Gov. Kathy Hochul blasted the plan shortly after the utilities publicly announced it.
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Teachers on leave over allegedly racist text messages about their students
Staff members at School 17 in Rochester have been placed on leave and face firing for allegedly racist texts about their students, Superintendent Lesli Myers-Small said in a statement Friday.
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Cinema Theater reopens Friday with full bar, fancy eats, and no cats
The Cinema Theater opens Friday with Top Gun: Maverick, featuring in-movie food and drinks, but a dearth of cats.
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Henrietta and Rush are eyeing renewable power for residents and businesses
The towns plan to opt in to a program where’d they’d secure power supplies for residents and some businesses, possibly at lower prices.
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Council members grill Police Accountability Board over missed goals
The board was supposed to complete 125 investigations in its first year but it completed none, an outcome staff blamed on several factors.
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Fairport installs new historic marker with a nod to the Senecas
The new historic marker replaces one that commemorated the “first white child” born in what is now the village of Fairport.
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Council freezes PAB hiring as investigation authorized
The Police Accountability Board will no longer be able to hire staff as an outside legal counsel investigates personnel complaints.
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Police: FBI investigating whether Buffalo gunman had targeted Rochester
Online posts thought to be authored by the alleged Buffalo shooter show how he might have attacked spots in Rochester.
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Pregnancy resource centers: Healthcare or religious propaganda?
New York lawmakers question the role of pregnancy resource centers and whether they coerce women out of having abortions.
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Public safety, code enforcement, infrastructure top Evans’s budget
The $627 million budget marks new investments in public safety and infrastructure.
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Police Accountability Board director Reynolds is placed on leave
The board has not yet said why its first executive director, Conor Dwyer Reynolds, has been suspended.
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Court ruling could force sale of toxic sites along the Genesee River
A state judge has ordered developer Tom Masaschi to sell 5 and 15 Flint Street, both part of the former Vacuum Oil complex in PLEX.
