For more than 25 years, the Cunningham Carriage Factory building at 33 Litchfield Street in the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood sat vacant. That changed when DePaul, a nonprofit housing and social services organization, bought the property and began developing it into housing. Now, construction crews are stripping the sturdy brick building down to its bones. From […]
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Week Ahead: RCSD budget, College Town groundbreaking, active transportation summit, food truck in Henrietta?
This is an updated version. The Rochester school board will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, for a final review of Superintendent Bolgen Vargas’s proposed budget for the 2013 to 2014 school year. This could be the last opportunity for board members to listen to parents, teachers, and students about the impact of […]
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Congress dumps ballast water provision
The Senate and House of Representatives have rejected a provision that would have weakened an important anti-invasive species regulation in New York state. Representative Louise Slaughter, who co-chairs the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force, announced today that the Senate and House each passed a Coast Guard re-authorization bill. But the bill did not include language […]
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GOP Senator: Boost energy research funding
A boost in federal spending for energy research and development could do a lot to advance clean energy technology and create jobs. And apparently, it’s not just Congressional Democrats who think it’s a good idea. The Hill reports that Republican Senator Lamar Alexander wants Congress to double the Department of Energy’s research and development funding. […]
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CEOs fight for entitlements
Much was made of the war on women during the 2012 presidential campaign. But now that the election is over, a second war has begun. And it looks like this one will be waged against the poor and elderly. Congress and the Obama administration are trying to reach an agreement on how to avoid the […]
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Post-election analysis
Analysis and insight from the City news staff on Tuesday’s elections results.
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America for sale
By one estimate, this year’s federal elections could cost as much as $6 billion. That’s a projection from the Center for Responsive Politics, the organization that runs the campaign finance tracking website Opensecrets.org. The number may be shocking, but it’s not spontaneous or arbitrary; it’s been decades in the making. And the Supreme Court’s 2010 […]
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It’s Barack Obama, for the win
Good night for Dems overall, with Slaughter and O’Brien both winning hotly-contested races.
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Slaughter re-opens 10-point lead over Brooks
With five days remaining before the election, incumbent Democrat Louise Slaughter has regained her 10 point lead over her Republican challenger, Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks, in the race for the 25th Congressional District, according to a new Siena poll out this morning. Brooks had narrowed the gap to about five points early last month. […]
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Now’s a good time to talk about FEMA cuts
During last night’s debate between Maggie Brooks and Louise Slaughter, WROC anchor Maureen McGuire asked the candidates whether, in light of Hurricane Sandy, they’d supporting cutting funding for or eliminating FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Both candidates said they want to keep FEMA intact and preserve its funding. But Brooks’ response had another element; […]
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Slaughter and Brooks get testy
If you caught the first debate between incumbent Democrat Louise Slaughter and Republican Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks, you didn’t miss much, since tonight’s round was more of the same. The only major difference was Brooks’ defensive posture on FEMA in light of the disaster superstorm Sandy inflicted on the New York City and New […]
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Week Ahead: Midtown public-space hearing, another Slaughter-Brooks debate
The City of Rochester will hold a public hearing to present designs for the open space and public realm portion of the Midtown Redevelopment Project. The designs include plans for new streets, sidewalks, and open spaces. Some people have also talked about using a portion of the property for a permanent downtown festival site. The […]
