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Henrietta Town Supervisor Switches to Democratic Party

Henrietta Town Supervisor Michael Yudelson announced Friday he is switching his party affiliation from Republican to Democratic. Announcing his decision, Yudelson cited irreconcilable philosophical differences with local and national Republicans. Sadly, the Republican Party is allowing itself to be defined by extremists who put ideology ahead of governance and responsible citizenship, said Yudelson, who has served as Henrietta supervisor for six years. The shutdown of the federal government and threatened national default are only the latest examples of a party that has abandoned its principles in the pursuit of a narrow political agenda. The Tea Party fringe that now controls the Republicans agenda does not represent the party I once believed in and belonged to. My core beliefs havent changed, but theirs have. Yudelson was nominated by Republicans in Henrietta for another term as supervisor, but subsequently lost the designation in a primary waged by Republican Town Council member Jack Moore. Jack is backed by many of the same elements who are making a spectacle in Washington, Yudelson said. Moderates are losing their voice in the Republican Party, and as a result they are seeking it elsewhere. Thats why Im here today, and I want to thank Chairman Morelle and everyone whose support has always been so invaluable to me. Though weve belonged to different political parties, Mike Yudelson and I have always worked together for the common good, and I always consider him a friend. I am now pleased to call him a fellow Democrat as well, said Monroe County Democratic Chair Joe Morelle. Morelle noted that he and Yudelson collaborated in a legislative effort to preserve the Henrietta-based Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority in 2010. People of good will can find common ground even on difficult issues, a concept essential to our democracy but one that unfortunately has been abandoned by many in the Republican Party, Morelle said. My party affiliation has changed, but my commitment to my neighbors never will, and neither will my commitment to fiscal conservatism and personal responsibility. I look forward to a vigorous campaign on behalf of the people of Henrietta and continuing my service to them next year. Yudelson is also endorsed by the

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Conservative and Independence parties. Friday was the deadline for officially changing party designation prior to Election Day.

Residents Want Answers about Red Light Cameras at Town Hall Event
By Delani Weaver Rochesters first town hall event was a sight to see as an incredibly energetic crowd, including residents from Rochester, Webster, Greece and Gates, raised questions about issues from red light cameras to national security and privacy to a panel of local leaders. Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard, former U.S. Attorney Terrance Flynn, WHAM 1180 talk show host Bob Lonsberry, and Larry Krieger, a citizen who is currently pursuing legal
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Susan Taylor Empowers Women through Speech at Rochester YWCA Luncheon
By Delani Weaver Over 1600 women and men attended the YWCA 2013 Empowering Women Luncheon at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center Tuesday afternoon. Guests were seated and given lunch at the sold-out event while they listened to the history of the YWCA and its contributions to Rochester women and children in need. Founder and CEO of the National CARES Mentoring Movement and Editor-in-Chief Emerita of Essence Magazine Susan Taylor was keynote speaker for the event. Taylor told the crowd her story of being a rising career woman within Essence Magazine, her marriage, divorce and children. She said that women need to use their wisdom to make the city of Rochester a better place. Taylor encouraged the women of the crowd to stay positive, take care of themselves first, and work hard to never give up on their dreams regardless of their personal situations. In addition, Dellena Harper gave another inspirational story that brought emotion to the room. She was once a homeless and drug-addicted young woman, and spoke to the crowd about how the YWCA changed her life. Through tears, Harper said, I have a lot of bills and all of them are paid on time. I have my life on track and I

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thank the YWCA for that. Harper, who once lived in the Jennifer House, is now the executive director of the Jennifer House - Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach. Funds from ticket sales went to emergency housing shelters, enabling more women and children in need of shelter to have a good nights sleep for a longer period of time. The annual luncheon is the YWCAs largest fundraiser, which raised $220,000 for the organization last year.

