalized misogyny comes from “an epigenetic fear that has kept us back, kept us to want to be safe,” she says. “There’s a biological imperative to survive.”

But she says she feels tenuous about the concept of gender polarity, and she is sensitive to trans people and the bad social constructs they deal with. “Part of my reconciliation with the feminine is that the feminine doesn’t belong to me or just to bleeding bodies,” May says. “The reason that women, people of color, and all marginalized people could be ‘othered’ is they were set apart from a central understanding of what it is to be human: white and male. That’s not nature’s truth.”

And with the widespread, modern concept of the divine as strictly masculine, anything outside of that is inherently diminished. And it’s heretical to challenge that, she says.

During her residency, May has given many workshops and lectures, and she has one coming up on April 18. She talks like a professor, guru, motivational speaker, and best friend, all rolled into one. She’s joyful, bright, direct, and engaging in conversations about feminist theory, old world cultural practices, and intuitive philosophies about the mind and body. May recently turned 34, and she says she’s interested in mentoring creative women in their 20’s and 30’s.

Individual healing is collective healing, she says. “If I do healing on myself, I’m healing my family, my bloodline. If I’m healing myself and being vocal about how that’s happening, and I’m modeling that, I’m healing my community, for the people who need to see that.”

An extended version of this review is online at rochestercitynewspaper.com.

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Arts & Performance Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] 1570 Gallery at Valley Manor, 1570 East Ave. The Way We See It. April 12-May 12.

Reception Apr 12, 6-8pm.

546-8400.

GO ART!, 201 E Main St. Batavia. Joe Vernon Collection of Model Sailing Ships.

Through May 4. goart.org.

Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. David Bleich: Whose Woods These Are. Through May 12.

271-2540.

Kodak Center, 200 W. Ridge Rd. Justin Scalera: Kodak Park Works. April 12-June 14.

Reception Apr 12, 6-8pm.

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 1969 Turns 50.

Through July 28; Reflections on Place: The Soul Train. Artist talk April 14, 2pm. Through Oct 13. 276-8900.

The Gallery @ Art & Music Library, Rush Rhees, 755 Library Rd. Dillon Kyle: Synthetic Adaptation. April 1327. 5-6pm. 273-2267.

Tower Fine Arts Center, 180 Holley St. Brockport. Annual Student Art Exhibition.

Reception April 12, 5-8pm.

395-2787.

Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. Sequential Considerations.Through Apr 13. vsw.org.

Whitman Works Co., 1826 Penfield Rd. Penfield. Windows Into Darkness: The Art of Shawn Conn. Through Apr 27.

420-8654.

William Harris Gallery, 3rd Floor Gannett Hall, RIT. Point of Contact: MFA Thesis Exhibition. Through Apr 19.

475-2716.

Williams Gallery at First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. Steven W. Justice: Light Sources. Through Apr 15.

Art Events [ FRI., APRIL 12 ] Three Masters: Hidden Gems.

5-7 p.m. NTID Dyer Arts Center, 52 Lomb Memorial Dr. Reception rit.edu/ntid/dyerarts. [ SAT., APRIL 13 ] Second Saturdays. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The Hungerford, 1115 E Main St. 469-821;, 3-6 p.m. Cornerstone Gallery, 8732 Main St., Honeoye. baierpottery.com.

Comedy [ THU., APRIL 11 ] Mike Bonner, Talent, & Friends.

7:30 p.m. Photo City Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave $25/$30.

451-0047.

Tammy Pescatelli. 7:30 p.m.

Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $9-$15.

426-6339.

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COMEDY | JON LOVITZ

Chances are pretty good you’ve laughed at Jon Lovitz sometime in that last 30 years whether you remember him from Saturday Night Live in the late 1980s, were a fan of the cult animated series “The Critic,” or you know him from one of his numerous films or his more recent voice acting in cartoons like “Hotel Transylvania” and “The Simpsons.” Lovitz will perform his standup act this week at The Vine at del Lago Resort & Casino. Despite his voice work for cartoons, leave the kids at home for this show. It’s rated R, and you must be 21 or over to attend shows at The Vine.

Friday, April 12, at 8 p.m. at The Vine at del Lago Resort & Casino, 1133 NY-414, Waterloo. $20-$50. 315-946-1695; dellagoresort.com/entertainment.

— BY AMANDA LYNN

Dance Events [ SAT., APRIL 13 ] NYS Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 2 p.m.

Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. $15-$50.

454-4596.

