The People s Slate is a four-person coalition seeking to fill City Council at-large seats. The Slate is made up on of Brittan Hardgers (left), Stanley Martin, Kim Smith, and Kevin Stewart. Last year, they marched on City Hall. Now, a handful of organizers of the 2020 protests are hoping to march into City Hall as members of City Council. The foursome of Democrats, who dub themselves “The People’s Slate,” is comprised of Free the People organizer Stanley Martin; VOCAL-NY organizer Kim Smith; Brittan Hardgers, a barber and staple of local Black Lives Matter protests, and Kevin Stewart, a quiet fixture at the protests who did much of his organizing behind the scenes.
Rochester City Council President Loretta Scott Rochester City Council President Loretta Scott has announced that she will not seek reelection to her at-large seat. Her term expires at the end of the year. Scott was first elected to her Council seat in 2009, and was first elected President by her fellow Council members in 2014. She s finishing out her third term. Prior to her time on Council, Scott served as the city s commissioner of parks, recreation, and humans services, a position she retired from in 2005. She was the first Black woman to have held a position as the head of a department in Rochester.