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On Friday, April 17, the president of the board that organizes Rochester’s Puerto Rican Festival, Orlando Ortiz, announced that the June 14, 2020 event has been canceled. It won’t return until some time next year. The Puerto Rican Festival is well-known as the city’s longest-running multicultural festival. The decision to cancel was made in coordination […]
On Friday, April 10, the Internal Revenue Service announced that it had added a new page to its site and a link to a tool for people who didn’t file taxes in 2018 and 2019 so that they can supply their bank deposit information and receive the Economic Impact Payment faster. Those who qualify for […]
On Friday, April 17, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Letitia James informed the public that a previous suspension of certain debt collections and associated interest and fees initiated for 30 days starting on March 17 had been extended to May 17 because of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. They also explained that another extension is possible […]
On Thursday, April 16, the New York Attorney General Letitia James reminded all New York residents including those in Rochester that they are protected from eviction during the SARS-CoV-2 crisis. All evictions have been suspended to at least June 19, 2020. Even if a warrant for eviction currently exists, constables, sheriffs, and marshals aren’t permitted […]
On Tuesday, April 14, health officials for New York City revised the total number of deaths from SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) complications to include anyone from March 11 through April 13 who died in hospitals with symptoms that suggested the virus was the cause even without positive test results. The revised number, 3,778, has increased the total […]
The financial impact of COVID-19 has now reached a historic level when it comes to unemployment. Just released numbers have 4.4 million people filing for unemployment insurance this past week. That brings a grand total for the last five weeks to 26.4 million according to the labor department. 16 million people are receiving unemployment right […]
As of this week, the number of infected New Yorkers who have died from COVID-19 complications has surpassed similar outcomes in many countries, including China. Geneticists and researchers from two separate teams and investigations revealed this week that they believe that the total number of infected, both living and deceased, is a lot higher. They […]
Music icon Whitney Houston will her life, made into a movie. The film, titled “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” will have Pat Houston (Whitney Houston’s sisters-in-law) and Clive Davis (who discovered Houston), working together on producing the bio pic. In statement released “The Estate of Whitney Houston is more than elated to be involved with […]
On Monday, April 6, a local Rochester member of the community and registered nurse, Olivia Goodwin, started orientation for her new role treating COVID-19 positive patients who require long-term care in Milford, New Jersey. Goodwin has been a registered nurse for the last four years in primarily operating environments. She previously worked at Rochester General […]