Medley Centre could be sold at a tax auction on November 10. But as the public’s learned time and again with that property, predictions are foolish. Bersin Properties owns the dead and decaying mall in Irondequoit, and it still owes the county $1.2 million in property taxes from 2013. The way the whole tax-foreclosure thing […]
Jeremy Moule
Covers county government and whatever else comes my way. Greyhound dad; vegetarian; attempted photographer with a love for film and fixer; sometimes cyclist.
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Cuomo orders transgender protections
Some lawmakers and LGBT advocates have been trying to get the State Legislature to pass transgender anti-discrimination laws for the past few sessions, without success. So yesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo bypassed the Legislature to enact those protections. Cuomo announced last night that had issued an executive order directing the State Division of Human Rights to […]
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Ginna and RG&E submit revised agreement
Rochester Gas and Electric and the Ginna nuclear plant have proposed some new terms for an agreement to temporarily prop up the struggling power plant. The amendments, which were submitted to the state’s utility regulator yesterday, would shorten the length of the proposed agreement and reduce its cost to RG&E customers. Ginna has been operating […]
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Legislator calls for zombie registry
Republican County Legislature Tony Micciche released legislation to create a county-wide database of vacant homes.
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Where’s Maggie Brooks going?
Maggie Brooks has been a fixture in county government for two decades, acting as Monroe County executive for the last 12 years and before that, county clerk. But in just a couple of months, term limits will force her from office. But Brooks says she isn’t going away — and no one expects her to […]
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Elect a Democratic majority to the Lej
All 29 seats in the Monroe County Legislature are up for election this year, so no matter which party wins control of the chamber, we’re guaranteed at least a few fresh faces; many longtime legislators face term limits. The Legislature has major issues to tackle over the next few years. Of particular importance will be […]
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County legislator proposes gun storage law
Democratic County Legislator Ernest Flagler-Mitchell says that people have a responsibility to safely and securely store guns.
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Nibbling around the edges of gun violence
Gun violence is a devastating, complicated problem. Federal lawmakers have so far been unwilling to pass comprehensive gun-control legislation, so in that absence, local, state, and federal officials continue with piecemeal efforts to fight gun violence. For example, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand sponsors a bill that would make gun trafficking a federal crime. Guns are […]
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This is a campaign?
So, the 2015 county executive race should be the political brawl of the decade. Term limits prevent Maggie Brooks, the star Republican who’s held the job for almost 12 years, from running for re-election, so the seat is wide open. And two experienced, well-known politicians want to take her place: County Clerk Cheryl Dinolfo, a […]
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Duffy gets photonics institute appointment
Rochester Business Alliance CEO Bob Duffy will lead one of the major committees overseeing AIM Photonics, the federal integrated photonics manufacturing institute that’s based in Rochester. SUNY Polytechnic Institute, one of the partners in the Department of Defense-backed institute, announced Duffy’s appointment as chair of the AIM Photonics Leadership Council today. The Council sets “the strategic […]
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Legislature Dems ask for LDC abolition study
Legislature Democrats want the county to hire an outside legal firm to examine the implications of dissolving county-affiliated local development corporations, or even whether they can be dissolved in the first place. The county formed several LDC’s over the past decade-plus to handle certain functions; one owns and runs the Civic Center Parking Garage, for […]
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Solar plant coming to Genesee County
A Massachusetts-based solar tech company will be the first tenant of the Western New York Science, Technology, and Advanced Manufacturing Park in rural Genesee County. The company could invest as much as $700 million in the facility, and has promised to create at least 600 jobs in exchange for a generous package of tax incentives […]
