Rochester Mayor Malik Evans Expressed “Outage” Over Walgreens Stores Closing

Walgreens has announced it is planning to close three more pharmacies next month: two in Rochester on Lake Avenue and Monroe Avenue, and one in Pittsford on Monroe Avenue. That makes five Rochester area Walgreens stores set to close soon, including Irondequoit’s Pattonwood Drive location and Rochester’s West Main Street store. The stores will close on the following dates:

Nov. 6: 3122 Monroe Ave., Pittsford
Nov. 12: 792 W. Main St., Rochester
Nov. 13: 101 Pattonwood Drive, Irondequoit
Nov. 14: 565 Monroe Ave., Rochester
Nov. 19: 1490 Lake Ave., Rochester

Rochester Mayor Malik Evans issued a statement Wednesday, indicating that he and members of his administration met Wednesday with representatives from Walgreens. He said he expressed his “outage” at Walgreen’s “decision to effectively abandon the Rochester area with this latest round of store closures, which will have a disproportionate negative impact on three of the five poorest zip codes in New York State.” Evans said he asked Walgreens for its full cooperation regarding the future use of the properties — all of which remain under existing lease contracts — and to not interfere with efforts to recruit new pharmacies to the storefronts by raising concerns about competition.

Source: WHEC-TV