U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the federal Department of Health and Human Services to release funds to enable local communities to offer free COVID-19 testing. Schumer was in the Orleans County town of Medina on Thursday, where he ...

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The Community Transportation Association of America has honored Rochester’s Regional Transit Service with the Heroes in Motion award for its work during the COVID-19 crisis. “We are proud to honor RTS with our premier Heroes in Motion award for their ...

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Jordan Health on Saturday marked six months since the opening of its respiratory clinic at the Anthony L. Jordan Health Center. The clinic was opened at the request of Monroe County and the city of Rochester to help address the ...

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For the first time in 130 years, the Salvation Army started its annual holiday fundraising campaign in October in an effort to #RescueChristmas, the nonprofit said this week. “We are expecting more than 2,000 families in Monroe County to come ...

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Main Street Arts, a Clifton Springs not-for-profit art gallery, will hold its 7th annual “Small Works” and 5th annual “The Cup, The Mug” virtually this year. Both events are national juried exhibitions. Main Street Arts will use Facebook live on ...

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The County of Monroe is teaming with ESL Federal Credit Union, Greater Rochester Health Foundation and Rochester Area Community Foundation on a solution to improve internet connectivity to help more students actively participate in their lessons throughout the school day. ...

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Monro Inc. on Wednesday reported a drop in second-quarter sales and earnings, blaming a reduction in traffic due to COVID-19. For the quarter ended March 27, the Rochester-based automotive undercar repair and tire company reported revenue of $288.6 million, down ...

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Xerox Holdings Corp. on Tuesday reported a decline in third-quarter revenue and earnings but managed to beat Street estimates. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, the document company reported sales of $1.77 billion, down roughly 19 percent from $2.18 billion ...

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Xerox Holdings Corp. this week released its annual Global Corporate Social Responsibility Report detailing data, accomplishments and goals related to its environmental work, society and governance. “While corporate social responsibility isn’t new, this year has crystalized what it really means, ...

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Six area nonprofits have received social impact grants from L3Harris Technologies Inc. as part of the manufacturer’s effort to provide relief to communities it resides in. The L3Harris Foundation this month distributed grants in 19 states to organizations that applied ...

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Excellus BlueCross BlueShield will issue $17.6 million in medical premium refund credits to roughly 700 large group employer and union-sponsored plans that are prospectively rated as part of its comprehensive community response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, the health ...

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New York’s county leaders last week renewed a call to the White House and congressional leaders to reach an agreement that would provide local governments with direct federal COVID-19 stimulus assistance, following the House of Representative’s passage of an updated ...

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The August 2020 Survey of Consumer Expectations from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows a continued decline in pessimism about households’ financial situation. The report, from the New York Fed’s Center for Microeconomic Data, shows that home price ...

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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has drawn up a plan to cancel up to $50,000 in debt for federal student loan borrowers. The resolution outlines how the next president should use existing executive authority under the Higher Education Act to substantially ...

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The New York State Department of Labor this week said that payments for the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) program, which provides an additional $300 in weekly benefits to unemployed New Yorkers, will begin next week. Up to 2.4 million New ...

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