Homebound individuals in the nine-county Finger Lakes Region will now have the ability to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Monroe County, the Finger Lakes COVID-19 Vaccine Hub, Goodwill of the Finger Lakes and other local partners have finalized plans to bring ...

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Ultralife Corp. on Thursday reported a first-quarter drop in income, falling short of Street expectations. For the quarter ended March 31, the Newark power and communication systems company reported revenues of $25.97 million, compared with $25.8 million in the first ...

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More than one dozen area nonprofits will receive Excellus BlueCross BlueShield’s Community Health Awards to help improve health and health care in the community. The awards are part of more than $200,000 the health plan is donating to 53 nonprofits ...

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Rochester’s Ortho Clinical Diagnostics has been awarded a $53.7 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to fund manufacturing capacity expansion dedicated to U.S. customers of the company’s COVID-19 antigen and two antibody tests and for the company’s VITROS ...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers reached a deal on the state’s budget this week. The final, $212 billion budget includes a number of measures to aid industries and sectors that have been hardest hit by the pandemic. Additionally, the ...

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Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is working to help the community become vaccine ready during National Minority Health Month. Excellus BCBS has created a dedicated COVID-19 website that offers up-to-the-minute information on what individuals need to know such as how to schedule ...

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A recent decision by a state Supreme Court Justice could have a significant impact on businesses struggling to pay rent because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a decision released March 9, Justice Daniel J. Doyle ruled that Flour City Bagels, ...

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New research from Paychex Inc. has found that three of the biggest obstacles businesses face are financial instability, bringing employees back to the office and developing a COVID-19 vaccine policy. The survey showed that small- and mid-size business owners continue ...

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The Village of Fairport Local Development Corp. LIFT Grant program has been expanded to provide cash assistance to village retail and restaurant businesses impacted by COVID-19. The LIFT grant program was introduced in August 2020 to provide reimbursement for purchases ...

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More than 2,000 applications were submitted for Fast Forward Monroe Small Business Grants and 1,315 were approved, county officials said last week. The $17 million program, announced in October, was designed to support local small businesses affected by the pandemic. ...

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The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival has been put back on the calendar this year, festival producers said Thursday. Producers Marc Iacona and John Nugent have slated the popular event for July 30 to Aug. 7 at Rochester Institute of ...

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Some 365 people have lost their jobs at the YMCA of Greater Rochester as a result of COVID-19 and its economic impact, a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filed with the state Department of Labor last year and amended ...

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A new report from New York Attorney General Letitia James on COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes has community members and organizations statewide calling for answers and looking for solutions. Thursday’s report — a sprawling, in-depth 76-page document — details an ...

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Nearly $37 million in federal funding has been made available to Upstate New York airports that have been devastated by the pandemic, including more than $4.7 million for the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport. Last month’s bipartisan COVID-19 relief ...

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Unshackle Upstate, a pro-taxpayer education and advocacy organization, has released its 2021 Advocacy Agenda. The group again takes issue with taxes, prevailing wage mandates and the Scaffold Law, but this year also addresses the pandemic. “Given the state of New ...

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