Appeals court upholds ruling that stripped PAB of disciplinary powers

A ruling stripping the Police Accountability Board's disciplinary powers has been affirmed by an appellate court decision.A decision issued Friday by a panel of state Appellate Division judges upheld a previous ruling that stripped Rochester’s Police Accountability Board of its disciplinary powers. In May 2020, Supreme Court Justice John Ark ruled that the Board’s disciplinary power was in violation of the city’s collective bargaining agreement with the Rochester Police Locust