WXXI Local Stories

Rochester City Council Tuesday night gave its approval to a new pilot program that will allow food truck vendors to set up shop at three downtown sites starting in June.

The 8-1 vote gives the green light to vendors to sell food from their trucks on State, Broad and Andrews Streets.  The program will continue through the end of the year.  Truck owners will pay a fee of $750.

Senator Chuck Schumer is renewing his call for a Presidential Medal of Freedom to be awarded to the first responders killed or injured in last Christmas Eve's ambush in West Webster.

The New York Democrat says that he met Tuesday with Kim and Nick Chiapperini, the widow and son of police lieutenant and West Websster firefighter Mike Chiapperini, who was killed in that attack. The family members were in Washington as part of National Police Week, where Chiapperini's name will be engraved in a memorial.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP)  Buddy Nix is stepping down as the Buffalo Bills general manager, the team has announced.

Nix will remain with the team in a new role as special assistant, the Bills said in a release issued on Monday.

The Bills did not immediately announce Nix's replacement. The team has spent much of the offseason grooming assistant GM Doug Whaley to take over.

The move did not come as a surprise, and comes after Nix oversaw the draft in which the Bills opened by selecting quarterback EJ Manuel.

On this edition of Need to Know Rochester:

▪ Tackling misconceptions and raising awareness of human trafficking in the Greater Rochester area

▪ A discussion on the unique health needs of LGBT seniors

▪ The Business Section with Matt Daneman