The New York State Assembly passed major budget bills Thursday night and today, including the aid to local governments and the capital appropriations bill for state-funded infrastructure projects. Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle of Irondequoit says they should finish their work on the budget today. Meanwhile, State Senate Republican Leader John DeFrancisco told reporters in […]
A Rochester police officer was witness to a shooting late Thursday night as he watched a car pull up alongside another car on Thurston Road, and someone in the first car suddenly opened fire. The driver of the first car fled when the officer tried to pull the driver over. After a brief chase that […]
Billionaire Tom Golisano’s $25 million donation has tipped the balance in favor of a performing arts center development in downtown Rochester. Mayor Lovely Warren announced this morning that Midtown Parcel 5 will become the Golisano Center for the Performing Arts and Tower. The $130 million development will be a block including a major theater, housing, […]