This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) CRCDS plans to be shown Neighbors Building Neighborhoods Sector 6 will hold a presentation on Monday, April 8, by developer Angelo Ingrassia concerning his plans for the former Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School […]
Mayor Bill Johnson
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Support’s growing for reform of police oversight
Concerns over police conduct aren’t new, in Rochester or many other cities. Nor is the public push for reform. But in Rochester this year, support for reform has been gaining strength. On the heels of 18-year-old Ricky Bryant’s lawsuit charging police with using excessive force and a citizens-group report calling for an independent review board, […]
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Board yet? Ferry gets its company
The city’s decision to get into the ferry business has ratcheted up public scrutiny on the project way beyond 11. And you can bet that each ferry decision the city makes — up to the bid for The Breeze on February 28 and well beyond — will be accompanied by loud second guessing. The latest […]
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Reader feedback 12.15.04
Choosing a mayor, saving the ferry, questioning the war|Iraq war
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Save that ferry!
I was going to wait a week or so to make up my mind about the ferry rescue — get more information, interview more people. But for pete’s sake: The answer’s as clear as day. We need to save the ferry and get it back in operation. The ferry’s good for Rochester. It’s […]
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Ferry, ferry quite contrary
Ferry update, November 24: Rochester’s ferry crisis kicked into high gear on Wednesday, when two companies that financed the boat began foreclosure proceedings. A very possible outcome: A court will permit the lenders — ABN AMRO Bank and EFIC (the Export Finance and Insurance Corp.) to take the boat and sell it to recoup […]
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Bill Johnson: CATS’ plan is ‘too risky’
In Mayor Bill Johnson’s ferry plan, city council would approve establishing a public authority to take ownership of the ferry in December, and the state legislature would approve it in early February. The authority might handle the operation itself, or it might hire a company to do it. The authority would be appointed immediately so […]
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Reader feedback 9.29.04
Suburban sprawl, the Bush-Kerry race, city
investments
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Big gamble?
Plans to put a $500 million hotel and casino at MidtownPlaza and the SibleyBuilding are barreling ahead, with many local leaders unsure of their role in the proceedings. But word that nobody locally can have a say in the development may be inaccurate. Officials of Wilmorite (owner of the SibleyBuilding and several Rochester-area suburban […]
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Whose Renaissance?
After nearly 10 years of costly studies and deliberations, the Performing Arts Center project is no longer a city-county venture. Since it’s now being discussed as part of the whole Renaissance Square concept, the PAC falls under the oversight of the Renaissance Square Corp., a subsidiary of the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transit Authority. RGRTA Director Mark […]
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Do you know Goa?
Do you know Goa? “Which part of India did Francis Xavier arrive at in 1542?” If there are esoteric questions in the air and small groups of people with pensive looks on their faces huddled around tables, then it must be Trivia Night at the Old Toad Pub. “Most English pubs have trivia nights […]
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Can we think big?
If Rochester, Buffalo, and Syracuse worked together as a region, could we get the growth — new companies, new jobs, new people — that’s eluding us? Maybe. We’d certainly have a better chance than if we keep working separately. But boy, do we have a long way to go. Working together as a […]
