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Rochester-based startups Leep Foods and Crystal Creek Organics are among the 20 finalists in the Grow-NY competition, which features a top prize of $1 million. Grow-NY is a food innovation and agriculture technology business challenge, which focuses on enhancing the ...

Court officials and local leaders have announced a new effort to help tenants facing possible eviction because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Thursday, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello, U.S Rep. Joe Morelle, Seventh Judicial District Administrative Judge Craig Doran, and ...

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed fining 13WHAM TV more than half a million dollars, ruling its parent company failed to negotiate retransmission fees in good faith. Deerfield Media Inc., a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, violated FCC requirements during ...

Municipalities in Monroe County will receive more than $6 million in federal aid through the most recent supplement funding from the CARES Act. The relief funding is part of just over $73 million allocated to localities in New York through ...

The death of Daniel Prude in late March after he was restrained by officers from the Rochester Police Department may provide what panelists on a Young Black Leaders webinar say is a path to overdue fundamental transformation in the community. ...

VoteEarlyNY has launched a website to guide voters through the early voting, vote-by-mail and traditional voting process. With early voting starting in less than two months, the purpose of the website is to inform voters on their three options, verify ...

A Brighton nursing home has struck back against allegations it violated a law concerning a requirement that nursing homes isolate residents when a home’s infection control program determines that isolation is needed to prevent the spread of infection. The Law ...

Officials from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) say help from Congress is necessary to restore jobs, projects and confidence to an industry that has been greatly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Two-thirds of the 68 survey respondents from ...

New officers hired by the Rochester Police Department will be required to live in the city if Mayor Lovely Warren and members of City Council receive legislative approval to implement a residency requirement. Warren and Council President Loretta Scott said ...

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is seeking additional federal funding to help hospitals stay afloat during the COVID-19 crisis. Schumer, D-NY, visited Yates County’s Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital last week as part of a push for his three-pronged plan to ...

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Rochester has been named an All-America City by the National Civic League, one of 10 cities recognized for civic innovation over the past year. To enter the contest, cities must showcase three projects that exemplify how a commitment to collaboration, civic ...

The city of Rochester has launched DataROC, an online clearinghouse for city information, including datasets, maps, documents and applications. Accessible from any devise at data.cityofrochester.gov, the portal includes real estate assessment records, historical maps, housing market data and nuisance points ...

Trillium Health Inc. has joined a statewide coalition to protest cuts to community health centers. The Protect the Safety Net campaign, led by advocates and Medicaid patients, seeks to reverse a provision in the New York state budget that strips ...

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Delinquencies rates among hotels financed through commercial-mortgage backed securities (CMBS) soared to the highest level on record in July, the result of the massive decline in travel due to the coronavirus pandemic. The percentage of lodging loans that were 30 ...

Rochester City Council passed legislation on Tuesday that provides a safety net for residents who have been financially burdened by the coronavirus pandemic and may be facing eviction. The city will allot $2.85 million from the CARES Act for eviction ...