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The U.S. Attorney’s Office says the former CEO of Cornerstone Homes has pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom in Rochester to mail fraud. David Fleet of Corning owned Cornerstone from 1997 to 2014, buying, renovating and then selling or renting out distressed homes. To raise the money, he sold debentures to private investors, promising them […]
Governor Cuomo made a quick visit to the rebuilt New York State Fair today, and in pouring rain said the upgraded fairgrounds are a metaphor for what he’s been trying to do for New York State. The new midway now has 70 rides with all electrical service underground, there’s new parking for RVs, the grounds […]
University of Rochester graduate and teaching students are announcing plans to form a union. As it turns out, they aren’t the only ones now that a National Labor Relations Board has lifted the ban on graduate assistants’ right to unionize. Yesterday’s ruling reversed the 2004 Bush-era Brown University decision, in which the same board ruled […]