1490 News Blog. LOCKPORT - A bill created as a result of the brutal murder of a Lockport group home worker two years ago has been introduced, according to the legislation’s co-sponsors Senator Catharine Young (R,I,C – Olean) and Senator George Maziarz (R,C – Newfane).
“Renee’s Law,” named after Renee Greco, who was only 24-years-old when she was bludgeoned to death while supervising troubled teenagers at a group home, was formally unveiled today with family, friends and community leaders. “Today, we are taking the first steps to ensure that the avoidable circumstances that led to the death of Renee Greco two years ago will never happen again. Renee should never have been working alone with violent criminals such as Anthony Allen and Robert Thousand. ‘Renee’s Law’ will provide safeguards for both staffers and residents,” said Senator Young. "Renee's Law provides a comprehensive approach to reforming our juvenile justice system. Added Lockport Mayor Michael W. In da Buff (Buffalo, New York) The news about the killing of a worker at a Lockport group home is simply sad.
Here you have this young woman who just wanted to help people…stayed in WNY because she really wanted to make a difference…her life snuffed out over $160…the thought of her sitting and playing cards with other residents of this home and then being attacked in the manner she was is sickening and horrifying. Maziarz, Young unveil 'Renee's Law' - Politics on the Hudson. Group home killer sentenced. Shutting Upstate Jails for City Kids Has Made a Fiery Bronx Bureaucrat a Host of Enemies. Cop shootings, CSEA and OCFS. The Civil Service Employees Association, which has been battling the Office for Children and Family Services Commissioner Gladys Carrion and Gov.
Andrew Cuomo over plans to downsize the state’s youth prison system, is pointing to a lurid, high profile crime saga in New York City as an example of what can go wrong when young criminals are released from state custody. Supporters of Carrion, though, note that this was an extreme example and that Gov. And they say Cuomo’s “Close to Home” initiative wouldn’t apply to people like Luis (Baby) Ortiz. Ortiz has been in NYC’s tabloid headlines following his alleged Tuesday night shooting of a city police officer in Brooklyn. While the officer, Kevin Brennan, is expected to survive, Ortiz has been playing up to the crowds and cameras with no apparent remorse for the alleged shooting. But CSEA, whose members could lose jobs due to the planned downsizing, say this case is a prime example of why some youngsters need to remain locked up.
Courthouse Steps Mavens. CRIME: Group home residents accused of bludgeoning youth counselor By April Amadon Lockport Union-Sun & Journal June 10, 2009 “They hit the lady and took the van.”
The simple 911 call was made by a teenage resident of the Avenue House, 437 East Ave., at 9:23 p.m. There, they made a grisly discovery. Renee Greco, a 24-year-old youth counselor from Buffalo, was found beaten to death on the floor of the dining room, her head covered with a blanket. Two residents — Anthony J. Allen and Thousand were apprehended early Tuesday after a multi-agency manhunt tracked them from a parking lot in Lockport to a bus station in downtown Buffalo. HTN: Rochester Teens Jailed in Beating Death. Renee Greco. What can I say?
I feel sick to my stomach. We graduated high school together. We would waste time in study hall just talking away. You made cosmetology not so bad to be in. I remember hating your boyfriend at the time and thinking he was stupid haha. We we'rent best friends by any means and we did what many kids do after high school fade away. I heard it on the news and my eyes just shot right up.....I know her! I'm too afraid to even look at what you wrote in my year book. I feel awful crying over her death because like I said we were close for the last 2 years of high school but after that it was all over. Though I may have no real aim or name to my spirtual...whatever. Its just awful. RENEE GRECO'S DEATH: NYS Lawmakers Call For Resignation Of NYS OCFS Commissioner. Brother, Can You Spare A PD? If only lawyers didn’t have kids who expect to eat every day, we could serve the greater good for free.
Alas, we have to pay the dinner bill just like everybody else. It sucks, but that’s the deal, which is why lawyers who defend the indigent submit bills. From the Buffalo News : It may cost Niagara County taxpayers an estimated $64,000 to provide legal defense for the convicted killer of youth counselor Renee C.