Governor Andrew Cuomo said New York does not have the resources to fund a presidential executive order to give unemployed people $400 more a week.
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School boards say more money needed to safely reopen schools
While school board members want children back in the classroom — at least part time – they’re concerned there isn’t enough money to do it safely.
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The money race
Taxes: they’re what this year’s county executive race is fundamentally about. As Republican incumbent Cheryl Dinolfo and Adam Bello, her Democratic opponent, lay out how they’ll approach county government, they’re really talking about how they’ll spend money that comes from county, state, or federal taxes. They’re talking about how they’ll manage the county’s $1 billion […]
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DA’s race draws on big issues
Justice is a malleable term, but fundamentally and conceptually it is about fairness, both for people accused of crimes and people who are victims of them. The Monroe County district attorney’s race illustrates just how subjective justice is, as a concept and as a practice. The two candidates converge on some issues and diverge on […]
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Bat McGrath, an iconic part of the Rochester music scene, has died
Bat McGrath died Tuesday night, in much the same way as he wrote and sang. With no drama, no fuss, quietly, at his mountainside home in Tennessee with his wife Tricia Cast, all on his terms. A member of the Rochester Music Hall of Fame, the 73-year-old McGrath was diagnosed with cancer on Dec. 12. […]
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PERSPECTIVES: Angelica Perez-Delgado
Angelica Perez-Delgado’s path to CEO and president of the Ibero-American Action League was challenging. And it certainly wasn’t something she could imagine was possible for her when she was a young Latina growing up in the North Clinton neighborhood. Perez-Delgado had her first child at 16. Though she says she came from a “good home,” […]
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Terry Dade will be Rochester’s next superintendent
School district officials have confirmed that the Rochester school board has selected Terry Dade as the next superintendent of the Rochester City School District. Dade is currently an assistant superintendent for the Fairfax County Public Schools in Falls Church, Virginia, a district with 180,000 students. Dade will sign his contract at an upcoming school board […]