Spring Explorations & Experimental Dances. 8 p.m.

Spurrier Hall Dance Studio, UR, $5. 273-5150.

Theater The Accidental Hero. Fri., April 12, 8 p.m. & Sat., April 13, 3 p.m. Downstairs Cabaret, 3450 Winton Place $25. 325-4370.

The Crucible. Fri., April 12, 7 pm., Sat., April 13, 2 pm & Sun., April 14, 2 p.m.

Hale Auditorium, Roberts Wesleyan College, 2301 Westside Dr $12.

Fences. Thu., April 11, 7:30 p.m., Fri., April 12, 7:30 p.m., Sat., April 13, 7:30 p.m. & Sun., April 14, 2 p.m. Robert F. Panara Theatre, 52 Lomb Mem. Dr. $5-$12. 475-4121.

Festival of Staged Readings: God of Vengeance. Wed., April 10, 7 p.m. JCC Hart Theatre, 1200 Edgewood Ave. 461-2000.

The I-Won’t-Be-Home-ForChristmas Club. Sat., April 13, 8 p.m. & Sun., April 14, 3 p.m. Downstairs Cabaret, 3450 Winton Place $25. 325-4370.

Indecent. Thu., April 11, 7 p.m., Sat., April 13, 8 p.m. and Sun., April 14, 2 p.m. JCC Hart Theatre, 1200 Edgewood Ave. $20-$33. 461-2000.

Long Day’s Journey Into Night.

Fridays, Saturdays, 7 p.m., Sundays, 1 p.m. & Thursdays, 7 p.m MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave $9-$19.

Native Gardens. Weds, Thurs, 7:30 p.m., Fridays, 8 p.m., Sundays, 2 & 7 p.m., Saturdays, 4 & 8:30 p.m. & Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m Geva Theatre, 75 Woodbury Blvd $25-$69. gevatheatre.org.

Rochester Gay Men’s Chorus: Miscast. Sat., April 13, 7:30 p.m. and Sun., April 14, 3 p.m. Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St $14. 423-0650.

The Royale. Thu., April 11, 7 p.m., Fri., April 12, 7 p.m., Sat., April 13, 2:30 & 7:30 p.m., Sun., April 14, 3 p.m. & Tue., April 16, 7 p.m. Geva Theatre, 75 Woodbury Blvd $34-$37. gevatheatre.org.

Activism [ WED., APRIL 10 ] Panel Discussion: Local Waterfront Landscape Design.

5:30 p.m. Community Design Center, 1115 E. Main St. CDCRochester.org.

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Film Dryden Theatre, 900 East Ave. “The Parallax View” (1974).

Wed., April 10, 7:30 p.m; “Barton Fink” (1991). Thu., April 11, 7:30 p.m.; “Since You Went Away” (1944). Fri., April 12, 7:30 p.m.; “Judgment at Nuremberg”(1961). Sat., April 13, 7:30 p.m..; “Days of Heaven” (1978). Tue., April 16, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10.

Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. Bolshoi Ballet: “The Golden Age” Sun., April 14, noon & Tue., April 16, 6 p.m. $18/$20. thelittle.org.

Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. In Dialogue: Mary Helena Clark & the VSW Film Collection. Thu., April 11, 7 p.m. $5. vsw.org.

ART BY BILL STEWART

ART | AIR EXHIBIT & BILL STEWART SCULPTURE

This month Main Street Arts is displaying more than 100 works of art by 40 alumni of its artist-in-residence program, which has been in place since 2016. In the main level gallery, “Artist in Residence Alumni Exhibition” continues through May 17.

And opening this week in the second-floor gallery is ‘Eccentric Energy: Sculpture by Bill Stewart,’ featuring a cross-section of Kids Events his work from the 1970s to 2017. Stewart’s work is inspired by the work of children, outsider, and folk arts, and this show is [ FRI., APRIL 12 ] being held in honor of his career, as he prepares to leave the Rochester International Children’s Film Festival. Various Rochester area. An opening reception will be held in collaboralocal libraries through April 27 tion with the Rochester Art Collectors on Friday, April 12, from kidsfestroc.org.

5 to 8 p.m., with a talk about Bill Stewart’s work at 6:30 p.m. [ SAT., APRIL 13 ] by former Dawson Gallery owner and blogger, Shirley Dawson.

MESS-tival. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. $13$15. rmsc.org.

[ SUN., APRIL 14 ] Peter Rabbit: Sensory-Friendly Screening. 1 p.m. Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave. 271-1785.

