February 6, 2012 Comments Off on Protest groups plan Wells Fargo demonstration
Representatives of protest groups, including Occupy Rochester, Occupy Wall Street and the Rochester & Genesee Valley Labor Federation, plan to demonstrate against Wells Fargo today to voice their opposition to the national bank’s alleged investment in private prison companies. The ...
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Read More »February 3, 2012 Comments Off on Koenig new Continuum of Care coordinator
Rochester’s new Continuum of Care coordinator, Florence Koenig, brings at-risk housing needs experience from her years of work as special projects manager for the YWCA, which is one of the agencies providing supportive housing to a portion of the community ...
Read More »February 2, 2012 Comments Off on Report: NY prison costs are higher than budget
A study released by the Vera Institute of Justice last week found that New York is one of six states that spend considerably more on prisons than what its correctional budget reflects. The report titled “The Price of Prisons” found ...
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Read More »February 1, 2012 Comments Off on Rochester homeless population ranks low nationally
The Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit National Alliance to End Homelessness has released a report entitled “The State of Homelessness in America, 2012” with homeless population estimates for the top 100 metropolitan areas. The report indicates Rochester has an estimated homeless population ...
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Read More »January 31, 2012 Comments Off on Friends, colleagues remember Milliken
Rochester lost a respected member of the legal community with the passing of David R. Milliken, 56, a longtime public sector attorney who spent the last years of his career with the Office of the Conflict Defender. The so called ...
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Read More »January 30, 2012 Comments Off on Rochester affordable housing receives grants
The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY) has awarded eight affordable housing projects in Rochester — a total of over $3.8 million — for much needed renovation projects and the creation of new affordable housing units. Award recipients ...
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Read More »January 27, 2012 Comments Off on Legal Assistance attorney receives bar grant
Monroe County Legal Assistance Center attorney Michelle DeMareo is one of four public service attorneys selected by the New York State Bar Association to receive grants to help repay law school loans. The award was presented to the recipients on ...
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Read More »January 26, 2012 Comments Off on DEC files complaint over Pa. drilling
The future of hydrofracking operations in the state of New York is still undetermined, but the Department of Environmental Conservation believes there is already evidence of gas drilling chemical pollution in a New York waterway. The DEC filed an administrative ...
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Read More »January 25, 2012 Comments Off on Leaders discuss region’s economic outlook
University of Rochester President Joel Seligman, along with Gary Keith, vice president and regional economist at M&T Bank, were featured speakers at the Annual Economic Breakfast at Locust Hill Country Club on Wednesday. Both speakers identified Eastman Kodak Co.’s Chapter ...
Read More »January 24, 2012 Comments Off on Prejudgment interest OK’d for unpaid maintenance
An unique issue involving the addition of interest to an unpaid maintenance award came to light in the recent Supreme Court, Monroe County decision of Lehning v. Lehning, Index # 2008/17596 (2012). In the matrimonial case involving enforcement of a ...
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Read More »January 23, 2012 Comments Off on New benefit corp. set to begin in NY
A new business corporation that doesn’t have maximizing profit as its primary goal is set to begin in New York state on Feb 10. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the new benefit corporation legislation into law late last year.
Read More »January 23, 2012 Comments Off on Real estate activity mostly flat in 2011
Home buying activity in the Genesee Region in 2011 was similar to 2010, according to statistics released by the Greater Rochester Association of Realtors on Friday. Representatives of GRAR, the Rochester Home Builders Association and the Mortgage Bankers’ Association of ...
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