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The election season is gearing up, so it’s not surprising to see red, white and blue campaign signs sprouting in yards throughout Western New York. What is surprising are the names on some of these plastic-coated cardboard rectangles. Rather than ...

With the current COVID-19 pandemic and the upcoming Presidential election, we are living in very uncertain economic and political times. This uncertainty places additional burdens on trustees of trusts seeking to fulfill their fiduciary obligations to the trust beneficiaries. In this article, we ...

Broadly speaking, U.S. stocks and bonds are trading near all-time highs. Worries of the day include a resurgence of the coronavirus, an upcoming presidential election, ongoing disputes with China and unrest in the Middle East — just to name a ...

Georgetown was just another team on the Syracuse University basketball schedule and John Thompson was just another faceless coach. However, that all changed the night of Feb. 12, 1980 in the Manley Field House finale. That evening, a Hoyas’ upset ...

Those who can’t change their minds can’t change anything. —George Bernard Shaw For those of you who don’t know me, I am a lifelong Democrat, social liberal and fiscal moderate. As such, I have always tried to think outside of ...

Just west of downtown Rochester sits Susan B. Anthony Square, and in the middle of this park is a statue that highlights what seems to be a quaint, historical moment. “Let’s Have Tea” by Rochester sculptor Pepsy Kettavong features two ...

It didn’t save baseball the way Babe Ruth’s home run surge did following the Black Sox World Series-fixing scandal of 1919, but it did provide a soothing balm and helped remind people why they fell in love with the game ...

Since March, most Americans have been spending more time at home. The results of this situation have created a massive demand on home improvement projects and caused even more disruption in an already strained materials supply chain (lumber, for instance, ...

Starting January 1, 2021, nearly all employers in New York must offer paid sick leave to their employees under recently enacted New York Labor Law § 196-b. Even the smallest employers must offer at least unpaid leave. Sick leave under ...

How will a vaccine for coronavirus impact our workplaces? While we might think of a vaccine as the holy grail and a panacea, it likely will not jumpstart a return to work life as we knew it. If you’ve already ...

I’m flipping channels recently when I come across an Oakland A’s baseball game. The camera cuts away from the action to show a life-sized cardboard cutout of a young man hawking hot dogs in the stands. His face looks familiar, ...

“Before the pandemic hit, one of my employees had high levels of absenteeism, frequently taking “sick” time to stay home. Now that everyone is staying home, she no longer takes “sick” days. So, on paper, her absenteeism problem has disappeared ...

“How am I doing?” is one of the most basic questions an investor can ask. Without the right information, it’s hard to give an answer. Many investors take a casual approach to tracking their investment performance and look no further ...

Jim Quamo is sitting at a picnic table near the pond at Rochester’s Cobbs Hill Park. Decked out in a Boston Red Sox cap and T-shirt, he rummages through a gigantic, clear plastic bag stuffed with photographs, magazines, newspapers and ...

We are still in the midst of a global pandemic which, with few geographic exceptions, is raging on with no end in sight. It has changed our lives, our habits, and our economy. In many ways, it is impacting our ...