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Construction firms large and small, forced to leave job sites on Friday when their work no longer fit the state’s definition of an essential industry, are hoping Gov. Andrew Cuomo instead will allow municipalities to determine whether building is a ...

Common Cause New York says a logical solution exists to ensure all registered voters in the state can participate in the upcoming primaries as well as make voting easier in future elections. Common Cause believes the coronavirus pandemic has made ...

Anticipated approval of $2 trillion in emergency legislation means small businesses can continue to pay employees, laid-off workers will receive full pay for four months and local governments and health care providers can continue to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “This ...

After more than 100 years as the home to Lawyers Cooperative and the legal publishing firm’s recent iteration, Thomson Reuters, the Aqueduct Building has been sold. The downtown landmark, identifiable by a 21-foot statue of Mercury that sits high atop ...

Two more private lenders have filed suit against developer Tom Masaschi, his partner in DHD Ventures and the various limited liability companies they created when they financed a host of local and out-of-state projects. The latest suits — coupled with the ...

Developer Robert Morgan still can’t get his iPhone back from federal investigators and now a lender wants to take away an apartment community he created in Penfield. ESL Federal Credit Union claims in court papers that Morgan and one of ...

Federal authorities say the former chairman of the Rochester Housing Authority used funds meant for a neighborhood nonprofit organization to take a cruise, buy guns and purchase tickets to a New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden. The allegations ...

A Brighton commercial real estate broker has again filed suit against Rochester Tech Park, claiming the owners of the expansive property in Gates have failed to pay nearly $800,000 in commissions. Moore Corporate Real Estate, Inc., says Tech Park Owner, ...

If you’re hoping to buy a house in the Rochester area, you better be prepared to act fast. New listings spent an average of just 28 days on the market before they were snatched up last month, according to Redfin’s ...

The association representing state Realtors, together with a host of downstate real estate firms, for now have successfully blocked a new law that makes it illegal for brokers to collect a fee from renters. State Supreme Court Justice Michael Mackey on ...

The number of mortgaged homes considered to be seriously underwater fell significantly in Monroe County in 2019, a sign of an improved economy as well as wiser lending practices and more prudent borrowing since the housing crisis. Just 3.3 percent ...

Jamie Romeo (D-Irondequoit) has been appointed Monroe County clerk by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, meaning she will give up her seat in the New York State Assembly before the end of the week. Romeo, the former chair of the Monroe County Democratic ...