Rochester has been under a gun violence state of emergency for three years, despite a significant decrease in shootings during that time.

The state of emergency grants the mayor special authority to shut down businesses like Yasser Saleh's grocery store.

Saleh said his shop became an easy target for thieves in the three months it sat vacant.

A North Clinton Avenue grocery store owner who sued the city over an emergency closure order was allowed to reopen his shop this week.

Yasser Saleh, the owner of EZ-IN Grocery at 886 North Clinton Ave., said he arrived to work June 18 to find his parking lot blocked by concrete barriers and a closure notice taped to the door. The city utilized its gun violence state of emergency proclamation to shut down the store, labeling it a "public nuisanc

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