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Rochester is using the courts — and the threat of possible jail time for contempt — to hold landlords accountable for residential rental property code violations.

Organization leaders said the name change was done to reduce resistance to a vision diagnosis and increase willingness to get medical attention in order to maximize one’s remaining vision.  

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A proposed 60-unit apartment community in Penfield and renovations for the Security Risk Advisors, Inc. office at the Culver Road Armory received approval for tax incentives from the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency on Tuesday.

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Woofs Canine Club & Indoor Dog Park will launch from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday at 187 W. Main St. while the former To The Core Pilates officially will relaunch as To The Core Lagree Fitness on Jan. 28 in Towne Center plaza at 1028 Ridge Rd.

This year promises to be a landmark year for adult-use cannabis in New York.

Zimmer – who has over 30 years of experience - previously served as president of Xerox's US Enterprise Business and senior vice president of Sales at CompuCom Systems.  

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New York ranked third on the U.S. Green Building Council’s list of states at the forefront of green construction, with Massachusetts earning the top spot. The USGBC annual list ranks states based on the most LEED-certified gross square footage per ...

While Amazon last year paused the launch of many of its newly built facilities across the country due to changing economic conditions and apparent supply chain issues, the company said it is definitely moving forward with the suburban Rochester location.

According to the survey, 85 percent of business leaders said they anticipate their revenue to increase year-over-year. However, they reported that the challenges of the past three years have contributed to ongoing stress.  

A new collaboration between Alstom and Rochester Institute of Technology will provide RIT students with educational, research and career opportunities that will help advance cybersecurity efforts in the transportation industry.  

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A reading of the proposed regulations is extremely valuable for those in or looking to be in the cannabis space.

The RMSC has launched the public phase of its $10 million capital campaign for innovation.

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Electronic recycler Sunnking has launched registration for its 13th annual eScrap for Camp fundraiser to benefit Camp Good Days & Special Times. The program recycles company and employee electronics to raise money for the camp, a nonprofit that improves the ...

"The Rochester real estate market cooled somewhat in 2022 as indicated by the decline in closed sales," Mike O’Connor, GRAR president, said in a news release. "The frantic pace of the last couple of years is slowing, but there are still many active buyers who are continually on the lookout for new listings."

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Founded in 1972, JML has 70,000 square feet of space on Linden Avenue dedicated to the design, production and testing of aspherical, spherical, plano, cylindrical and acylindrical lenses and multi-element optical devices.  

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