At 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency (COMIDA) will hold a public hearing on a tax incentive package for Hart’s Local Grocers, the new grocery store opening in downtown Rochester this spring. Hart’s will be located at 10 Winthrop Street – in the former Craig Autometrics building – in the city’s East […]
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Committee recommends mostly minor tweaks to county charter
The members of a committee reviewing the laws that specify Monroe County government’s organization and operations presented their initial recommendations this morning. The members of the Charter Review Committee seem primary concerned about modernizing the document. Each of the committee’s seven members were charged with reviewing specific areas of the county charter. For the most […]
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Four vacancies in the County Legislature
For the time being, the Monroe County Legislature has four vacant seats, to which someone must be appointed. The seats are all emptybecause the people elected to them have all resigned for new local offices. On December 18, Democratic Legislator Michael Patterson resigned to take a seat on City Council. And as of January 1, […]
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Dems attack big pay raise proposed for Sheriff O’Flynn
Last night, County Legislature Democrats had a chance to question county officials about a proposed $37,000 raise for Sheriff Patrick O’Flynn. The Sheriff’s Office is within the purview of the Legislature’s Public Safety Committee. But Dems help back. They appear to be holding their questions until the Lej’s Ways and Means Committee meeting on Thursday, […]
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Warren appoints two to lead her transition team
Rochester Mayor-elect Lovely Warren has appointed a local lawyer and an RIT professor to lead her transition. Christopher Thomas and Dr. dt ogilvie are serving on a volunteer basis. The transition team will also hire Strategic Community Intervention LLC, founded by former Rochester Mayor Bill Johnson, to consult. Current mayor Tom Richards will be a […]
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Penfield may privatize plowing
The Town of Penfield may start using a private contractor to plow some of the town’s subdivisions in the winter. The rest of the plowing would still be done by Penfield’s public works employees. Officials want to know if the move would save money, says Town Supervisor Tony LaFountain, through reductions in overtime and equipment […]
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Greece Dems outline open government agenda
During a brief press conference this morning, Greece Democratic candidates presented a 10-point plan for opening up town government. The agenda isn’t complicated and many of the proposals center on community outreach. The proposals include: Establishing citizens advisory committees for finance, communications, public works and public safety; Having community meetings in the different town wards […]
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County charter committee will meet again
Monroe County’s Charter Review Committee had a couple of basic items on its agenda today: some time for public comments, and an update from its chairman on the research that committee members have been doing. But nobody showed up to speak. And several committee members said that they are still reviewing their assigned topics, asking […]
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[UPDATED] Comptroller’s Office says Monroe County is fiscally stressed
The state Comptroller’s Office says Monroe County is in significant fiscal stress and is perhaps the most stressed local government in the state.
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County charter review committee begins its work
The first meeting of a Monroe County charter review committee was brief and ended with homework for the members. The meeting took place this morning. The committee, which was established by the County Legislature during its May meeting, is charged with reviewing two sections of county law that lay out how the county government is […]
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Brooks says broad support makes bike-ped projects attractive
Elected officials are finding it easier and easier to get behind active transportation initiatives. As she spoke to the audience at yesterday’s Genesee-Finger Lakes Active Transportation Summit, Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks ticked off the reasons why, including economic and community health benefits. PHOTO BY JEREMY MOULE This is what parking looks like at an […]
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Cuomo bats leadership ball back to legislators
The New York Post published an article this morning speculating that Governor Andrew Cuomo and his staff want to push Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver out of his leadership post. It also says that Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle could be installed in Silver’s place. According to the Post, Cuomo planned to use last week’s arrests […]
