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Rochester Mayor Warren is proposing legislation to reduce the harm she says is done to neighborhoods by nuisance properties owned by absentee landlords. City Councilwoman Jackie Ortiz says the legislation would require City property owners, especially those who are out-of-town companies, to identify a local contact for issues that arise at their properties. She says […]
Federal prosecutors have charged five Daytona Beach men with defrauding Xerox Corporation of some $25 million. Acting U.S. Attorney James Kennedy says the Florida men were all involved in a conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, plus money laundering. They could each be looking at 20 years in prison and a quarter-of-a-million-dollar fine. Prosecutors […]
The nation’s oversupply of gasoline is finally being used up, and prices at the pump are starting to rise nationwide and in Western and Central New York. The national average is now $2.35, up three cents per gallon over the last week. So was the New York State average. Meanwhile, national gasoline demand hit a […]