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The housing shortage hurts our whole community
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Adopting Good Cause Eviction in the city of Rochester will make the shortage worse for renters.
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Make an informed decision on Election Day
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Here’s how voters can separate political fact from fiction to figure out which candidates are being straight with us and offering substantive policy proposals.
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Remembering my grandparents: Jane and Larry Glazer
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On Sept. 5, 2014, Rochester entrepreneurs and philanthropists Jane and Larry Glazer died when their private plane went down off the coast of Jamaica. For Hazel J. Glazer, the oldest of their six grandchildren, the 10th anniversary of their death is a time to share some memories of her grandparents and reflect on their legacy.
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The real cost of undermining CDPAP
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Disrupting the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program could endanger the health and safety of sick, disabled, and elderly New Yorkers who use the program to designate their own caregivers and remain in their own homes.
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Race vs. class in achieving the American dream
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In designing policies to promote upward mobility, new research suggests, class ought to be given as much and maybe even more weight than race.
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Delivering a ‘good news budget’ for Rochester
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The city’s recently passed budget for the coming year is historic, but City Council approved it with the narrowest of margins.
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Shut down the Seneca Meadows landfill
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The time has come for New York to honor its commitments to environmental justice and climate leadership, and reject the landfill operator’s application to operate beyond 2025.
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I’m a county legislator. I can’t find out what’s going on with ARPA funds
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ARPA, which is meant for economic relief following the pandemic, is being treated like pork barrel spending. The Legislature and the public have a right to know what’s going on with these funds.
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Rejection of the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan is a good long-run verdict
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The ruling Harrington v. Purdue Pharma ensures that the wealthy and the powerful are not able to use the nation’s bankruptcy code to evade accountability.
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Does a 100 percent tariff on Chinese EVs make sense?
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President Joe Biden’s recent decision to quadruple the tariff on Chinese electric vehicles will not increase EV ownership here and nationwide, which is needed to fight climate change.