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Generation Outreach Recognizes Local Public Servants

By Delani Weaver Generation Outreach, a local organization owned and run by Justin Ortiz, held a Public Service Announcement Day Saturday morning at the Public Safety Building where five local residents were honored by the organization for their work and contributions to the community. Director of public relations Rashad Smith said, We decided that we wanted to do something special for those in our community who are definitely stepping up and making things happen. We wanted to honor all of those who serve the public. The honorees were: Walter Sanders, Statistics-Breaker: An officer of the Rochester Police Department who participates in and organizes games for the Special Olympics and Camp Good Days and Special Times. Michael Peace, CommunityChanger: He is the founder and pastor of Bethel Express. Peace houses displaced children and has changed many lives through his ministry. Robert Baziw, Life-Saver: He is a firefighter and EMT in the town of Greece. Baziw saved a four-yearolds life in Ohio after the boy drowned in a pool. TJ Nolan, Dream-Developer: A military veteran who was injured when his vehicle was bombed, Nolan now trains kids in boxing and lifedevelopment, and coaches a local youth football team. Jeremiah Kirkland, Career-Maker: A graduate of SUNY Brockport, Kirkland completed the Rochester General Young Apprentice Program and is now supervisor of the program. He now demonstrates to young people that, through hard work and dedication, you can turn a fun experience into a career you love. Kirkland is now director of Womens Health Services at Rochester General Health System. The event was sponsored by Wegmans, Foodlink, the Police Foundation and local radio station WDKX. Several children, parents, community leaders and supporters attended, along with the honorees, and were able to speak and take pictures with them. Food was provided for guests while they listened to uplifting songs such as Flying Without Wings, We Shall Overcome, and Cant Give Up Now sang by local singers Jessie Barnes and Serena Young. The ceremony was also attended by juvenile prosecutor for the Monroe County Law Department Paul Irving, a candidate who is currently running for Monroe County Court Judge, as well as mayoral candidate Lovely Warren. We need young people like him (Justin Ortiz), to pay it forward, Warren said. Im so excited to see all of the young beautiful faces here. We often talk about and hear about all the negative things that are going on with our young people in our city. To see people like Justin, Generation News, Generation Outreach, every chance that they get, they give back. They reach back, they never forget that to whom much is given, much is required. And I appreciate them for that. Warren took pictures and spoke to the children about actually making changes, instead of just saying they want to make changes, for their community. She also thanked the honorees for their work. Someone once said that you cannot cross the sea by just looking at the water, Warren said. What does that mean? We can all stand on the shore and look out and say I wanna get to the other side, but I just dont know how to get there. Well you have to figure it out. Either youre gonna jump in and swim across, or not. But you have

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to figure it out. Sometimes there will be people to help you along the way. Sometimes there will be people wholl throw road blocks. But today we honor the people who put their lives on the line every day and go out into our community and make sure that we are safe. I appreciate them. Each honoree was given a special title and a framed certificate for their efforts. Ortiz said it was great to see the young people mingle with Warren, the honorees and other community leaders. Im so glad to see everyone that came out and supported what were doing, he said. With Generation Outreach, this is where were teaching young people different trades, different

careers such as photography, graphic design, web design, mechanics and electric. Were gonna get into all of that. Then, after that, we want to prepare kids for the future. We want to prepare kids in high school for careers. The event ended with a pledge written by Smith: My community shall be my safe haven, if I must step up and lead. Peace is what Im craving so I shall plant the seeds. My promise to love my neighbor is rooted deep within. Together we shall labor so our community wins. I vow to pay it forward. My help is needed now. I swear to act in kindness. Then I shall take my bow.

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Statue of Liberty reopens amid federal shutdown

By VERENA DOBNIK NEW YORK (AP) _ The Statue of Liberty has reopened to the public after the state agreed to shoulder the costs of running the site during the federal government shutdown. Ferry trips from Manhattan to the Statue of Liberty resumed Sunday morning, and eager visitors were already lining up. New York state agreed last week to take over the daily costs of keeping it open, about $61,600 per day. New York has 33 sites under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, and they have been shut since Oct. 1. The sites include the statue and nearby Ellis Island, which remains closed for repairs since Superstorm Sandy last year. Nearly 4 million people visited Lady Liberty in 2011, generating $174 million in economic activity, the park service said.

