Rochester Reporter

Rochester announces public meetings schedule for June

By Rochester Reporter | Jun 12, 2024

The City of Rochester has announced the schedule for public meetings to be held from June 10 to June 14, 2024. The meetings will cover various topics and are open to the public.

Rochester mayor launches online tool for estimating residential property taxes

By Rochester Reporter | Jun 12, 2024

Mayor Malik D. Evans has launched an online tool enabling residents to estimate their property tax bills for the 2024-25 fiscal year. The tool, available at www.cityofrochester.gov/taxestimate, allows users to enter an address and receive a comparison of their net property tax burden from 2023-24 with the estimated burden for 2024-25. The platform also displays homestead tax rates, assessed values, portions of the tax bills attributable to property taxes, applicable exemptions, and their totals.

Rochester awards $170K to support local artists through ArtsBloom initiative

By Rochester Reporter | Jun 10, 2024

The City of Rochester has announced that $170,000 has been awarded to local artists and arts organizations through ArtsBloom, an initiative under the City's Percent for the Arts program. Mayor Malik D. Evans revealed that this year's ArtsBloom-funded projects will benefit over 600 children and 400 adults in the city, as well as more than 100 local dancers, teaching artists, and educators.

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Rochester Reporter area weekly mass times

By Rochester Reporter | Jun 8, 2024

The following parishes in the Rochester Reporter coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

Rochester adopts Vision Zero initiative to enhance roadway safety

By Rochester Reporter | Jun 6, 2024

On Thursday, June 6, 2024, Mayor Malik D. Evans announced that Rochester has adopted the Vision Zero initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities and severe injuries among all road users while promoting safe, healthy, and equitable mobility. The announcement was made in the presence of Rochester City Council members, officials from Monroe County, the Regional Transit Service (RTS), Reconnect Rochester, and Black Girls Do Bike.

Mayor Evans directs task force to boost homeownership in Rochester

By Rochester Reporter | Jun 5, 2024

The City of Rochester's Housing Quality Task Force Expands Focus to Homeownership

June Thursday Thinkers series addresses trauma in recognition of PTSD awareness

By Rochester Reporter | Jun 4, 2024

The City of Rochester has announced that this month’s Thursday Thinkers discussion will focus on aspects of trauma in recognition of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. The event will be moderated by Alia Henton-Williams, manager of the City’s Crisis Intervention Services Unit, which includes the Person in Crisis Team.

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Rochester Reporter area weekly mass times

By Rochester Reporter | Jun 3, 2024

The following parishes in the Rochester Reporter coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

Rochester health center collects over 100 helmets for city youth

By Rochester Reporter | Jun 3, 2024

On Monday, June 3, 2024, Mayor Malik D. Evans announced that Golisano Restorative Neurology & Rehabilitation Center of Rochester Regional Health has collected more than 100 bicycle and skate helmets to distribute free of charge to children learning to bike and skate at City R-Centers.