City of Rochester
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Sunday morning thousands of community members came together to help clean up the city after The events that took place Saturday night. I actually got out of my bed Sunday morning to help clean up different parts of the city. It was just unbelievable of what we witnessed right in our city. According to news […]
According to the City of Rochester, the tradition of opening the Rochester Public Market on the Friday & Sunday of Memorial Day weekend will not happen this year-that’s along with other Market special events in May. However, the Market will maintain its regular hours on Tues. & Thurs., 6a-1p, & Sat. 5a – 3p. In […]
Going into the Memorial Day weekend it was a little crazy in the city. No, correction, it was REALLY crazy in the city especially during this pandemic. If case you been out of the loop there was about 300 people that decided to attend a block party on Rochester’s East Side of the city. Now […]
Officials with the Department of Environmental Services for the City of Rochester have announced that they will restart bulk trash collection on Monday, May 18. Bulk trash is any item that a resident can’t place in standard refuse or recycling collection totes, such as landscaping debris and furniture. City workers initially had concerns about being […]
Monroe County received funding from a CARES Act program to help officials distribute over a million masks to area residents. Any resident of Monroe County can receive a free face mask between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, and Wednesday, May 13, at the following locations: – Brighton: 2300 Elmwood Avenue (Town […]
Paychex, Inc., which has its headquarters in Rochester and employs approximately 5,000 local workers, announced that it plans to donate $1 million to the United Way through its Paychex Charitable Foundation to aid people in the City of Rochester and 10 other local communities. The United Way of Greater Rochester will receive $750,000 of the […]
On Tuesday, May 5, Mayor Lovely Warren announced that the City of Rochester would see a reduction of 403 “non-essential” workers (178 furloughs, 208 job shares, and 17 separations) starting next Monday. Layoffs had been expected for some time because of the negative impact of SARS-CoV-2 on revenues, the high cost to pay employees and […]
City of Rochester News Release Mayor Warren Announces City Personnel Reductions to Protect Essential Services Due To COVID-19 Over $2.1 Million in Savings Generated by 403 Changes, Including Furloughs, Work Sharing and Layoffs Notable Details Include: – Uniformed members of the Rochester Police and Fire Departments as well as the Emergency Communications Department are Unaffected […]
According to reports, Rochester area home fires have gone up 25% since Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order, New York On Pause, went into effect in late March. I can definitely see why those numbers are increasing with 80% of America’s workforce laid off and spending most of their time inside. People are cooking more and […]
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 […]