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Social Security raise to be among lowest in years

STEPHEN OHLEMACHER WASHINGTON (AP) - For the second straight year, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees can expect historically small increases in their benefits come January. Preliminary figures suggest a benefit increase of roughly 1.5 percent, which would be among the smallest since automatic increases were adopted in 1975, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. Next years raise will be small because consumer prices, as measured by the government, havent gone up much in the past year. The exact size of the cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, wont be known until the Labor Department releases the inflation report for September. That was supposed to happen Wednesday, but the report was delayed indefinitely because of the partial government shutdown. The COLA is usually announced in October to give Social Security and other benefit programs time to adjust January payments. The Social Security Administration has given no indication that raises would be delayed because of the shutdown, but advocates for seniors said the uncertainty was unwelcome. Social Security benefits have continued during the shutdown. More than one-fifth of the country is waiting for the news. Nearly 58 million retirees, disabled workers, spouses and children get Social Security benefits. The average monthly payment is $1,162. A 1.5 percent raise would increase the typical monthly payment by about $17. The COLA also affects benefits for more than 3 million disabled veterans, about 2.5 million federal retirees and their survivors, and more than 8 million people who get Supplemental Security Income, the disability program for the poor. Automatic COLAs were adopted so that benefits for people on fixed incomes would keep up with rising prices. Many seniors, however, complain that the COLA sometimes falls short, leaving them little wiggle room. between 1.4 percent and 1.6 percent. Her projection is similar to those done by others, including AARP, which estimates the COLA will be between 1.5 percent and 1.7 percent. The Senior Citizens League estimates it will be about 1.5 percent. Lower prices for gasoline are helping to fuel low inflation, Vlasenko said. In years with high COLAs, a lot of that had to do with fuel prices and in some cases food prices. Neither of those increased much this year, Vlasenko said. So that kept the lid on the overall increase in prices. Gasoline prices are down 2.4 percent from a year ago while food prices are up slightly, according to the August inflation report. Housing costs went up 2.3 percent and utilities increased by 3.2 percent. Advocates for seniors say the governments measure of inflation doesnt accurately reflect price increases older Americans face because they tend to spend more of their income on health care. Medical costs went up less than in previous years but still outpaced other consumer prices, rising 2.5 percent. This (COLA) is not enough to keep up with inflation, as it affects seniors, said Max Richtman, who heads the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. There are some things that become cheaper but they are not things that seniors buy. Laptop computers have gone down dramatically but how many people at 70 are buying laptop computers? The cost of personal computers dropped by 10.6 percent over the past year, according the CPI-W. Thats a small consolation to Alberta Gaskins of the District of Columbia, who said she is concerned about keeping up with her household bills. It is very important to get the COLA because everything else you have in your life is on an upward swing, and if youre on a downward swing, that means your quality of life is going down, said Gaskins, who retired from the Postal Service in 1989.

David Waugh of Bethesda, Md., said he can handle one small COLA but several in a row make it hard to plan for unexpected expenses. Im not one of those folks thats going to fall into poverty, but it is going to make a difference in my standard of living as time goes by, said Waugh, 83, who retired from the United Nations. I live in a small apartment and I have an old car, and its going to break down. And no doubt when it does, Ill have to fix it or get a new one. Since 1975, annual Social Security raises have averaged 4.1 percent. Only six times have they been less than 2 percent, including this year, when the increase was 1.7 percent. There was no COLA in 2010 or 2011 because inflation was too low. By law, the cost-of-living adjustment is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or CPI-W, a broad measure of consumer prices generated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It measures price changes for food, housing, clothing, transportation, energy, medical care, recreation and education. The COLA is calculated by comparing consumer prices in July, August and September each year to prices in the same three months from the previous year. If prices go up over the course of the year, benefits go up, starting with payments delivered in January. This year, average prices for July and August were 1.4 percent higher than they were a year ago, according to the CPI-W. Once the September report, the final piece of the puzzle, is released, the COLA can be announced officially. If prices continued to slowly inch up in September, that would put the COLA at roughly 1.5 percent. Several economists said there were no dramatic price swings in September to significantly increase or decrease the projected COLA. That means the projection shouldnt change by more than a few tenths of a percentage point, if at all. Polina Vlasenko, a research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, projects the COLA will be

