Category: Featured News, Health
Rochester Starts Memorial to Residents Lost to COVID-19
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net As the one-year anniversary of the city’s first case of COVID-19 approaches, Mayor...
City Wants to Make Equity Part of Budget in Every Department
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Talking about equity isn’t enough. The city plans to put its money where its mouth is....
‘Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things’ is Key to Rochester NAACP Initiatives
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net The new president of the Rochester Branch of the NAACP urged people to become active and set a...
Rochester’s Crime Rates Reveal a Dubious 2020
Rochester has seen mixed results in terms of progress against crime within the city. This past year actually saw an initial increase in...
Wreaths, Flowers to Mark Douglass Statue on Feb. 14
Staff report Feb. 14 is the day Frederick Douglass chose for his birthday because he remembered his mother calling him “her little...
Seven City Residents Become Recruits at State Fire Academy
Staff reports Despite the pandemic and plans by the Rochester Fire Department to not run an academy in 2021, seven city residents...
Rochester Housing Court Would Specialize in Landlord-Tenant Issues
Staff report Legislation that would create a housing court is being considered by City Council. Mayor Lovely Warren submitted a bill to...
Law Makes Price Estimates for Some Hospital Services Easier to Find
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net A new federal law means you get a better idea of what you’ll pay for health care, but it’s...
Deanna Kimbrel Appointed Chief Diversity Officer for Monroe County
Staff report Among the recommendations of the team advising newly elected Monroe County Executive Adam Bello: Hire a chief diversity...
Open Letter to Mike Mazzeo: Has Locust Club Considered a Name Change?
Michael Nighan Michael Nighan recently sent a letter to the Locust Club president. Nighan lived in Rochester for more than 20 years. He now...
