The proposal, which is up for a public hearing on Friday, calls for a facility that would create about a thousand positions and around 300 construction jobs.
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Dinolfo sums up her accomplishments, agenda
Monroe County’s chief economic development agency is losing its association with lunch and getting a name that’s more of an inspirational and aspirational call. The subject at hand is the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency, which everyone calls COMIDA, literally the Spanish word for food; the progressive group Metro Justice once issued a critical report […]
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Reform proposals aimed at COMIDA, county
The Monroe County Industrial Development Agency’s board didn’t instigate the I-Square controversy which engulfed the early days of County Executive Cheryl Dinfolo’s rookie term. And yet, the board is now stuck between dueling reform proposals. One set of recommendations comes from Dinolfo; they aren’t really recommendations so much as directives, but the board does have […]
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Dinolfo tries I-Square damage control
Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinfolo isn’t changing her story on I-Square, but she’s released some e-mails and memos to back it up. An emotional, contrite Dinolfo held a press conference this morning to explain, as she put it, what she knew, when she knew it, and how she knew it in this scandal that has […]
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Politics and COMIDA
Reilich’s partisan meddling taints his party, COMIDA and its board, and every business that receives benefits from COMIDA.
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[UPDATED] Mazzullo out as COMIDA chair
UPDATE (May 23, 9:00 a.m.): COMIDA board members Clint Campbell and Eugene Caccamise have also resigned, according to media reports. ORIGINAL STORY: The I-Square body count continues to rise. Today, Theresa Mazzullo resigned as chair of the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency board. In a resignation letter released to local media, Mazzullo said that the […]
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Legislature won’t probe I-Square debacle
The Monroe County Legislature will not investigate the chain of events that led to one of the clumsiest political squabbles in recent local history. A Legislature committee rejected a proposal to create a committee to investigate remarks made by Bill Reilich, chair of the Monroe County Republican Committee, regarding the I-Square development in Irondequoit. The […]
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Top county official resigns over I-Square flap
Justin Roj, assistant Monroe County executive, has resigned at the request of his boss, County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo. The reason? I-Square. In a statement sent to media tonight, Dinolfo admitted that Roj contacted the county Industrial Development Agency’s counsel over the Irondequoit project. That’s not what Dinolfo told reporters earlier this week, when she said […]
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Sheppard wants Reilich and COMIDA investigated
Democratic County Legislator James Sheppard wants Monroe County’s newly created public integrity office to step into a messy and odd political dispute in Irondequoit. But there’s a slight problem: the office isn’t up and running yet. County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo last week announced the start of a national search for the office’s director. In a […]
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Reilich goes to war with Irondequoit
All poor Bill Reilich wanted to do was take a cheap shot at Irondequoit Supervisor Adam Bello.
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County wants $814,790.17 from former Medley owner
Monroe County officials are seeking a court judgement of more than $814,000 against Medley Centre’s former owner, Bersin Properties. The request stems from a tax incentive agreement between the dead mall’s owner and the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency, Monroe County, the Town of Irondequoit, and the East Irondequoit school district. Bersin failed to make […]
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