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Masks are no longer mandatory for airline passengers after a federal judge in Florida ruled on Monday that the Center for Disease Control (CDC) did not follow proper rule-making procedures. Bus passengers in Rochester still must wear a mask, however. ...

Landlords who accepted rent payments through the state’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) are being reminded that it is illegal to raise rent for 12 months. New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the reminder advisory on Monday, warning that ...

Sometime in the hopefully not-too-distant future, health and safety concerns will have improved so that Governor Hochul will declare an end to the COVID-related state of emergency in New York. By signifying that sufficient progress has been made in reducing ...

There have been dramatic shifts in both the needs and the realities of manufacturing the United States over the past two years, with things changing most dramatically in the past few months. There continues to be impressive improvements in technology. ...

Just In Time (JIT) is a production method pioneered in the 1930s by Toyota Motor Corporation as a means to reduce overproduction — the time a product spends going through production — and excess inventory. It became highly popular in ...

  The owner of Culver Ridge Plaza has filed suit against Regal Cinemas, Inc., alleging the movie theater operator owes $2.15 million in unpaid rent, taxes and late fees. Irondequoit TK Owner LLC says in court papers filed Wednesday in ...

Nearly 9,500 small businesses in the Finger Lakes region will be allowed to defer repayment on COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) for another six months. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said today that the Small Business Administration ...

For obvious reasons, COVID-19-19 and the many elements of disruption it has caused continue to dominate conversation at organizations of all types. This month we commemorate two years since the widespread effects of COVID-19 first hit the United States, along ...

Business leaders in the Finger Lakes region believe the state’s economy will be a little better in 2022, but lingering challenges from COVID-19 will remain.

The past two years have prompted regional commercial insurance agencies to get creative with technology and communication.

Post-pandemic foreclosure activity continues in Monroe County, but not nearly to the degree seen in other areas of the country. There were 56 properties in some phase of foreclosure in February in Monroe County, down six from January, according to ...

Extreme weather, the effects of COVID-19 and an accompanying rise in cyber attacks all factor into this year’s insurance costs.

Yanfang Ren knows ventilation is critical to helping curb the spread of COVID-19. So, Ren and his team at Eastman Institute for Oral Health, part of the University of Rochester Medical Center, developed an easy-to-use process that can conveniently and ...

Gallina Development Corp. is bringing high-end flexible workspace to downtown Rochester.

Business customers of Rochester Gas & Electric (RG&E) and New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) may be eligible for funding through the COVID-19 Economic Relief Program from each company. Eligible larges businesses with costs related to the pandemic after ...