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Xerox: Access restored for food stamp users

People in Ohio, Michigan and 15 other states found themselves temporarily unable to use their food stamp debitstyle cards on Saturday, after a routine test of backup systems by vendor Xerox Corp. resulted in a system failure. Xerox announced late in the evening that access has been restored for users in the 17 states affected by the outage, hours after the first problems were reported. Restarting the EBT system required time to ensure service was back at full functionality, spokeswoman Jennifer Wasmer said in an email. An emergency voucher process was available in some of the areas while the problems were occurring, she said. U.S. Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Courtney Rowe underscored that the outage was not related to the government shutdown. Earlier Saturday shoppers left carts of groceries behind at a packed Market Basket grocery store in Biddeford, Maine, because they couldnt get their benefits, said shopper Barbara Colman, of Saco, Maine. The manager put up a sign saying the EBT system was not in use. Colman, who receives the benefits, called an 800 telephone line for the program and it said the system was down due to maintenance, she said. Thats a problem. There are a lot of families who are not going to be able to feed children because the system is being maintenanced, Colman said. She planned to reach out to local officials. You dont want children going hungry tonight because of stupidity, she said. Colman said the store manager promised her that he would honor the days store flyer discounts next week. Wasmer said the states affected by the temporary outage also included Alabama, California, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. Ohios cash and food assistance card payment systems went down at 11 a.m., said Benjamin Johnson, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Johnson said Xerox asked retailers to revert to a manual system, meaning customers could spend up to $50 until the system was restored. Illinois residents began reporting problems with their cards - known as LINK in that state - on Saturday morning, said Januari Smith, spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Human Services. Smith said that typically when the cards arent working retailers can call a backup phone number to find out how much money customers have available in their account. But that information also was unavailable because of the outage, so customers werent able to use their cards. It really is a bad situation but they are working to get it fixed as soon as possible, Smith said. In Clarksdale, Miss. - one of the poorest parts of one of the poorest states in the nation - cashier Eliza Shook said dozens of customers at Corner Grocery had to put back groceries when the cards failed Saturday because they couldnt afford to pay for the food. After several hours, she put a sign on the front door to tell people about the problem. Its been terrible, Shook said in a phone interview. Its just been some angry folks. Thats what a lot of folks depend on. Mississippi Department of Human Services director Rickey Berry confirmed that Xerox, the states EBT vendor, had computer problems. I know there are a lot of mad people, Berry said. Sheree Powell, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, started receiving calls around 11:30 a.m. about problems with the states card systems. More than 600,000 Oklahomans receive SNAP benefits, and money is dispersed to the cards on the first, fifth and 10th days of every month, so the disruption came at what is typically a high-use time for the cards. Oklahoma also runs a separate debit card system for other state benefits like unemployment payments. Those cards can be used at ATMs to withdraw cash. Powell said Xerox administers both the EBT and debit card systems, and they both were down initially. Powell said that some grocery store cashiers had been speculating that the federal governments shutdown caused the problem, but state officials have been assured that that is not the case. Powell said Oklahomas Xerox representative told them that the problems stemmed from a power failure at a data center. It just takes a while to reboot these systems, she said.

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Ex-US Rep. Gabby Giffords attends NY gun show

