Morning News Brief

41 year old Raymond Hardy and 50 year old Chris Monfort were arrested on Oak Orchard Rd in Elba for trying to steal heavy equipment around 7 on Friday morning.  The Rochester men were spotted walking around and a caller who had been passing by said they didn’t believe they belonged there or that their vehicle belonged on the property.  They are charged with attempted grand larceny, Hardy also has been charged with criminal mischief, and criminal possession of stolen property.  Monfort has 2 prior felony convictions.

The city of Rochester is naming an amphitheater in Martin Luther King Park after Daniel Prude, the man who died of a drug overdose while in police custody in March of 2020.  Mayor Malik Evans said that Prude’s death reverberated across and beyond the region.  An investigator found that Prude’s death in custody had been covered up.  Rochester Police Chief Singletary accused the mayor at the time, Lovely Warren, of trying to force him to lie about the investigation and then announced his own resignation.  Warren then fired him before he could resign.  Prude’s death was ruled a homicide with excited delirium caused by PCP suddenly causing his heart and lungs to stop functioning.  

New York State and the City of Rochester are pledging to help Puerto Rico after the Island province was hit hard by hurricane Fiona.  The Ibero American Action League in Rochester has pledged to help people relocate into the city from Puerto Rico.  Governor Hochul has directed the New York State Police to send 50 troopers to assist with keeping residents safe, with 50 additional troopers being deployed in the coming weeks.  New York State is working with Delta, JetBlue, Coca-Cola, New York State’s Building Trades, the Greater New York Hospital Association, and SOMOS Community Care, who have all pledged their support for response and recovery efforts.  Teams from the New York Power Authority are ready to deploy and assist in restoring power to the island after 2 million people were plunged into darkness by the storm.

Governor Hochul says that she will debate Lee Zeldin but did not commit to any dates.  She said she will release a schedule by the end of the week.  Zeldin has been calling her out for a debate for several weeks.  Critics say that, with early voting and mail in voting causing people to be able to cast their ballot several weeks to a month in advance of the election date, a late debate will come after many people write down their choice.  The election is in November and polls show Hochul and Zeldin within a handful of points of each other.

The Buffalo Bills dominated the Tennessee Titans Monday night at Orchard Park.  Ending the game with 41 points to the Titans 7.  Allen and Diggs made several connections in both halves.  Mat Milano intercepted the ball and ran it back for a 43 yard touchdown.  So far the Bills are undefeated.  Their next game is against the dolphins in Miami on the 25th at 1pm.