Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has agreed to resign for violating state election law during her 2017 run for re-election and will leave office by Dec. 1.
Warren's co-defendants, campaign treasurer Albert Jones Jr. and Rosiland Brooks-Harris, treasurer of political action committee Warren for a Strong Rochester, also pleaded guilty to accepting campaign contributions that exceeded legal limits, the newspaper reported.
Warren, who declined to comment to reporters while leaving court, is expected to be replaced by Deputy Mayor James Smith.
Warren thanked the residents of Rochester in a Facebook post late Monday.
Attorneys for Warren had previously denied evading campaign finance rules, blaming the errors on poor bookkeeping and inadvertent errors.
Warren's plea deal Monday also resolved separate gun and child endangerment charges.
Warren, who previously claimed prosecutors had been eyeing her in a "Witch hunt," said her guilty plea Monday was an effort to serve her "Daughter's best interest," the Democrat & Chronicle reported.
https://nypost.com/2021/10/05/rochester-mayor-lovely-warren-to-resign-after-accepting-plea-deal/
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