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1 day ago · Workers seeking a contract with UR Medicine Home Care have voted overwhelmingly for a three-day strike, their union says. The vote gives the union’s bargaining committee the authority to issue the company a 10-day notice. For nine months, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East and UR Medicine ...

Jan 10, 2025 · Rochester Mayor Malik Evans announced plans to sign Good Cause legislation after a public hearing Friday. It marks the culmination of efforts from housing advocates to secure eviction protections for the city’s tenants.

5 days ago · With its nearly $1 billion Rochester Hub project on a construction pause as the company works on financing, Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.’s support for aspects of a presidential executive order that may end electric vehicle subsidies and federal climate regulation could be a harbinger of even more challenges for the project.

Jan 9, 2025 · Rochester experienced a significant drop in crime last year—30 percent overall—that spanned every reported category, with the second half of 2024 continuing the midyear trend. “I am not satisfied with these numbers, but I am gratified,” Mayor Malik Evans said, repeating an oft-used phrase in his year-end public safety update.. “(They represent) the work we are doing to continue to ...

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Dec 28, 2023 · In responses to the question about the top challenge facing our community over the next 10 years, poverty and inequality, fixing problems in the Rochester City School District, and reducing crime and drug use were among those cited most frequently.

Dec 30, 2024 · Analytics tools allow us to identify which articles draw the most website traffic and clicks on our Weekly Review email. And as in years past, the most-read stories of 2024 were quite varied, highlighting our readers’ diverse interests.

Sep 12, 2024 · As a result of these trends, rental units in the city of Rochester are likely to be in smaller properties. Nearly two-thirds of Rochester’s rentals are found in properties with one to four units, which can be inefficient to operate.

Vision Zero: Reducing Death and Injury on Rochester StreetsDate: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025Time: 9 a.m. – noonLocation: Gleason Auditorium, Central Library, 115 South Ave., Rochester From 2013 to 2023, 3,200 pedestrians and bicyclists were killed or injured by cars and trucks traveling Rochester’s streets, nearly 300 per …