Category: City, Education, Hot News
East High Faces Cuts as RCSD Superintendent Closes Budget Gap
Patti Singer pattisinger@minorityreporter.net Rochester City School District Superintendent Terry Dade proposed closing two schools,...
COVID-19 Crisis Highlights Disparities in Access to Care
Patti Singer pattisinger@minorityreporter.net COVID-19 is highlighting what people of color – and the medical community — knew...
Mayor Pleads With Latino, Black Communities: Heed Warnings About COVID-19
Patti Singer pattisinger@minorityreporter.net Ministers making Facebook videos. Robocalls to homes. Using whatever tools are available and...
Dade Proposes $948.9M Balanced Budget to School Board
Patti Singer pattisinger@minorityreporter.net For each item that goes back into the budget, Rochester City School Superintendent Terry Dade...
Ibero is Among Community Agencies Helping During COVID-19 Crisis
Patti Singer pattisinger@miniorityreporter.net Even before the first confirmed local case of COVID-19, officials in Rochester and Monroe...
Rosario Escher, Two Others Want Petition Process Stopped During COVID-19 Threat
Patti Singer pattisinger@minorityreporter.net Concerns about the coronavirus have led two rivals in the 137th Assembly District to ask the...
URMC Seeks to Diversify Study of Dementia Caregivers
Carol Elizabeth Owens Older African Americans and Latinos are more likely than Whites to get a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease,...
Team Approach to Opioid Epidemic Resulted in 9 Convictions in OD Deaths
Patti Singer pattisinger@minorityreporter.net Opioid deaths and overdoses show little sign of abating. As a result, neither do the...
Promotions Show Gains in Diversity in Sheriff’s Office
Patti Singer pattisinger@minorityreporter.net Brandon Bermudez was introduced to a law enforcement career early. His father was a probation...
Fundraiser Set for Jan. 24 to Help Victims of Puerto Rico Earthquakes
Puertorriqueños Unidos en la Distancia (Puerto Ricans United in the Distance) and local organizations are hosting a fundraiser to help...
