Saothair Capital Partners, a Pennsylvania-based private equity firm, purchased FIFCO USA, Genesee's parent company. It will bring back two former executives, and return to the name of North American B...

Peace Village will receive an initial $1.2 million investment from the city, with an expected annual operating costs of nearly $2 million.

In a decision Tuesday, Judge Frank Geraci threw out the Department of Justice's claim against the city, arguing it had failed to state a legitimate claim.

At least 10 federal complaints, including one inmate death, have been lodged against PrimeCare's operations at the Monroe County Jail since 2019.

Mayor Malik Evans decried these pop-up gatherings and the city’s summer-long struggle to contain them.

Property owner John Trickey has been barred from operating a music venue at the Main Street Armory since purchasing it due to issues with his other properties.

The move to hold the legislation followed a contentious meeting Tuesday evening in which members took aim at both the proposal and its author, City Councilmember Mitch Gruber.

City Councilmembers were marked absent 115 times between January 2025 and February 2025, contributing to one incident of votes being delayed due to poor turnout. A new bill aims to withhold pay from C...

At the immigration detention center in Batavia, the average daily count of detainees reached a peak this fiscal year. But that figure came as non-criminal detainees increase by 60%, and now make up 83...

Completing the project is the top recommendation of an extensive report on homelessness released Monday by City Council President Miguel Meléndez.

After three years, the city has still not received a single viable applicant to be its shelter veterinarian.

Special event overtime rose by 31% from the previous year. While often reimbursed, that variety of overtime is given first dibs by senior officers, and a chance to boost pensions.

The city intends to use the same arguments of Tenth Amendment protections in its defense. The Department of Justice has argued the city's policy obstructs federal immigration enforcement.

All categories of crime dropped in Rochester between 2024 and 2025, with some hitting 10 year lows. But a gun violence state of emergency continues on.

For the third time, and after twice being blocked by federal courts, President Donald Trump has threatened to withhold funds from sanctuary cities and locales. He set a start date of Feb. 1.

The pay increase was originally slated to be 3%. But a last minute amendment increased the amount to nearly 25%, with no justification given for the change in amount.

The city officially acquired the Lockwood-Alhart house on Culver Road in January. But its future has still yet to be determined, and a costly restoration need.

By a vote of 21-8, Monroe County became the only major county in upstate New York to vote to not create a registry for short-term rentals.

Omar Ramos Jimenez, 50, is originally from Mexico and has lived in Rochester since 2004. He and his wife founded and ran La Casa on Alexander Street and, before that, operated La Placita at the Public...

The proposed funding changes aim to radically reduce support for permanent housing, and target programs which acknowledge transgender people, show a racial preference, or are in areas that do not have...

Miller founded the House of Mercy in 1985. At the time, it was a fledgling operation in a one-bedroom house on Central Park funded by $20,000 from the Sisters of Mercy, the progressive Catholic congre...

A few weeks after promising a new life for Rochester's first distillery since Prohibition, Blackstar fired all staff and founder Jason Barrett. It is now moving to sell off its remaining product.

Felicia Reid, the state's acting director of the Office of Cannabis Management, sat down with WXXI News for a wide-ranging interview on the successes, and hurdles, to legal weed in New York.

The updated health plan for 2026 sees some health system employees receiving a 500% increase in their payments.

The partnership with Enlace would offer up to 500 people access to immigrant rights training, and fund a hotline for questions and connections to resources for immigrants.

Democrats flipped the town supervisor seats in Perinton, Penfield, Mendon, Rush and Greece. And they held onto top posts in Irondequoit and Henrietta, while reliably sweeping all city races.

It’s a clear early autumn night as crowds of revelers make their way down East Avenue to the slew of watering holes and eateries that dot the strip. Before the weekend party begins, each must make a p...

Jeff McCann's bid for town supervisor in the long-held Republican stronghold has raised him more funds than any other supervisor candidate—by a wide margin.

Longtime Democratic Town Board member John Perticone will face off against former assessor Anthony Costanza, who is accused of misusing his office for personal gain, in the November election.

The staple of the East End has faced challenges, from post-COVID changes in the industry to a Saturday "entertainment district" barricading the street.

Brian Green's previous job as a Irondequoit Town Judge means he will be unable to prosecute any cases that previously appeared before his bench.

La Madonna Della Strada will serve as a new, low-barrier shelter on West Main Street. A dream of the House of Mercy founder, the project is being made possible through a partnership with the Open Door...

The building is planned to be turned into 42 apartments, fit with a community room, laundry, and an artist residency space.

The summer of 2025 saw the second lowest number of homicides in the past decade. But the issues of blight, addiction, and divestment that lead to violent crime are still ever-present.

RHA, which oversees about $60 million in payments for over 26,000 tenants, is advising staff to conserve office supplies as the shutdown threatens federal housing funds.

Rochester's first distillery since Prohibition was on the edge of folding. A new partnership with a nascent liquor firm has given it a second chance.

The designation as a historic preservation district is the first new one in over 30 years, with Cobb's Hill joining the likes of East Avenue and the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood.

The eight are accused of using everything from romance scams to posing as government agents to attempt to defraud 139 victims of over $11 million.

The city is seeking developers for two former city schools, with the options open for what they can become.

The confrontation in Rochester came the same day the top federal prosecutor in Albany said New Yorkers can “expect to see” more immigration enforcement.

The group shouted “shame” and "Gestapo,” and applauded as agents in the ICE-led action drove a Border Patrol SUV away on four flat tires, which had been slashed.

Once an artist's hub in Rochester, the building has since fallen into a state of decay. And its owner has defaulted on payments to his lender.

For months now, a “filthy, roaming” band of roosters, hens and chicks have plagued the neighborhood, residents say. Now the city is suing, seeking a court order to seize the roost.

The new law protects residents from discrimination based on gender identity and immigration status, and allows the administration to terminate employees who violate the policy.

If the federal government follows through on the cancellation of grants over DEI policies, the Monroe County Airport Authority stands to lose out on about $9 million in funding.

Rosabel Antonetti’s lawsuit alleges “consistent harassment, bullying, and even workplace violence” during her time at the PAB — an agency she was instrumental in building.

The state mix-up had let over 100 dispensaries too close to schools to open, and another 44 applicants in limbo. But officials have vowed to cure the error.

The decision made in state Supreme Court determined the actions taken by the state Office of Cannabis Management were part of authorized regulatory duties, and did not require a warrant.

All of the Democratic state representatives in Monroe County, plus several local elected officials, will no longer do one-on-one interviews with WROC/Channel 8 until its parent company recognizes its ...