City Council will not vote today on legislation allowing Rochester Management to redevelop Cobbs Hill Village apartments.
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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Kidd leaves UR over sexual harassment case
Celeste Kidd, the University of Rochester assistant professor who was one of the women that complained about sexual harassment from Professor T. Florian Jaeger, has formally resigned from the school. In a scathing letter to the university, Kidd recounted many of the previously reported charges against Jaeger, noting that he is still employed by the […]
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Mt. Hope braces for big build
City Council is expected to vote on legislation that would change the zoning code by limiting the height of new buildings along a stretch of Mt. Hope Avenue that is mostly residential, with the exception of a chiropractor office. But even if Council approves the measure, it won’t stop a highly controversial project from being […]
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Developer Ingrassia has contract to buy CRCDS
Highland Park Neighborhood Association, Rochester landmarks, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Rochester housing development
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Nazareth adjuncts vote to unionize
Nazareth College’s adjunct faculty voted overwhelmingly today to join Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 200United. Adjuncts who taught in the 2017-2018 academic year voted 3-to-1 in favor of unionizing, a clear majority. Efforts to join SEIU began about a year ago. Earlier this year, an organizing committee submitted a petition to Nazareth President Daan […]
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Alexander: Police-citizen partnership is key
For several months, Rochester’s City Council has been considering changes to the way the city handles complaints about police conduct. Activists pushing for reform want a new police review board that would have more citizen involvement, greater access to officers’ personnel information, and responsibility for disciplining officers when complaints against them are found to be […]
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Perspectives: Jean Carroll
Jean Carroll, who stepped down from the presidency of the YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County at the end of April, has been a champion of women’s issues for more than 30 years, especially those of poor women of color. She’d be the first to say she doesn’t have all the answers to the problems […]
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Rochester school board commits to fixing broken special ed
Rochester school board members agreed last night to implement the recommendations of its Special Advisory Committee on Special Education, which are aimed at overhauling the failing department. Chief among those recommendations is entering into a legally enforceable consent decree, “containing specified consequences should the district fail to substantially comply with its obligations.” The agreement […]
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Smaller venues have jitters about proposed RBTL theater
A consultant studying the potential impact of a new theater on Parcel 5 was in town yesterday, giving a brief update and taking questions from City Council members. And it was clear from his discussion that many of the city’s arts organizations are still very concerned about the proposed new venue for the Rochester Broadway Theater […]
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Mayor Warren proposes slight budget increase for 2018-2019
Mayor Lovely Warren is proposing a budget of $539.6 million budget for 2018-19, a 2.4 percent increase over last year’s budget and an increase of $43.37 in taxes and fees for the typical city homeowner. The budget, which she released this morning, would fund public infrastructure work, new neighborhood police offices, additional staffing for the […]
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Rundel’s renovations highlight the river
Rundel Library’s terrace is undergoing a nearly $7 million restoration that will showcase the city’s past and help improve the area around Broad Street, South Avenue, and Court Street.
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Fight over Cobbs Hill Village intensifies
City Council will not be voting on the Cobbs Hill Village project at its meeting next Tuesday. Mayor Lovely Warren has submitted an amended version of legislation, with new details about the apartment affordability rates. The new information was submitted today at a meeting of City Council’s Neighborhood and Business Development Committee. Rather than asking […]
