The number of Monroe County children receiving subsidized day care decreased between 2007 and 2013, and the incomes of families receiving the subsidies are also trending downward, according to an updated analysis from the Center for Governmental Research. CGR released its initial analysis of Monroe County child care subsidies in November, and the report identified several […]
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MCC’s new downtown campus on target for 2017 opening
The first phase of construction at Monroe Community College’s new $72 million downtown campus is three-quarters complete, and the facility is on track for a fall 2017 opening. The new 255,000-square-foot campus will be spread across seven floors in four former Kodak buildings on State Street, bought by the county. The first phase of construction […]
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The great LDC extinction
Cheryl Dinolfo’s pledge to eliminate local development corporations in Monroe County may be less a stand for integrity than a reflection of the fact that LDC’s just aren’t as useful to governments as they once were. Dinolfo, a Republican, announced her bid for county executive last month. She has been pegged as current county executive […]
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LDC scandal may have a small silver lining
For the past six months, Monroe County has been handling some administrative work for two quasi-governmental local development corporations it created: Upstate Telecommunications Corporation and Monroe Safety and Security Systems. The county took over the duties from a subcontractor after four key players in the LDC’s were hit with criminal charges related to alleged bid-rigging. The […]
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Study assesses child care subsidies in Monroe County
The need for child day care subsidies is growing locally and the availability of the subsidies is dwindling. Yet Monroe County is serving a higher percentage and number of eligible children than other urban counties in New York, outside of New York city. Child care subsidies are the subject of a Center for Governmental Research […]
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Monroe County plans to sell Riga land to COMIDA
Monroe County officials plan to sell about 130 acres of land adjacent to the Mill Seat Landfill to the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency. COMIDA would pay approximately $1.4 million for the land on Brew Road in the Town of Riga, according to a County Legislature referral released late yesterday. The transaction had been budgeted […]
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LIVING: Getting settled
Up until the 1960’s, Rochester’s economy was dynamic and growing, and the area’s major employers of the day often needed to build their management teams with outside talent. Eastman Kodak, Xerox, Bausch and Lomb, and several other firms were industrial giants, and some offered prospective executives handsome relocation packages. But Rochester’s relocation business isn’t what […]
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Morelle wants investigation of Medley’s state tax credits
State Assembly member Joe Morelle is calling for Empire State Development to investigate whether the Medley Centre project still is, or should be, eligible for its Empire Zone benefits. Developer Scott Congel bought the Irondequoit mall and the company that owns it, Bersin Properties, several years ago. Over the years, his plans for the mall […]
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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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Young offenders, adult prisons
The Raise the Age movement seeks to get youth ages 16 and 17 out of the adult criminal justice system.
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State will finish detention center work
Monroe County will be able to move its children’s detention center to the Industry Residential Center in Rush as of January 10, say state officials.
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Week Ahead: Dems push independent LDC probe; charter school renewals
Today, a County Legislature committee will take up a Democratic proposal to create a special committee to take over the internal investigation into local development corporations. To ensure that the Legislature considers the proposal, Democrats voted last week against borrowing for the county’s annual capital project plan. Such measures need a two-thirds majority to pass, […]
