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Photonics institute slated for three locations
The new national Integrated Photonics Institute in Rochester will have a home in three locations, as part of a compromise between various business leaders who were dived on its placement. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Thursday the headquarters and technology accelerator for the $600 will go in the Legacy Tower, former home of Bausch & […]
Sibley building to house high-tech start-ups
A historic department store in downtown Rochester will soon house high-tech business start-ups as part of an effort to revitalize the area’s economy. State officials announced Wednesday the start of the $24 million project at the Sibley building. The sixth floor of the former department store will house offices, conference rooms and laboratories space for […]
City marks anniversary of Pittman water fountain
City officials celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Miss Jane Pittman Public Drinking Fountain at a public ceremony Wednesday at the Sibley Building. Midge Thomas, wife of the late Dr. Freddie Thomas, came up with the idea to donate a public drinking fountain after her experience in downtown in 1987. She needed a drink in […]
RPD’s downtown office opens at Sibley Building
Officials gathered Thursday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new downtown Rochester Police Department office, which is in the Sibley Building off North Clinton Avenue. The City Council earlier in the year approved the $1 million construction costs for the facility, which will house 39 permanently assigned officers. Walk-in office hours are 9:30 a.m. to […]
What’s next for MCC’s campus move?
Monroe Community College has been looking to move from its “temporary” downtown home at the Sibley Building for 20 years, and three years since a search was renewed in earnest. Now, assuming no major snags in negotiations and funding, the Damon City College campus will be open for business on State Street by the spring […]
Sibley owner calls for vote delay
The Monroe County Legislature may vote Feb. 12 on the $3 million purchase of Eastman Kodak Co. property on State Street, but the owner of the college’s home is calling for a time-out. Gilbert Winn, a principal in the company that owns the Sibley Building, has proposed a plan that would keep the college there […]
Decision time nears for MCC, Sibley
Can there be life for the Sibley Building after Monroe Community College? Yes, say Mayor Thomas S. Richards and Gilbert Winn, managing principal of the Massachusetts-based Winn-Companies that owns the building. But Winn is clinging to a puncher’s chance that the merits of his $57 million proposal will convince taxpayers and legislators that it’s cheaper […]
Developer makes plea for use of Sibley site
One of the first orders of business for developer Gilbert Winn was redoing a five-story staircase used by Monroe Community College students that was “in shambles.” Renovating the 12-story Sibley Building will continue as the historic structure’s new owner attempts to create a new urban center consisting of not only commercial and retail space, but […]
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Negligent performance: Rosenthal v. Syracuse University, et al.
- Second Circuit – Visual Artists Rights Act: Kerson v. Vermont Law School Inc.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Former foreclosure referee: Opinion 22-157
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – College honorarium: Opinion 22-156
- Second Circuit – Reasonable accommodation: Tafolla v. Heilig
- Fourth Department – Labor Law: Primisch v. Peroxychem LLC
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Judicial candidacy: Opinion 22-155
- Fourth Department – Defamation: Lavine v. Glavin
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Law clerk: Opinion 22-154
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Review of another judge’s actions: Opinion 22-153
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Charitable contributions: Opinion 22-150
- Second Circuit – Class action settlement: Moses v. The New York Times Company
Law News
- Appeals court upholds conviction
- Federal lawsuit reinstated against jail officer over strip search, delayed release
- Hyzon to pay $25M penalty to settle alleged fraud charges by SEC
- NY appeals court reinstates lawsuit over contract to remove snow
- Fourth Department affirms $400K judgment in contract dispute
- Fourth Department affirms decision in NY property dispute
- Greenlight Networks selects Buffalo-based attorney as general counsel
- Barclay Damon hires attorney Matt Smith
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