News Room News releases from the City are listed here in chronological order, starting with the most recent release. Releases can be searched by topic or date. Releases reflect current events at the time they were published. Some information may have changed. Results RSS Feed February 15, 2019 News Release - City’s Department of Recreation and Youth Services Will Offer Lifeguard Training in March (Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019) – Beginning in March, the City of Rochester R-Centers and the American Red Cross will offer 2019 Certified Lifeguard Training and Lifeguard Re-certification classes at the Adams Street R-Center, 85 Adams St., on the following dates: Categories: Community and Youth Programs, and Jobs February 14, 2019 News Release - City Closings in Observance of Presidents Day: Monday, Feb. 18 City Hall, Neighborhood Service Centers, R-Centers and other administrative offices will be closed on Monday, Feb. 18 in observance of Presidents Day. Categories: Downtown News Release - Statement from Mayor Lovely A. Warren Urging Amazon to Reconsider Rochester Region for HQ2 (Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019) – Today I am calling on Amazon’s leaders to strongly reconsider the Rochester Metro Corridor for the company’s eastern headquarters, also known as Amazon HQ2. Once, the I-35 corridor between San Antonio and Austin was empty. It was 80 miles of freeway with little to nothing in-between. Today, it is becoming a single metropolitan high-tech mecca. Amazon’s HQ2 could transform I-90 into an innovation corridor delivering jobs and opportunity to all of our residents and businesses. Categories: Downtown, and Jobs February 13, 2019 News Release - Moody’s Investors Service Assigns High Bond Ratings to Rochester (Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019) – Mayor Lovely A. Warren announced today that Moody’s Investors Service has once again assigned the City of Rochester a MIG 1 rating on the City’s upcoming sale of $23.2 million in bond anticipation notes, which will fund various capital projects throughout the city. This is Moody’s highest rating for short-term borrowing. Moody’s has also re-affirmed Rochester’s Aa3 rating on General Obligation long-term debt. Categories: Budget and Finance, Streets, Sidewalks and Infrastructure, and Projects and Initiatives News Release - Mayor, County Executive Urge Families to File for Tax Refunds; Help Available Mayor Lovely A. Warren and Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinofo are urging local families who may qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to take advantage of free online and in-person assistance to file their tax returns. Categories: Service, Community and Youth Programs, Downtown, Library, and Projects and Initiatives February 11, 2019 News Release -- Please Be Advised: Forecasted Snowfall May Increase Morning Commute Drive Time (Monday, Feb. 11, 2019) – Mayor Lovely A. Warren is asking motorists to use extra caution during the morning commute tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. Categories: Streets, Sidewalks and Infrastructure News Release -- State Budget Hearings: Mayor Warren Calls on Legislature to Take Progressive Approach to Budgetary Challenges (Monday, Feb. 11, 2019) – Mayor Lovely A. Warren called on members of the New York State Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee to adopt progressive solutions to both state and local budgetary challenges by updating outdated and unfair policies and supporting projects that are vital to Rochester’s future. Categories: Article, and Budget and Finance February 08, 2019 News Release - Area Youth Invited to Apply for Summer Employment Opportunities (Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019) – Mayor Lovely A. Warren and the City of Rochester, along with Monroe County and RochesterWorks!, invite area youth between the ages of 14 and 20 to apply for summer jobs with the City’s Summer of Opportunity Program (SOOP) and RochesterWorks! Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). Categories: Community and Youth Programs, and Jobs February 07, 2019 News Release - City Closings in Observance of Lincoln’s Birthday: Tuesday, Feb. 12 City Hall, Neighborhood Service Centers, R-Centers and other administrative offices will be closed on Tuesday, Feb. 12 in observance of President Lincoln’s birthday. Categories: Downtown February 05, 2019 News Release - Mayor Celebrates Grand Opening of the CIty's New Business and Community Services Center Mayor Lovely A. Warren was joined by City Councilmember Willie Lightfoot and Office of Community Wealth Building Director Lomax R. Campbell to celebrate the official opening of the City’s new Business and Community Services Center on N. Fitzhugh Street today. Categories: Business Assistance, Downtown, Education, and Projects and Initiatives January 29, 2019 News Release - Mayor Warren Proclaims RPD Bicentennial Year at Historic Eagle Statue Installation Ceremony (Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019) – Mayor Lovely A. Warren proclaimed 2019 as the Rochester Police Department Bicentennial Year in a ceremony today that kicked off a year of events to celebrate the upcoming 200th anniversary of the law enforcement agency. Categories: Crime Prevention, and Historic Rochester January 28, 2019 News Release -- City Prepares for Cold Temperatures, Asks Residents to Do Same (Monday, Jan. 28, 2019) – The City of Rochester is working closely with its partners to ensure that proper resources are on hand to prepare for the cold temperatures and extreme wind chills forecasted over the next few days. Mayor Lovely Warren is asking residents to take extra precautions as well. Categories: Streets, Sidewalks and Infrastructure January 23, 2019 News Release - Report Highlights Overwhelming Support for Community Schools Model and Mayoral Partnership for School Leadership (Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019) - More than 90 percent of Rochester citizens who participated in community input sessions on Rochester schools support a Community Schools model as well as the Mayor having a closer, more formal partnership with City schools, according to a report on the Community Input sessions released today. Categories: Education January 22, 2019 News Release - City Leaders Commit to Addressing Racial Equity During National Day of Racial Healing Mayor Lovely A. Warren, City Council President Loretta Scott and Bob Duffy, president and CEO of the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce, signed a historic charter today - Project Let's Get REAL (Race, Equity and Leadership) that provides a framework for Rochester to implement specific strategies to advance racial equity through smart policy decisions, strong civic engagement, and accurate and complete portrayals of people of color in our community. Categories: Projects and Initiatives January 21, 2019 News Release -- City to Begin Towing Illegally Parked Cars to Assist in Snow Removal City to Begin Towing Illegally Parked Cars to Assist in Snow Removal Categories: Streets, Sidewalks and Infrastructure < Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Next >