City of Rochester
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The school year is coming upon us and just days before the first bell, the Rochester City School District is scrambling to address a bus driver staffing shortage. The bus driver shortage will likely delay the start of the school year. On Friday, Superintendent Dr. Leslie Meyers-Small laid out her proposal to the School Board […]
Do you remember last year when people joked about all the animals getting loose from the Seneca Park Zoo? Well turns out this time, it was actually true. Yesterday morning, a lion at the Seneca Park Zoo briefly left her den, which forced guests to vacate a part of the park. According to the Seneca […]
It wasn’t until September 2nd, 2020 that the death of Daniel Prude became public knowledge. Daniel Prude died on March 30, 2020, only one week after a horrific encounter with Rochester Police on Jefferson Avenue. Now, an exact year later to the day after they came forward with information about his death, Daniel Prude’s family, […]
In the annual ‘Companies That Care’ list from PEOPLE magazine, Wegmans takes the number one spot on the slideshow. The list highlights organizations that show care, respect, and concern for workers and their communities. Wegmans not only took the top spot, but 2021 marks the fifth year it has appeared on the rankings. PEOPLE cited […]
Yesterday marked Governor Kathy Hochul’s one-week anniversary since taking office. Governor Hochul held her first coronavirus briefing with a focus on the Delta variant and announced $65 million in funding for local governments to administer booster shots. The governor made her briefing at the University of Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Governor […]
Yesterday, protesters gathered outside the University of Rochester Medical Center rallying against mandatory COVID-19 vaccines. Just last week, URMC made the announcement that all employees must receive at least one dose of the vaccine by Sept. 27, and information related to requesting an exemption would be provided to employees soon. Ashley, a nurse who was […]
During Governor Kathy Hochul’s announcement of incoming lieutenant governor, State Senator Brian Benjamin, Hochul wore a gold-colored pendant that sent a message. The nameplate necklace had a single word: “Vaxed.” According to the CDC, As of Thursday, 78.9% of New Yorkers over the age of 18 had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 […]
At the end of October, dozens of insurance companies will again require copays for Coronavirus hospital stays and testing. In the early days of the pandemic, insurers limited out-of-pocket expenses for anyone diagnosed and hospitalized with COVID through cost-sharing waivers, but this will no longer be the case, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. According […]
Last month, a bill was signed into law in New York that aims to provide women with better access to information that can improve the quality of their care. This bill comes from just one year later when Amber Rose Isaac from the Bronx died after doctors at Montefiore Medical Center ignored her telling them […]
Yesterday, local Michelle Daniels was honored for years of giving back to her community. Michelle Daniels was awarded a New York State Woman of Distinction by the New York State Senate for her extensive work in Rochester. Over the past several years, Daniels helped develop the Frederick Douglass Club at School 12 and advancing Douglass’ […]