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - A smiling Gabrielle Giffords toured rows of tables loaded with rifles and handguns in her first visit to a gun show since surviving a 2011 shooting, and pleaded afterward for people to come together to stop gun violence. The former Arizona congresswoman visited the Saratoga Springs Arms Fair on Sunday with her astronaut husband, Mark Kelly and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to highlight a voluntary agreement that closely monitors gun show sales in New York. The trio mixed with a gun show crowd that was mostly welcoming - with a few hostile undertones - before calling for people to build on the cooperative effort. We must never stop fighting, Giffords said at a post-tour news conference, her fist in the air. Fight! Fight! Fight! Be bold! Be courageous! Giffords, a face of the national gun control effort, slowly walked handin-hand with Kelly through the large room where Winchester rifles, muzzleloaders, antique knives and other weapons were on display and Dont Tread on Me flags hung from poles. They stopped at display tables, Kelly asked dealers questions about the weapons, and Giffords shook hands and smiled when people greeted her. Good to see you looking good! some said. Kelly bought a book on Colt revolvers, and said later he probably would have bought a gun if he had had more time. He said both he and his wife are gun owners. The trio was greeted by light applause when introduced at the news conference, but some people booed from across the room. Many at the show said the couple made a good impression. Dealer Joe Albano, who chatted with Kelly about his muzzle-loaders, said the couple was nice. But he also said he was against New Yorks recent gun control law, which is separate from the Schneiderman initiative. If she can help us, fine, Albano said. Were doing everything right here. Were legal. Under the agreements worked out by Schneiderman, all firearms are tagged at the entrances to gun shows. Operators must provide computer stations for sellers to do national background checks. As they are taken away through a limited number of exits, guns are checked to make sure background checks were performed. No buyers can leave a show without documentation of a proper sale.

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Schneiderman, who has worked with all 35 gun show operators in New York, showed the couple how the process worked. Its great to see government and licensed firearms dealers working together to solve a problem, Kelly said. Giffords was shot in the head while meeting with constituents in Tucson. Six people died. Though it was mostly smiles inside, about a dozen protesters rallied outside the gun show holding signs critical of New Yorks new law that expanded a

ban on military-style weapons, among other things. The law was passed not long after the December school massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Kenneth Hall, who held a sign with a swastika that read in part gun control made the Holocaust possible, said the New York background check was not needed. I believe this is a publicity stunt for Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords, Hall said. They say theyre Second Amendment supporters. I dont believe they are.

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Rochester, there is a train coming!

