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On Monday, April 27, representatives of the New York Board of Elections announced that they had canceled the Democratic primary election scheduled originally for April 28 and then June 23 to protect the health of voters. As they explained, they “struggled” with this decision, but they also felt it was the right one given the […]
On Tuesday, April 28, current Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce President and CEO, and former state lieutenant governor Bob Duffy provided more details to the public about his new role helping Governor Andrew Cuomo and others come up with a plan to re-open the state. He was assigned by the governor to provide advice about […]
Initially deemed non-essential workers and ordered to close their shops several weeks ago, barbers and hair stylists are now being given the choice to re-open their businesses in many states. As pointed out by CNN on Tuesday, April 28, black barbers are struggling with this decision. Although many of them can’t afford to remain closed […]
Wanna to take a look at your credit report? Now you can! And for free, for the next 12 months. Equifax, Experian and TransUnion are all working together to allowing consumers to check their credit report weekly for free until April 2021, on Annualcreditreport.com . Why now? According to Bruce McClary a National […]
Mayor Lovely Warren will make a budget proposal announcement by May 15 to meet the City of Rochester’s June 1 budget deadline for 2021. Given the economic crisis caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, Mayor Warren is expected to announce worker layoffs. Although the city normally employs approximately 3,000 workers, an unknown number of “non-essential” workers […]
Hospitals in New York state should soon receive the help that they need to combat SARS-CoV-2. On Wednesday, April 22, Senator Chuck Schumer announced to the public that New York State is to receive $4.3 billion out of a total of $10 billion from the portion of the CARES Act designed to help hospitals in […]
On Tuesday, April 21, preliminary results from the largest study to date about the benefits and detriments of using the antimalarial and immunomodulatory drug hydroxychloroquine with or without the antibiotic azithromycin was published online before review by other scientists. Paid for by the National Institutes of Health and the University of Virginia, the results submitted […]
Some individuals who filed for unemployment in New York State received paperwork that had another persons information on it. According to a spokesperson from the Department Of Labor they have contacted the individuals this incident has affected. The paperwork mailed to people who filed for unemployment contained personal information that was not their own. The […]
Uber is helping those in domestic violence situations. They recently announced the donating free rides to domestic violence organizations in over 30 cities and 15 countries. 50,000 rides will be given directly to domestic violence shelters from Uber. Plus, The ride sharing service is donating 45,000 free meals to survivors. Recent statistics show that one […]
On Saturday, April 18, Mayor Lovely Warren released a statement to the public about the passing of Rochester community leader Donald Starver who had previously served from 2014 to 2017 as one of her top aides in the position of Deputy Director of Communications and Special Events. In her statement, Mayor Warren stated: “It is […]