LIVINGSTON COUNTY – Sheriff Thomas Dougherty said that specific safety plans are in place for Wednesday's student walkout and voter registration campaign in memory of the victims of the Parkland, Florida shooting. High School students throughout Western New York planned a walkout and voter registration campaign to memorialize the victims of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. On March 14 at 10 a.m., many schools had a protest to last 17 … [Read more...]
Rutigliano: People in Power Must Now Answer to Students’ Issues
GENESEO – SUNY Geneseo student and Village Trustee Mary Rutigliano was one of a few speakers at a demonstration by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality organization protesting the detainment of two Guatemalan women last Thursday as offensive to immigrant rights. Rutigliano took the stage on the college green to say that students can 'make this an issue.' The demonstration lasted for less than an hour. "I was elected … [Read more...]
Trustee Rutigliano: Geneseo Detention Protests are the Right Response
GENESEO – The Village Trustee who joined protests at a traffic stop where two women and five children were taken into custody by Border Patrol says that Geneseo is having the right response. Mary Rutigliano was one of dozens who gathered at the traffic stop for hours as Geneseo Police and Border Patrol agents questioned and ultimately took into custody seven people. Later, she and many others protested outside the Border Patrol office in … [Read more...]
Collins ‘Has No Plans to Hold Town Hall’ as Geneseo Protests Go into Fourth Week
GENESEO – A spokesman for Congressman Chris Collins says that despite weekly demonstrations, the Congressman has no plans to hold any town hall-style meeting. About 45 protesters re-iterated at their fourth weekly demonstration that they want Collins to hold a town hall to personally hear their political concerns, especially concerning the Trump administration. A total of 19 signatures were dated 02/21 on the sign-in sheet at the front of … [Read more...]
Dozens Call for Meeting with Collins on Trump
GENESEO – Protesters from Livingston and neighboring counties gathered outside Congressman Chris Collins' Geneseo office to call on him to set a town hall meeting to hear their concerns. A total of 66 people, members of the Livingston County chapter of Stronger Together WNY and those following moveon.org, quietly held signs and waved to honking cars for about 45 minutes starting at 11:30 a.m. "Collins is very, very close to the Trump … [Read more...]