The highlight of the remarks given recently by Johnny Ford, mayor of Tuskegee, Ala., at the Jordan Health Center L u n c h e o n included the following history GLORIA WINSTON AL-SARAG of black mayors in this country. They boarded a train that left the station beginning in 1868. The conductor of the train is the National Conference of Black Mayors, and that train is now headed to Rochester, N.Y. The following data and format (with the exception of 2013) I chose to use in revisiting the mayors remarks came not only from him, but I also completed the history lesson he gave by paying tribute to mayoral candidate Lovely Warren. I found my research through Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia. Enjoy and learn. Please share with your children. 1868 First African-American elected mayor of a U.S. town: Pierre Caliste Landry, Donaldsonville, La. 1869 First African-American mayor of Maryville, Tenn: W. B. Scott 1888 First African-American mayor of a predominately white U.S. town, and of a western U.S. town: Edward Duplex, Wheatland, Calif. 1966 First African-American mayor of a U.S. city: Robert C. Henry, Springfield, Ohio (He was appointed by a city commission.) 1967 First African-American elected mayor of a large U.S. city: Carl Stokes (Cleveland, Ohio) First African-American elected mayor of Gary, Ind., Richard G. Hatcher First African-American appointed mayor of Washington, D.C., Walter Washington (see also: 1975) 1968 First African-American elected mayor of Montclair, N.J., Matthew G. Carter First African-American mayor of a Kentucky city: Luska Twyman, Glasgow, Ky. First African-American elected mayor of a predominantly white southern city: Howard Nathaniel Lee, Chapel Hill, N. C. 1969 First African-American elected mayor of a Mississippi city: Charles Evers, Fayette, Miss. 1970 First African-American elected mayor of Newark, N.J.: Kenneth A. Gibson First African-American elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio: James H. McGee First African-American appointed mayor of Wichita, Kan.: A. Price 1989 First African-American elected mayor of New York, N.Y.: David Dinkins First African-American elected mayor of New Haven, Conn.: John C. Daniels First African-American elected mayor of Richmond, Calif.: George Livingston First African-American elected mayor of Rockford, Ill.: Charles Box First African-American elected mayor of Seattle, Wash.: Norm Rice 1990 First African American elected mayor of Trenton, N.J.: Douglas Palmer First African-American elected mayor of New Bern, N.C.: Leander R. Lee Morgan 1991 First African-American elected mayor of Memphis, Tenn.: W. W. Herenton First African-American elected mayor of Denver, Colo.: Wellington Webb First African-American elected mayor of Kansas City, Mo.: Emanuel Cleaver First African-American woman elected mayor of Washington, D.C.: Sharon Pratt Kelly 1993 First African-American elected mayor of St. Louis, Mo.: Freeman Bosley, Jr. First African-American elected mayor of Rochester, N.Y.: William A. Johnson, Jr. 1994 First African-American and first woman elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minn.: Sharon Sayles Belton 1995 First African-American elected mayor of Dallas, Texas: Ron Kirk First African-American elected mayor of Jeanerette, La.:James T.K. Alexander Sr. 1996 First African-American elected mayor of San Francisco, Calif.: Willie Brown 1997 First African-American elected mayor of Jackson, Miss.: Harvey Johnson, Jr. First African-American elected mayor of Houston, Texas: Lee P. Brown 2000 First African-American elected mayor of Columbus, Ohio: Michael B. Coleman First African-American elected mayor of Selma, Ala.: James Perkins, Jr. 2001 First African-American elected mayor of Hattiesburg, Miss.: Johnny L. Dupree First African-American woman mayor of major southern city, and first woman to be elected mayor of Atlanta, Ga.: Shirley Franklin First African-American and first woman elected mayor of Southfield, Mich.: Brenda L. Lawrence First African-American elected mayor of Heidelberg, Miss.: Juan Barnett 2002 First African-American woman elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio: Rhine McLin First African-American elected mayor of Toledo, Ohio: Jack Ford 2003 First African-American elected mayor of Palm Springs, Calif.: Ron Oden First African American elected by citizens as mayor of Tallahassee, Fla.: John Marks First African-American elected mayor, and first elected mayor, of San Ramon, Calif.: H. Abram Wilson 2004 First African-American elected mayor of Baton Rouge, La.: Kip Holden First African-American mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.: Marvin Pratt First African-American elected mayor of Pine Bluff, Ark.: Carl A. Redus, Jr. 2005 First African-American elected mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.: Byron Brown First African-American elected mayor of Mobile, Ala.: Sam Jones First African-American elected mayor of Asheville, N.C.: Terry Bellamy First African-American elected mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio: Mark Mallory First African-American elected mayor of Youngstown, Ohio: Jay Williams 2006 First African-American elected mayor of Shreveport, La.: Cedric Glover First African-American elected mayor of Anderson, S.C.: Terence Roberts 2007 First African-American woman and first woman elected mayor of Baltimore, Md.: Sheila Dixon First African-American elected mayor of Greensboro, N.C.: Yvonne Johnson First African-American elected mayor of Wichita, Kan.: Carl Brewer First African-American elected mayor of South Harrison Township, N.J.: Charles Tyson 2008 First African-American elected mayor of Blue Springs, Mo.: Carson Ross First African-American elected mayor of Lancaster, Texas: Marcus Knight First African-American elected mayor of Mansfield, Ohio: Donald Culliver First African-American elected mayor of Sacramento, Calif.: Kevin Johnson First African-American mayor of Festus, Mo.: Earl Cook 2009 First African-American elected mayor of Philadelphia, Miss: James Young First African-American elected mayor of Freeport, N.Y.: Andrew Hardwick First African-American and first woman elected mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, and first African-American woman elected mayor in Utah: Mia Love 2010 First African-American and first African-American woman elected mayor of Fontana, Calif.: Acquanetta Warren First African-American elected mayor of Columbia, S.C.: Stephen K. Benjamin 2011 First African American elected mayor of Jacksonville, Fla.: Alvin Brown 2012 First African-American mayor of Ithaca, N.Y.: Svante Myrick First African-American mayor of Antioch, Calif.: Wade Harper 2013 (Projected as of November 5, 2013) First African-American woman and youngest elected mayor of Rochester, N.Y., Lovely Warren.

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