Justice & Public Safety
A new twist in the diocese’s bankruptcy case
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Continental Insurance, the lone holdout in a proposed settlement in the Rochester diocese Chapter 11 bankruptcy, plans to file a competing plan of reorganization.
Justice & Public Safety
Monroe County hits Siemens Industry with lawsuit
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The county claims breach of contract, alleging Siemens Industry fail to meet the terms of a co-generation agreement.
Health & Science
Rochester General makes pitch to avert nurses strike
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The hospital’s plea was turned down by the nurses union, but a last-minute bargaining session is slated for Aug. 2—one day before the scheduled walkout.
Justice & Public Safety
Two more insurers agree to settle sexual-abuse claims
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The agreements, totaling more than $50 million, bring the potential payout to survivors in the Rochester Diocese bankruptcy to $126.35 million.
Health & Science
Strike vote underscores rift between nurses, RGH
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Frustrated by lack of progress in contract talks, the union representing roughly 900 nurses at Rochester General Hospital plan a walkout.
Justice & Public Safety
The divide at the RPD
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The Rochester Police Department is moving forward with a long-delayed reorganization in the face of opposition from the patrol officers’ union, which believes the plan will drive down already low morale.
Health & Science
Finger Lakes Health to merge with UR Medicine
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The health systems will join forces on Aug.1. It adds two hospitals, in Yates and Ontario counties, to UR’s eight-hospital network.
Health & Science
RGH seeks federal mediator to aid union talks
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Rochester General Hospital officials hope a mediator will help them reach an agreement with the nurses union and avoid the possibility of a strike.
Government & Politics
A bid for change in the 27th
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A newcomer to elective politics, Rose Bonnick hopes to unseat County Legislature President Sabrina LaMar. Do primary voters seek a change?
Health & Science
Pfizer vaccine approval highlights URMC’s research prowess
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Work on the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine was led by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers.