Housing Instability Effects on Children

Aired 6:00 A.M., 8/25/2023

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Moving to a new home can be a fresh, exciting adventure-- but for children, the frequency *and circumstances* behind the move can leave a big impact... and not always a good one.

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A new report by The Children's Agenda looks into Rochester City School District children moving homes... throughout 2021 and '22. Excluding transition years-- researchers found an average of 38-percent of school children moved-- finding that movement rates were higher among Black, Latino, and mixed-race students... kindergarten through 2nd grade students... and students attending schools in neighborhoods on the north and west side of the city- where there are more low income families. They found the highest rates within School number 4 on the city's west side, with nearly *half* of it's students moving homes.

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((Pete Nabozny, Director of Policy, The Children's Agenda)) "Experiencing lots of moves- particularly moves as the result of negative consequences, things like experiencing eviction, whether you were formally evicted or your landlord told you you had to leave- those kinds of things can impact a child negatively for a lifetime."

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Leaders at The Children's Agenda hope lawmakers will take their report into consideration when creating new housing policies.

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Trump Federal Indictment

Aired 6:00 A.M., 8/2/2023

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Former President Donald Trump- facing federal charges for his efforts to overturn the 20-20 election. Washington D-C grand jury- handing up the indictment-- It's the third against the former president this year.

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Trump- charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.

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Federal prosecutors- led by Special Counsel Jack Smith- say Trump and six unnamed co-conspirators engaged in a scheme to stop the congressional certification of Joe Biden's victory. That includes pressuring state officials to invalidate results, trying to submit false slates of electors, and pressuring then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject valid slates-- something Pence didn't have the authority do. Trump -also accused of exploiting the violence at the capitol on January 6th to further delay the proceedings.

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((Jack Smith/Special Counsel)) "The attack on our nation's capitol on 1/6/21 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy. As described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. Lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the US government, the nation's process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election."

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Trump- denying any wrongdoing. He accused Smith of going after him for political reasons. The charges in Washington follow federal charges in Florida... for allegedly keeping classified documents after leaving office... and state charges in New York in an alleged hush money scheme.

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BTS School Safety

Aired 6:00 A.M., 8/31/2023  

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The familiar yellow of the school bus- now accented with a patch of black.

New security cameras- being offered to every school in Monroe County. They'll capture the license plates of any drivers illegally passing a bus while it's stopped. State analysts- estimating more than 50-thousand drivers illegally drive around school busses every school day.

((Dr. Kasey Kosiorek, Superintendent, Hilton Central School District)) "When folks send their children to school, they're entrusting us with their precious cargo. The number 1 priority we have as a school district is to ensure the safety of our students."

New penalties- to complement the cameras. 250-dollar fine for the first violation-- going up to 300-dollars for multiple incidents within 18 months. No impact to drivers licenses or insurance rates.

These cameras- part of millions of dollars of safety upgrades going into area schools-- as our Rachel Niemi shows us

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Motel 6 Homeless Evictions

Aired 6:00 A.M., 8/3/23

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Emergency housing for homeless at a Gates motel- shut down. Monroe county- moving 40 families out of a Motel 6.

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(Mercedes Vazquez-Simmons, Monroe County Legislator, 22nd District) "We shouldn't be in this situation, this is preventable" 

(Rachel Barnhart, Monroe County Legislator, 21st District) "We need to do a better job monitoring the situation, and holding the Executive branch accountable."

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Housing advocates- rallying Yesterday-- calling for accountability and more funding. Some families evicted -saying they had no other place to go. Monroe County's Department of Human Services- refuting that claim. It's reporting ongoing sanitation issues at the Chili Avenue motel forced it to move the families. New owners of the Motel 6- saying it could no longer take the families- because they needed to renovate the property.

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((Thalia Wright; Commissioner, Department of Human Services)) "None of the residents were caught off guard with what was occurring. To date - as I confirmed, every individual that was at Motel 6 and was place through DHS, received an alternate placement arrangement."

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County- saying if Motel 6 can get its code violations corrected, it would consider re-entering into a future agreement.

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