Category: Featured News, State/National News
Gov. Cuomo Launches Statewide Relief Effort to Help Puerto Rico
By Staff – Gov. Andrew Cuomo has launched the Empire State Relief and Recovery Effort for Puerto Rico, after the governor...
RTS to Study Redesign of Public Transit System
By Staff – Regional Transit Service (RTS) has announced the organization will study a redesign of the public transit system in...
Ohio State University Includes Rochester in Civil Unrest Case Study
By Staff – The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law has recently included Rochester in a case study that will focus on...
Monroe County, Foodlink Partner to Bring Curbside Market to DHS
By Staff – Monroe County and Foodlink will partner to host Foodlink’s Curbside Market program at the Monroe County...
Update: Cornell Student Charged in Alleged Racially-Based Attack Apologizes
By Staff – (Update, Sept. 21) – Nineteen-year-old John Greenwood, a white Cornell student charged with beating a black...
Proposed Rochester River Charter School Seeking Board Members
By Staff – The recently proposed Rochester River Charter School (RRCS), and its non-profit affiliate, the Rochester River...
Rochester Resident Files Lawsuit Alleging RPD Officer’s Use of Excessive Force
By Staff – Rochester resident Quintin Keene has filed a lawsuit against the Rochester Police Department alleging RPD...
Waters, Morial, Sanders Push “Black Wealth 2020” as ‘Urgent’ Movement Spreads
By Hazel Trice Edney – (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Black Wealth 2020, a new movement aiming to change the course of Black...
Thousands of Celebrities, Luminaries and Ordinary People Bid Dick Gregory Farewell
By Barrington Salmon – (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Several thousand mourners packed into a Landover, Md. church listened as...
Bias Against Hiring African-Americans Hasn’t Budged
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Rates of discrimination against African Americans in field experiments of hiring did not decline from 1990 to...
