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Buffalo Public Schools approved an $800,000 program that pays parents 62.5 cents per mile to drive their kids to school due to a bus driver shortage. Only 1,500 families will be selected. Buffalo would be the first large school district in the state to attempt reimbursing parents. Plan to pay parents to drive kids to school […]
A 58-year-old man in Rochester has been charged after police said he posed as a driving instructor and sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman. Authorities say the victim got into his car believing he was her instructor, and he then took her to an apartment where the assault allegedly occurred. She was able to text a family member […]
Governor Kathy Hochul says New York is seriously exploring a bid for a future Winter Olympics, potentially split between New York City and Lake Placid. State Assemblyman Robert Carroll recently visited the upcoming Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo to study how a two-city Games could work. Former Team USA hockey player David Leggio believes […]
Greece Police Chief Michael Wood was placed on administrative leave after a New York State Police report raised questions about his hiring of former Deputy Chief Naser Zenelovic. The report outlines misconduct allegations against Zenelovic during his time with the Rochester Police Department. Town officials say a non-criminal municipal investigation is now underway. Zenelovic has […]
Construction of ICE holding cells at the Kenneth B. Keating Federal Building in downtown Rochester could begin May 23, according to Rep. Joe Morelle. The project includes detention areas, fencing and added security measures. Morelle, along with Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, has criticized the plan and urged federal officials to stop it. Rochester immigration detention center construction […]
A Rochester-area DoorDash driver lost $950 after scammers spoofed a “DoorDash” phone call during a delivery. The caller claimed the order used a stolen credit card and convinced her to withdraw money from her DoorDash Crimson card and load it onto another card at Walgreens. By then, the money was gone. DoorDash says this matches a known […]
New York lawmakers passed the Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act, which would ban certain additives and tighten food safety rules. Critics, including Josh Jensen, warn it could raise grocery prices as companies adjust ingredients and supply chains—especially with a potential ban on potassium bromate used in flour. The state may also spend up to $30 […]
Local leaders broke ground on East Main Street on Tuesday, beginning a project that will use $72.3 million to transform a seven-story office building into affordable homes. The former Gateway Building, which was built in 1905 and was vacant for 20 years, is located in the Central Business District. It will soon become Gateway Apartments, […]
The cost for regular gas as of Sunday is an average $4.446 — a week ago it was $4.099, according to AAA’s fuel site. U.S. gas prices were an average $2.98 on Feb. 26 — two days before the war in Iran began — and a year ago, the average price of gas was $3.171, according to data […]
New York state lawmakers continue to negotiate a late state budget, forcing local school districts to finalize their own spending plans without knowing their exact state funding amounts. Many local school boards had to submit property tax report cards to the state on Monday, April 27, locking in proposed financial figures in time for statewide votes […]
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