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February 23, 2026
As I read President Miguel Meléndez Jr.’s Report on Homelessness, I was struck by a deep sadness, because it feels as though the heart of the issue is being missed. The report correctly identifies homelessness as a public health crisis. I agree wholeheartedly. But a public health crisis for whom? Much of the discussion focuses
- February 9, 2026
This Is Not a Shooting Gallery On February 6th I spent thirteen hours on a bus for about a two-hour tour. And I’d do it again tomorrow. Because when you’re trying to solve something that’s killing your neighbors, you don’t get to build your opinion from headlines and vibes. You have to go look. You
- October 6, 2025
Our new County Attorney is a career prosecutor who is registered with the Conservative Party, which opposes everything Democrats stand for. Matthew Schwartz is registered as a member of the Conservative Party — a party whose platform couldn’t be more at
- June 17, 2025
by Gregory Lebens-Higgins Rochester’s mayoral primary debate took place on May 28, between incumbent Mayor Malik Evans, ROC DSA-endorsee and city councilmember Mary Lupien, and local businessman Shashi Sinha. Lupien spoke ambitiously of her vision for a better future, while Evans and Sinha invoked limitations
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Rod Serling speaks: “You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s the signpost up ahead: Your next stop the Twilight Zone.” Rod Serling is wearing his usual black suit,
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- February 10, 2024
We are at Rochester Downtown Development Corporation’s Economic Growth Series: Vision~Future 2023, and Mayor Evans is taking the property owners, developers, and investors filling the conference room at Rochester Riverside Convention Center on a journey of economic opportunity.
- November 8, 2023
Rochester for Energy Democracy demands the funding of a study to determine the feasibility of a public utility as the path out of the RG&E crisis. We cannot brush this option away on the basis of speculation. Only through bold action will we create a long-term solution to expensive and unreliable billing, poor customer service, and an absence of democratic control. We must not shrink from this responsibility.
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