During my 2019 run for Rochester City Council, East District, I advocated for voters to approve the creation of the Police Accountability Board (PAB). My reasons for such a stance are sadly sill true in 2025. If you’re not sure why we need a PAB, watch my campaign video from that campaign.

That year, over 75% of people who voted, chose to create the PAB. This included voters from every part of the city, from every demographic. And since this election result has been announced, the Rochester Locust Club and various members of City government have waged a war on the PAB, to effectively silence voters, waste taxpayer money, and put our brothers and sisters in the Rochester community in danger of further abuse by the police.

Therefore with the most recent court ruling that effectively shuts down the PAB, I am calling for the current members of City Council to pass legislation mandating the inclusion of the re-establishment of a fully-functioning PAB in the City’s negotiations with the Rochester Locust Club on a contract with the Rochester Police Department.

The PAB must be the entity that voters demanded in 2019, a board with full investigative power and the ability to discipline officers. There should be no contract agreed to by the current or future Mayors that violate the will of the voters.

Furthermore, I am calling for every Mayoral and City Council candidate to call for the same.