While there’s been a surge of development of market-rate housing downtown, new housing for the city’s working class and low-wage earners hasn’t kept pace, And city officials want to take a fresh look at how they evaluate proposals for affordable housing. Every year, the city issues Requests for Proposals asking developers to build affordable housing, […]
Tim Louis Macaluso
I was born and raised in the Rochester area, but I lived in California and Florida before returning home about 12 years ago. I'm a vegetarian and live with my husband and our three pugs. I cover education, health care, and local politics for City.
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Civil rights is focus of new park
Last year, more than two dozen people – parishioners at Spritus Christi and community members – set out on a trip to learn more about racism’s roots, history, and manifestations, says Myra Brown, senior pastor at Spiritus Christi. The group visited sites of historical civil rights events and parks dedicated to the movement, which inspired […]
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RPD officers accused of assault
Longtime social justice activist and President of United Christian Leadership Ministry of Western New York, Rev. Lewis Stewart said Christopher Pate was the victim of police brutality that occurred on May 5, 2018 on the corner of Fulton Avenue and Bloss Street. Stewart read from a written statement during a press conference earlier today, as […]
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Riverway plans head toward the start line
The city took the first step today on an ambitious plan to redevelop the riverfront from the University of Rochester area through downtown and north past the High Falls area. At a press conference at the Riverside Convention Center, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he has accepted plans for 13 of the projects in the […]
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State ed sends a distinguished educator to city school district
State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia appointed Jaime Aquino as a distinguished educator for the Rochester City School District. Aquino, who starts on August 18, has over 30 years of educational experience, including serving in senior positions in the Los Angeles, Denver, and Hartford public school districts, according to a statement from Elia. “The Rochester City School District […]
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City school district’s graduation rate still stuck in the 50’s
About a month ago, some board members were hopeful that the Rochester school district’s 2017-2018 graduation rate would be the one that finally broke 60 percent. But at the school board’s Excellence in Student Achievement Committee meeting yesterday, district officials said the district is still stuck in the 50 percent range. The graduation rate for […]
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The fight against HIV isn’t over
When Bruce Whitmore visited the AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall in Washington, DC, he says, it was a life-changing experience. “You couldn’t go to that and not be moved,” he says. “Seeing all these people who died, you couldn’t stop crying.” That was in October 1996, and it was the last time that […]
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RIT’s MAGIC Center gets new director
David Long has been appointed director of Rochester Institute of Technology’s Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction, and Creativity and MAGIC Spell Studios. Long, who is associate professor in the College of Art and Design, earned his doctoral degree in color science and is founder and chair of the motion picture science program in the […]
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Saving the saints
Tucked away in the upper frame of some of the windows at the Episcopal Church of St. Luke & St. Simon Cyrene are old, worn blinds. They’re hard to see, because the balcony drops down slightly over the windows, but they’re what remain of coverings drawn during the blackouts of WWII. The church, with its […]
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Parking meter changes coming
The city is changing the hours for its street parking meters. Hours for collecting parking fees will extend from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday through Friday. The new hours of operation will begin on this Sunday, July 1. The city will post the new hours of operation on the meters and violators will […]
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Trump and the dismantling of LGBTQ rights
Donald Trump was no stranger to the LGBTQ community prior to his presidential campaign. And during the campaign, he addressed the community directly. “As your president, I will do everything in my power to protect LGBTQ citizens,” Trump said at the National Republican Convention in July 2016. And a month earlier, he tweeted: “Thank you […]