Taleah’s Story Carnival. Second Sunday of every month, 2 p.m. The Avenue Blackbox Theatre, 780 Joseph Ave. avenuetheatre.org.

Special Events [ THU., APRIL 11 ] The Happiest Hour. 5:30-9:30 p.m. Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq. $15.

263-2700. [ FRI., APRIL 12 ] Spring Wildflower & Orchid Show. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion, 151 Charlotte St . Canandaigua $5/$10. sonnenberg.org. [ SAT., APRIL 13 ] Antique Show & Sale. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Rd Mumford gcv.org.

Celebrate City Living Expo.

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sibley Square, 250 East Main St. celebratecityliving.com.

Flower City Comic Con. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Blue Cross Arena, One War Memorial Sq $12$30/Kids 10 & under: free. fc3roc.com.

“Eccentric Energy” continues through April 27 at Main Street Arts, 20 West Main Street, Clifton Springs. Free. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 315-4620210; mainstreetartsgallery.com.

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Culture Lectures [ WED., APRIL 10 ] Understanding the Fate & Impacts of Plastic Pollution in the Great Lakes. 7:30 p.m. RMSC, 657 East Ave. Dr. Matthew Hoffman, RIT $6/$10. rmsc.org. [ THU., APRIL 11 ] Hinduism as a Catholic: Finding God in Small Things. 7 p.m.

Nazareth College Glazer Music Performance Center, 4245 East Ave Francis X. Clooney 389-2731.

History Happy Hour: Reefer Madness. 6:30-8 p.m. Nox, 302 Goodman St N $20.

Northern Slavery: The Roots of Entrepreneurship, Sense of Manhood, & Affirmative Action in the Black Community. 7 p.m.

Baobab Cultural Center, 728 Univ.ersity Ave. Dr. Kenneth Marshall,. 563-2145.

The Ship That Held Up Wall St. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. W/ museum admission 276-8900. [ MON., APRIL 15 ] Steve Wendell: Honor Flights. 7 p.m. Gates Community Center, 1605 Buffalo Rd 464-9740.

[ TUE., APRIL 16 ] Buffalo Soldiers. 7 p.m.

Fairport Historical Museum, 18 Perrin St 223-3989.

Literary Events [ THU., APRIL 11 ] Idra Novey: Those Who Knew.

7:30 p.m. Wilson Formal Lounge, 3690 East Ave. 385-5269.

Words & Music; Music & Words. 7 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Ave. $6. wab.org. [ FRI., APRIL 12 ] Reading Craig Morgan Teicher.

7 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Ave $6. wab.org. [ SUN., APRIL 14 ] Rochester Poets National Poetry Month Celebration.

2 p.m. Legacy at Cranberry Landing, 300 Cranberry Landing Dr. 260-9005.

Speak Easy: Readings by Local Writers. 1 p.m. Cheshire, 647 South Ave. $7. 820-7017.

Storytelling: Parables. 9:45 a.m. Downtown Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St. 325-4000. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 25

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Michael Kenneth Williams and Emilio Estevez in “The Public.” PHOTO COURTESY GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT

Higher learning “The Public” DIRECTED BY EMILIO ESTEVEZ OPENS FRIDAY, APRIL 12 [ PREVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW

In the excellent, sprawling documentary about the New York Public Library, “Ex Libris,” filmmaker Frederick Wiseman examined the vital cultural role of libraries, showing them to be so much more than free sources of knowledge. From administrative meetings,

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to book clubs, lectures, and community meetings, Wiseman turned his camera on employees, patrons, scholars, and the people who depend on libraries every day. Scene by scene, he built the case that these institutions are the very lifeblood of an educated society.

One intriguing issue that film touched on only briefly was the question of how library employees should humanely and compassionately respond to homeless visitors.

The real-life workers seen in “Ex Libris” had no perfect answer, and made efforts to welcome these individuals, but only up to a point.

That same question is at the heart of Emilio Estevez’s “The Public,” an oldfashioned, heart-on-its-sleeve social advocacy drama that finds the actor returning to the director’s chair for the first time in eight years.

In addition to writing, directing, and producing, Estevez also stars as Stuart Goodson, head librarian at the downtown Cincinnati Public Library. Goodson and the rest of the staff have a friendly but at times uneasy relationship with the individuals who frequent their library. The building acts as a place for them to stay during the day and get

out of the cold for a while, and that’s fine, so long as their presence didn’t infringe on the safety or comfort of the library’s other patrons.

But as the city braces itself for a bitter cold snap, a group of homeless people (led by Michael Kenneth Williams) decide to occupy the building after closing hours, refusing to leave because the shelters are full and they may very well freeze to death if forced to remain outside. The police are called, and the situation quickly spirals into a media and political maelstrom, drawing in a police crisis negotiator (Alec Baldwin), a district attorney and mayoral candidate (Christian Slater), the chief of police (Richard T. Jones), and the library’s director (Jeffrey Wright).

Estevez is strongest in setting up the film’s world, establishing daily operations of the library and people in it. But as the conflict develops, things take a turn for the melodramatic. And by centering the film’s moral quandary on Stuart (and his colleague, played by Jena Malone) the story ends up taking the form of a white savior narrative.

The film’s large ensemble cast (which also includes Taylor Schilling as a burgeoning romantic interest for Estevez’s character) leads to a few too many underdeveloped plot strands.

The less said about a morally bankrupt TV news reporter (Gabrielle Union) looking to mine the standoff for her own professional gain, the better.

But for the most part Estevez does well, adding complexity and heart to the story he wishes to tell. And the central debate is a fascinating one: What is a library that can’t serve the most basic needs of its patrons, and what are the limits of its obligation to its patrons?

Despite any narrative shortcomings, “The Public” succeeds through an appealing earnestness and sincerity, building a thoughtful, compassionate drama that seeks to challenge its audience as much as it entertains.

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Easter Worship Services The Historic Parsells Church A Dynamic Christ Community

Easter Sunday, April 21st, 12:00 noon Weekly Gospel Services – 12:00 noon

Please Join Us For Holy Week And Easter Sunday Liturgies PALM SUNDAY – APRIL 13 & 14 St. Boniface 9:00am Blessed Sacrament 10:00am St. Mary’s 10:30am Blessed Sacrament 12:15pm

HOLY THURSDAY – APRIL 18 St. Mary’s 7:00pm (Mass of the Lord’s Supper, and Adoration until 10:00pm)

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Temporary worship site for services Covenant methodist Church 1124 Culver Rd., Rochester, 14609

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Irondequoit United Church of Christ Palm Sunday April 14

9:30AM Celebration Worship 11AM Traditional Worship

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Easter Sunday April 21

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GOOD FRIDAY – APRIL 19 St. Mary’s 12:10pm (Service) St. Boniface 3:00pm (Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion) Blessed Sacrament 5:30pm-7:30pm (Church open for Prayer)

HOLY SATURDAY – APRIL 20 Blessed Sacrament 8:00pm (Easter Vigil)

EASTER SUNDAY – APRIL 21 St. Boniface 9:00am Blessed Sacrament 10:00am St. Mary’s 10:30am Blessed Sacrament 12:15pm

Blessed Sacrament • 534 Oxford St. (at Monroe) • 271-7240 St Boniface • 330 Gregory St. (near South Ave) • 271-7240 St Mary’s • 15 St Mary’s Place (near GEVA) • 271-7240

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Legal Ads [ NOTICE ] 327 Custom Woodworks, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 3/27/19. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to Matthew R Depuyt 337 Shadowbrook Dr Webster, NY 14580 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] 595 UA LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on March 27, 2019. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SS will mail a copy of any process to 44 Field St, Rear, Rochester, NY 14620. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] ANASTASIA’S PHOTOGRAPHY, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 3/20/2019. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to Anastasia Ludwig, 892 N Landing Rd, Rochester, NY 14625.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] C & T Kuter Properties, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 11/28/18. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to 563 Riga-Mumford Rd Churchville, NY 14428 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] David Parkway Development LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on February 13, 2019. Its office is in Monroe County.

The Secretary of State is designated to receive process service with a copy mailed to: 18 Park Forest Drive, Pittsford, NY 14534. The purpose of the company is real estate investment and property management. [ NOTICE ] David R. Cok, Safer Software Consulting, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 2/25/2019. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 457 Hillside Ave., Rochester, NY 14610. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] DSL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/1/2019. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 3447 Latta Rd.,

Rochester, NY 14612, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] DUBBY’S WOOD FIRED LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/26/2018. Office loc: Orleans County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Rebecca Alexander, 2332 Kenyonville Road, Albion, NY 14411. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Goodnight Pest Management LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 3/8/19.

Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to 2918 South Union St Ogden, NY 14624 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Inrenovation Holdings, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 2/15/19. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to 5701 Yanni Ct Avon, NY 14414 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Kalabaka Property Management LLC Filed 4/4/19 Office: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: PO Box 1392, Pittsford, NY 14534 Purpose: all lawful [ NOTICE ] KMWMK, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 4/1/19.

LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 36 Rolling Meadows Way, Penfield, NY 14526.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Lifewall Energy Systems, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on March 15, 2019.

LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 22 Fallbrook Circle, Rochester, NY 14625.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Lindsay C. Fahey, Mental Health Counselor, PLLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 3/21/2019. Cty: Monroe.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Lindsay C. Fahey, 1220 Mt. Hope Ave., Rochester, Ny 14620. Purposes: Mental Health Counseling. [ NOTICE ] MCF 2018, LLC-Authority filed with Secy. of State of

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To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com NY (SSNY) on 3/13/2019.

Office location: Monroe Co. LLC formed in NJ on 12/6/2018. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 8 Metzger Drive, West Orange, NJ 07052. Principal addr.

Of LLC: 8 Metzger Drive, West Orange, NJ 07052.

Cert. of Formation filed with State Treasurer, 33 W State St. #5th, Trenton, NJ 08608 Purpose: any lawful activities

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Notice of Formation of AquaTight Services, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/06/19.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 1555 Highland Ave., Rochester, NY 14620.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NAPPA TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL LLC. Filed 1/15/19. Office: Orleans Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: C/O John Nappa, 460 E. Center St, Medina, NY 14103.

Purpose: General. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 4468 CULVER ROAD, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/26/2019.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o 2117 Buffalo Rd. #221, Rochester, NY 14624.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 51 South Avenue, LLC (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the NY Secy of State (“SOS”) on 3/18/19.

The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. SOS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SOS shall mail a copy of such process to P. O. Box #444, Brockport, NY 14420. The LLC is formed to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 5412 Ridge, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/28/2019. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 5 Rye Rd., Rochester, NY 14626.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 985 Ridge Road Webster LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/20/19. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 180 Canal View Blvd, Ste 600, Rochester, NY 14623.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Actively Motivating Others LLC Art. of Org. filed Secy of State (SSNY) 03/15/2019. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 25 Mona St, Rochester, NY, 14609 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ]

[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of ARTISAN AUTO GRUPPE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/11/2019. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 7748 Newco Dr., Hamlin, NY 14464.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of BARDOWN 22 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/17/2018. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 375 Beach Rd., Unit 802, Jupiter, FL 33469.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Better Friend Cards LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 2/20/19.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 21 Wedmore Rd, Fairport NY 14450 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Brenner Design Group LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on February 25, 2019. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 127 Crosman Terrace, Rochester, NY 14620 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ]

Notice of Formation of Brockport Custom House, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/15/19. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 1 Main St, Brockport, NY 14420. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Brockport School of Dance and Performing Arts, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 3/6/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 198 Thornell Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: any lawful activities. Leah Brady, Organizer [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Compliance by Design Consulting, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/28/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 600 East Ave., Apt. #6, Rochester, NY 14607.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DancingTwins Publications, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/13/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: InCorp Services, Inc., One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Ave Ste 805A, Albany, NY 12210-2822, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Name of LLC: Lora Laine Properties, LLC; Date of filing: February 26, 2019; Office of the LLC: Orleans Co.; The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served.

NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 2228 Kent Road, Kent, New York 14477; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Name of LLC: Mitre Construction Management, LLC; Date of filing: March 5, 2019; Office of the LLC: Monroe Co.; The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served.

NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 43 Norbrook Road, Fairport, New York 14450; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of FROM HOUSE 2 HOME, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/12/19.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Matthew L. Hudson, 37 Inglewood Dr., Rochester, NY 14619. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Go Luxury Washroom Trailers LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/13/19. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 3353 Brighton Henrietta Town Line Road, Rochester, NY 14623.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of HERRERA TRANSPORTATION LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 03/04/2019. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 25 JOANNE DR ROCHESTER NY 14616 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of JB & SON PROPERTIES, LLC.Arts. of Org, filed with Secy. of State of NY(SSNY) on February 25, 2019 Office location: Monroe County.SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to princ. bus. Loc.: 550 Latona Road, Building D,Suite 400, Rochester, New York 14626. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of L’ Angolo Properties, L.L.C. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/21/19. Office location: Monroe County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 24 Quaker Meeting House Rd., Honeoye Falls, NY 14472. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Laskoski & Son Property Investors, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 03/21/2017.

