22 Facts About Lovely Warren

Lovely Ann Warren was born on July 1,1977 and is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 69th mayor of Rochester, New York, from 2014 until her resignation in 2021.

Lovely Warren was previously the President of the Rochester City Council.

Lovely Warren clerked for Rochester City Court Judge Teresa Johnson.

Lovely Warren served as summer law clerk to New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

In 2004, Lovely Warren was admitted to the New York State Bar Association.

In 2007 Lovely Warren was elected to the Rochester's City Council.

Lovely Warren has appeared on panels sponsored by Rochester Downtown Development Corporation and the Rochester Chapter of the League of Women Voters.

Lovely Warren has been a guest speaker at events for young people in the Rochester City School District and colleges including, the University of Rochester, Albany Law School of Union University, Towson University and Howard University.

Lovely Warren won the 2013 Democratic primary over incumbent mayor Thomas Richards 57 percent to 42 percent.

Lovely Warren defeated Richards in the general election 55 to 39 percent.

Lovely Warren was sworn in as Rochester's 69th mayor on January 1,2014.

Lovely Warren began her second term on January 1,2018, after winning re-election in 2017.

Lovely Warren launched several strategic initiatives, including the introduction of a Kiva crowd funding loan program, a Vanpool, support for ride-sharing such as Uber and Lyft, and a market-driven community co-operative called OWN Rochester.

Lovely Warren convened an early learning council to help expand Pre-K programs in the city.

Lovely Warren developed a "3 to 3 Initiative" to help children to set three-year-old children on a path to read at grade level by third grade.

In December 2016, Lovely Warren ended the city's red light camera program.

On June 22,2021, following a troubled second term, Lovely Warren lost the Democratic primary to Rochester city councilman Malik Evans, conceding the race to Evans later that night.

Lovely Warren's final act in office was to submit a proposal for a guaranteed basic income pilot program for impoverished families in the city.

In October 2020, Lovely Warren was indicted on two felony charges of breaking campaign finance rules.

On October 4,2021, Lovely Warren accepted a plea deal prior to her trial that would downgrade her felony charges to misdemeanors, with two assistants pleading guilty.

Lovely Warren faced significant backlash after the March 2020 Death of Daniel Prude at the hands of Rochester police and her failure to publicly comment on the investigation into it.

Timothy Granison, Lovely Warren's husband, was arrested, alleged to be a part of the operation.