Justice & Public Safety
Empire Justice Center staff plan to form a union
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Forty lawyers, paralegals and support staffers, at the nonprofit center for public interest law, intend to join the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys-UAW Local 2325.
Health & Science
The plight of private practice doctors
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Squeezed by sharply rising costs and what they believe are inadequate reimbursements from Excellus, Rochester-area physicians in private practice are “literally crying their hearts out.”
Economy & Business
D&C news staffers report on their own plight
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Members of the daily paper’s newsroom, who have been working without a contract, last week held an online town hall to spotlight Gannett’s cuts to employment and resources.
Government & Politics
The city’s new ‘chief operating officer’
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On Jan. 1, former Rochester budget director Michael Burns became deputy mayor, with operational oversight for most city departments.
Health & Science
SEIU locals at UR ratify contracts
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Both bargaining units’ contracts expired Oct. 31. The new agreements run until Sept. 5, 2026.
Justice & Public Safety
Diocese bankruptcy resolution remains elusive
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Judge postpones until Jan. 30 consideration of a vote by abuse survivors on a plan and disclosure statements.
Health & Science
Union, UR reach tentative agreement
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Two Service Employee International Union units representing some 1,800 River Campus and UR Medical Center workers have been negotiating with the university since their contracts expired at the end of October.
Health & Science
Linehan to succeed Taubman as URMC CEO
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A surgical oncologist, David Linehan will also serve as dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry. His appointment is effective Feb. 1.
Education
Grad students are an issue in UR contract talks
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SEIU Local 200United wants to bring some 1,500 UR graduate students into the union’s fold, a move the university has resisted.
Justice & Public Safety
Judge rebuffs bid by creditors committee in diocese bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Judge Paul Warren declined to kill a $63.5 million settlement agreement between Continental Insurance and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester that the official committee of unsecured creditors rejected.