Office location: Monroe

County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 10 Patera Avenue, Fairport, New York 14450. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: Bowl of Naked Lettuce Catering LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Sec. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on January 24, 2019. Office location: Monroe. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Molly E. Kommer, 25 Chipping Ridge, Fairport, New York 14450.

Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of LuMara Management LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/13/2019.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, P.O. Box 187, N. Greece, NY 14468.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Mar-Mar Properties, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/10/07. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1315 Jay St, Rochester, NY 14611, Attn: Raleigh A. Cummings, the registered agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Marisa’s Attic, LLC (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the NY Secy of State (“SOS”) on 3/22/19.

The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. SOS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SOS shall mail a copy of such process to 1045 Gravel Rd., Webster, NY 14580. The LLC is formed to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MBT Beauty, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/27/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Sammy Feldman, 3445 Winton Place, Ste 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any

lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Ninepence LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 2/21/19. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 180 Overbrook Rd, Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of OLED Devices, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/5/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 166 Warrington St., Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Pediatric Urgent Care of Rochester, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/17/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 1800 Maple Road, Ste 100, Williamsville, NY 14221. Purpose: practice the profession of medicine. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of PianoMart.com LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 4/2/19.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 450 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Pines MM LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/4/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 10 E 40th St, 10th Fl, NY, NY 10016, the registered agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Pines of Perinton LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/4/19. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 10 E 40th St, 10th Fl, NY, NY 10016,

Legal Ads the registered agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Pioneer C & R Development, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/29/16.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 98 Monica St, Rochester, NY 14619 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of RAY’S PHOTOGRAPHY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/28/2019.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1112 Peck Rd., Hilton, NY 14468.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of REJOICE PROPERTIES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/11/2019.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 50 Cambridge St., Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Renewed Dwellings LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/12/19.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 641 Kayloc Circle, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of RPD Properties, LLC (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the NY Secy of State (“SOS”) on 3/4/19. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. SOS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SOS shall mail a copy of such process to 1461 Harris Rd., Webster, NY 14580. The LLC is formed to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SALUT Artwork by Bradd A Young, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 2/12/19. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom

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process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 1900 Highland Ave Roch. NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

of LLC upon who process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 115 Van Voorhis Avenue, Rochester, NY 14617.

Purpose: Payroll Service.

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Notice of Formation of Seafood Harbor, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/22/19. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Sammy Feldman, 3445 Winton Place, Ste 228, Rochester, NY 14623.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of VON REIGNS L.L.C..

Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/24/18.

Office in Monroe County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 1967 WEHRLE DR STE 1 #086 BUFFALO, NY, 14221.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose

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Notice of formation of Serqet Media, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/27/2018.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 55 Danbury Circle, Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful act

Notice of Formation of VT Amps USA, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on March 11, 2019. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 10 Frostholm Drive, Rochester, NY 14624 . Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of formation of Serqet Productions, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/27/2018.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 55 Danbury Circle, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful act

Notice of Qualification of CHATHAM INSURANCE PARTNERS, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/21/19. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Georgia (GA) on 07/18/18. NYS fictitious name: CHATHAM INSURANCE PARTNERS AGENCY, LLC. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. GA addr. of LLC: 415 E. Liberty St., Savannah, GA 31401.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 313 W. Tower, 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., Atlanta, GA 30334-1530. Purpose: Insurance agency.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Seven Sages Farms, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/5/19.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 100 Allens Creek Road, Ste 100, Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Snappie, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/19/2019. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, P.O. Box 15601, Rochester, NY 14615. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Villiams, LLC Art. of Org filed Sec’y of state 10/5/2018. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of CRYOVAC, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/28/19. Office location: Monroe County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/03/73. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Food packaging [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of West Henrietta DG, LLC.

Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/12/19. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/01/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 361 Summit Blvd., Ste. 110, Birmingham, AL 35243. Address to be maintained in DE: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] PETITO TECH LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 4/2/2019. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SS shall mail a copy of any process to c/o the LLC, 95 Merriman Street, Apt. 3, Rochester, New York 14607. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Rocket Roofing LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 3/8/2019. Cty: Monroe.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 178 Falling Leaf Trail, Brockport, NY 14420.

