Justice & Public Safety
A plague of homicides
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Rochester last year experienced the highest year-over-year increase in its homicide rate in a decade.
Economy & Business
Blessing or curse?
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Amazon’s plan for 3 million square feet of new construction and more than 1,000 jobs in Gates looks like a big win for Monroe County. But is a mammoth fulfillment center a net gain for the local economy?
Justice & Public Safety
Prude grand jury decides: no charges
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Attorney General Letitia James announced the decision in Rochester, saying that “the criminal justice system has frustrated efforts to hold law enforcement officers accountable for the unjustified killing of unarmed African Americans.”
Four Questions
Antiracist scholar to deliver UR address
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Ibram Kendi’s speech, the university’s 20th Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address, will be a free online event.
Technology & Innovation
NextCorps outpaces goals set three years ago
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Since its move to downtown Rochester’s Innovation Zone in early 2018, the entrepreneurship and innovation catalyst has nurtured 106 startups.
Beaconomics
Rochester’s renewed fuel cell focus
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Hyzon Motors, established here in 2020, plans to create 100 jobs at the former GM facility in Honeoye Falls. The news follows Plug Power’s decision to create an innovation center in Rochester.
Economy & Business
Thriving in a difficult time
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For small financial institutions in the Rochester region, 2020 was a surprisingly good year, with strong demand for residential mortgages and PPP loans to small businesses.
Justice & Public Safety
Former Rochester McDonald’s franchise operator cries foul
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Herb Washington, a champion sprinter and Oakland A’s baseball player who launched his business career here, became the fast-food giant’s largest U.S. Black franchise operator. Now, he alleges that McDonald’s systemically discriminated against him and other Black franchisees.
Letter from Washington
Rochester-born rabbi helps synagogues heal
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David Katz’s life as an interim rabbi, trained to help congregations that have grown dysfunctional,or that are in transition, has given him a singular perspective on the significant decline in synagogue and church membership.
Health & Science
On the trail of the elusive COVID-19 vaccine
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Supplies are increasing, but actually getting a shot in your arm still can be maddeningly difficult.