Rochester City Council will vote on Sanctuary City legislation when it meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The legislation, which was introduced by Mayor Lovely Warren, will reaffirm Rochester’s status as a sanctuary city, which it’s been since 1986. In short, that means the city’s police will only cooperate with federal immigration agents in ways that […]
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Trump’s Big Ball of Awful
President Donald Trump’s first week in office was just as bad as we suspected it could be, and probably worse.
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Proposed downtown DMV’s fate lies with budget vote
Monroe County is on the verge of having a downtown DMV, once again. County Clerk Adam Bello announced his plan to open an office at a press conference this morning. First, however, the County Legislature needs to pass the 2017 county budget without removing funding that Bello’s office set aside for the effort. The Legislature […]
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Warren, Gillibrand, faith leaders denounce hate incidents
The country is in a difficult place. A divisive election dominated by the contemptuous language of President-elect Donald Trump left much of the country with raw nerves. But the outcome was downright frightening to marginalized groups, particularly immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, and many women. And in the immediate aftermath of the election, those […]
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A modest little proposal for revitalizing downtown
Where a company has its corporate headquarters makes a statement about that company and how it views its community.
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Feedback 5/4
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The state of our city
Rochester’s Anti-Poverty Initiative has gotten the buy-in of many community leaders and residents. But the obstacles are simply massive.
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Feedback 12-2
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County, city to explore fiber options
Monroe County and City of Rochester officials want to hire a consultant to figure out how to best use their fiber networks. Over the years, county workers have installed 367 miles of fiber optic cable throughout Monroe’s towns and villages, and particularly in the City of Rochester, said Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks during a […]
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New ad campaign touts Rochester — or Warren?
Rochester is a mid-sized city with a small town’s zeal for gossip. So when a mayor who is not up for re-election until 2017 starts running TV spots, people take notice. The commercial shows Mayor Lovely Warren with a child — her daughter, Taylor? — and touts some of the things happening in the city, […]
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What Brooks didn’t say in her final State of the County speech
Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks gave her final State of the County address last night — and she sneaked a couple of bits of news into it. For one, the county finally has a buyer for the Gateway and Atrium buildings on East Main Street downtown. CGI Communications, a marketing company located next door in […]
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Yet another challenge for the anti-poverty folks
To ‘eradicate poverty’ in the City of Rochester, we’ll need to create jobs. But we’ll have to do much, much more.