General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] S3 Info Services L.L.C. Arts of Org. filed SSNY 2/14/19. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Jagadish Sau 97 Woodgreen Dr Pittsford, NY 14534 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] SEMM CONSULTING LLC, a domestic LLC filed 03/27/2019 Office: Monroe Co., SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: SEMM CONSULTING LLC, 28 Granderford Hts., W. Henrietta, New York 14586 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Sentinel Property Care LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 9/14/18. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to princ address 25 Penhurst Rd Rochester, NY 14610 RA: US Corp Agents, Inc. 7014 13 Ave #202 Brooklyn, NY 11228 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] SIEMBOR GROUP, LLC has been formed as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) by filing a Certificate with the New York State Secretary of State (NYSS) on February 5, 2019.

Office located in Monroe County. Address for pro-

cess to be served against the LLC is: 1200 Beadle Rd, Brockport, NY 14420.

Term of LLC is perpetual. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Stirling Bridge Homes LLC Filed 2/20/19 Office: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 32 Mulcahy Blvd., Rochester, NY 14624 Purpose: all lawful [ NOTICE ] The Pan-Tor, LLC ,Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 2/1/2019. Cty: Monroe.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 26 Nymark Dr., Rochester, NY 14626.General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Yoruk Forest, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on November 17, 2017.

LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 1425 Jefferson Rd., Rochester, NY 14623. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Abe-David Rochester LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 3/11/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 320 5th Avenue, 7th Floor, NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] EC Upstate Management LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 3/28/19. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 320 5th Avenue, 7th Floor, NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] KRPB, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 3/26/19.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 600 Kreag Road, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation ] Queventive, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY

Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 3/5/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to Attn: Julian Goldstein, 200 Commerce Drive, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BLACK GATE PROPERTIES, LLC ] Art. Of Org. filed with Sc’y State (SSNY) 12/26/2018 Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated Agent of LLC to whom process may be served. SSNY may mail copy of process to 164 COLDWATER ROAD, ROCHESTER, NY 14624 Purpose of LLC: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Fouq_et LLC ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”).

Articles of Organization filed with Sec. of State of NY (“SSNY”) on March 11, 2019. Office location: 181 St. Paul Street, Apt. 3E, Rochester, NY 14604, Monroe County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, 181 St. Paul Street, Apt. 3E, Rochester, NY 14604.

Purpose: to engage in any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the LLC is 419 West State Street LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 7/2/08. The LLC office is located in Orleans County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served, and the address a copy shall be mailed is 115 Brown Street Albion NY 14411. The LLC is managed by a manager.

The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the LLC is MJM Focus Enterprises LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 3/4/19. The LLC office is located in Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served, and the address a copy shall be mailed is 36 Gieger Circle Rochester NY 14612. The LLC is managed by a manager.

The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business.

[ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Boyar Business Group, LLC filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 02/27/2019 with an effective date of formation of 02/27/2019. Its principal place of business is located in Monroe County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 19 Whitecliff Drive, Pittsford, NY 14534. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE INDEX NO. 6743/2014 Plaintiff designates MONROE as the place of trial situs of the real property Mortgaged Premises: 132 BANCROFT DRIVE ROCHESTER, NY 14616 Section: 060.48 Block: 5 Lot: 37 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,Plaintiff, -against- CLAYTON BULL A/K/A CLAY BULL, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF FLORENCE M. CALHOUN A/K/A FLORENCE CALHOUN A/K/A FLORENCE M. BULL A/K/A FLORENCE BULL; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF FLORENCE M. CALHOUN A/K/A FLORENCE CALHOUN A/K/A FLORENCE M. BULL A/K/A FLORENCE BULL; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; MONROE COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT; TOWN OF GREECE; UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; Defendants.

To the above-named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $114,000.00 and interest, recorded on October 23, 2009, at Liber 22685 Page 533, of the Public Records of MONROE County, New York, covering premises known as 132 BANCROFT DRIVE ROCHESTER, NY 14616. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. MONROE County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: HANS AUGUSTIN, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-

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Legal Ads 280-7675 [ SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Index No. E201800 4287CHESWOLD (TL), LLC, Plaintiff, vs. The heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through MILTON BRYANT, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to plaintiff; MARY COOPER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PROPOSED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MILTON BRYANT; WILBERT BRYANT; HUBERT BRYANT; The heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through CARRIE FAGAN, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to plaintiff; WANDA CARR; JACQUELYN HANSON; KENNETH SCREVEN; JEROME SCREVEN; JANEL SCRIVEN A/K/A JANEL SCREVEN; FLODY WALKER; CONTIMORTGAGE CORPORATION;CITY COURT OF ROCHESTER; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; MIDLAND FUNDING LLC; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; MONROE COUNTY DIVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; THE SHORE WINDS, LLC; MILTON BRYANT, as presumptive heir and distributee of the Estate of Milton Bryant, if living, or if he be dead, his wife, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said MILTON BRYANT, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives or widows of his, if any,

all of whose names and addresses are unknown to plaintiff; JANIS WALDEN, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF CARRIE FAGAN; CHRISTOPHER ONEAL KELSEY, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF CARRIE FAGAN AND “JOHN DOE #4” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100”, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: February 1, 2019 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable J. Scott Odorisi, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated March 26, 2019, and filed with supporting papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose tax liens encumbering the property known as 107 Roth Street, City of Rochester, New York and identified as tax account no.: 106.21-3-19.002 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax liens. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $7,816.08, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Anthony J. Iacchetta Attorneys for Plaintiff Cheswold (TL), LLC 28 East Main Street Suite 1400 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone: (585) 2382000 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff, -against- Kenneth Litzenberger, as heir to the Estate of George L. Litzenberger, Debra Litzenberger, as heir to the Estate of George L. Litzenberger, Donna Stubbings, as heir to

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To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com the Estate of George L. Litzenberger, Ronald Litzenberger, as heir to the Estate of George L. Litzenberger, Diane Badger, as heir to the Estate of George L. Litzenberger, Denise Ash, as heir to the Estate of George L. Litzenberger and George L. Litzenberger’s respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, County of Monroe, United States of America, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., Winthrop Capital, LLC, Latta Road Nursing Home, Ken Richardson, Defendants. Index No.: 011047/2017 Filed: 3/18/2019 Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $118,411.00 and interest, recorded in the office of the clerk of the County of Monroe on October 08, 2008 in Book 22040, Page 193 covering premises known as 219 West Ivy Street, East Rochester, NY 14445. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court,

a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Bay Shore, New York February 28, 2019 Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss,Weisman & Gordon, LLP BY: Linda P. Manfredi Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100 Our File No.: 01-033919-F01 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff, -against- Alma Jean Bullock as Heir for the Estate of Ruth Russell, and Ruth Russell’s respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, United States of America-Internal Revenue Service, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Joan Barry, Defendants.

Index No.: E2018005902 Filed : 3/13/19 Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $20,800.00 and interest, recorded in the office of the clerk of the County of Monroe on November 20, 1985 in Book 7171, Page 171 covering premises known as 246 Columbia Avenue, Rochester, NY 14608. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Bay Shore, New York March 7, 2019 Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP BY: Linda P. Manfredi Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100 Our File No.: 01-085015F00 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE INDEX NO. E201800342 Plaintiff designates MONROE as the place of trial situs of the real property Mortgaged Premises: 19 FOX HALL DRIVE ROCHESTER, NY 14609 Section: 92.2, Block: 2 Lot: 1 CIT BANK, N.A., Plaintiff,-against- SUSAN SAPUTO A/K/A SUSAN MESSINA, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF ROSETTA MESSINA; FRANK MESSINA, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF ROSETTA MESSINA; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF ROSETTA MESSINA; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, wid-

ow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; JOHN SAPUTO ‘’JOHN DOE #2’’ through ‘’JOHN DOE #12,’’ the last eleven names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $199,500.00 and interest, recorded on May 8, 2007, at Liber 21168 Page 0566, of the Public Records of MONROE County, New York, covering premises known as 19 FOX HALL DRIVE ROCHESTER, NY 14609. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. MONROE County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said

county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: GLENN CAULFIELD, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516280-7675 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, D/B/A Christiana Trust not individually but as Trustee for Hilldale Trust,, Plaintiff, -against- Monroe County Public Administrator, as Administrator for the estate of Donald R. Porto , Robert D. Porto as Heir to the Estate of Donald R. Porto, Edward M. Porto as Heir to the Estate of Donald R. Porto, Donald R. Porto’s respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, Capital One Bank (USA), National Association; New York State Department of Taxation and Finance; United States of America Acting on Behalf of the Department of TreasuryInternal Revenue Service, Defendants. Index No.: E2018001073 Filed: 3/28/2019 Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial.

Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attor-

neys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America.

In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $112,000.00 and interest, recorded in the office of the clerk of the County of Monroe on March 23, 2006 in Liber 20358, Page 20 covering premises known as 6 Golf Stream Dr, Penfield, NY 14526. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Bay Shore, New York October 17, 2018 Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP BY: Linda P. Manfredi Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100 Our File No.: 01-088267-F00

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