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Governor Cuomo has signed legislation that bars credit reporting agencies from using credit scores in people’s social networks to determine their credit worthiness. The legislation is intended to make it illegal to base your credit score on who you know. The state says that unfairly penalizes low-income New Yorkers and frequently gives the wrong results […]
The Rochester City School District is hiring Monroe County Finance Director Robert Franklin as its new Chief Finance Officer. Franklin will replace former CFO Everton Sewell, who resigned in October following revelations the district overspent its last budget by $30 million. Franklin worked for about 20 years for Monroe County. County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says […]
UR Medicine is buying the former Sears Store at the Marketplace Mall in Henrietta, and willl use the site for a $240 million Orthopaedics and Physical Performance Center. It will be the largest development project the University of Rochester has undertaken off its campus and hospital sites. The 330,000 square foot tower will centralize treatment […]