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On Tuesday, April 7, Mayor Lovely Warren announced via a press release that Rochester citizens have another COVID-19 financial resource available to them within the community. The Financial Empowerment Center has developed plans to help members of the community navigate their financial difficulties during this pandemic. Anyone who reaches out to the FEC can receive […]
Former NBA player and Clark Atlanta University men’s basketball head coach, George Lynch, and entrepreneur Tracey Pennywell have announced their plans to donate at least 6,000 computers to Historically Black College and University (HBCU) student athletes via a new non-profit that they formed called HBCU Heroes. “Many HBCU student-athletes were using school resources, such as […]
Rochester Housing Authority is offering a rental assistance program. The program will reduce rent up to 100 percent if you are out of work from the Coronavirus pandemic. For individuals in rental assistance programs, for example Section 8 or public housing you can apply for temporary rent reduction. If you are in a public housing […]
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics announced that it has been developing a test at its Global Center of Excellence for R&D in Rochester to determine if a person has been exposed to the SARS-CoV-2. According to the Ortho Clinical Diagnostics press release, the VITROS® Immunodiagnostic Products Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Total Reagent Pack detects a wide range of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. […]
Anecdotal reports that African Americans are being infected by COVID-19 and dying from the virus in disproportionate numbers have been circulating for over a week. As data accumulates, proof for this claim is forthcoming and adding weight to calls for congressional intervention. According to Chicago’s WBEZ radio channel’s initial analysis of early data, 29 percent […]
On Thursday, April 2, two more common service offerings in Rochester were changed as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Pace has withdrawn its Bike-Share program from the region. Community bulk waste disposal has been temporarily canceled as well. Pace’s parent company, Zagster, had initially announced a coronavirus-related delay for the opening of the seasonal […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that the 2020 June Regents exams will be canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The decision was made during this month’s Board of Regents meeting, according to Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa. “I know that most of you have noticed that during our COVID-19 regulations, we did not address the […]
Christian Smalls, a black Amazon warehouse worker, was fired after he led a walkout of many employees at Amazon’s distribution warehouse in Staten Island. Amazon insists that Smalls was not fired because he led the protest, but because he violated a company policy that imposes a 14-day quarantine on employees who come in contact with […]
As the self-dubbed “people’s lawyer,” Letitia James pledged in her 2018 campaign for Attorney General of New York that “I am not about privilege or politics. I’m about people … I won’t stop working for you.” In the past couple of months, as the spread of the coronavirus pandemic has severely impacted New York, her […]