RHA kicks off 'summer of progress' with Federal Street project
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – Celebrations were high Tuesday as the Rochester Housing Authority held a ribbon cutting for the completion of the Federal Street and scattered sites redevelopment project.
The project included 53 affordable and supportive homes in Rochester and is part of a $2-million initiative from the governor's office to transform 25 sites citywide.
This event marked the launch of RHA's 'Summer of Progress' series which aims to make public housing milestones with more projects to follow.
Some new initiatives include electric charging stations, free Wi-Fi, and a community space for residents.
Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to RochesterFirst.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
CBS News
29 minutes ago
- CBS News
Trump administration will "aggressively revoke" some Chinese students' visas, Rubio says
The federal government will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese international students, including those studying in "critical fields," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday — the latest restriction on foreign students. "Under President Trump's leadership, the U.S. State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields," Rubio wrote in a statement. Rubio also said the government will "revise visa criteria to enhance scrutiny of all future visa applications from the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong." China is the second-largest country of origin for international students, behind only India. In the 2023-24 school year, more than 270,000 international students were from China, making up roughly a quarter of all foreign students in the United States. The action comes at a time of intensifying scrutiny of the ties between U.S. higher education and China. House Republicans this month pressed Duke University to cut its ties with a Chinese university, saying it allowed Chinese students to gain access to federally-funded research at Duke. Last year, House Republicans issued a report warning that hundreds of millions of dollars in defense funding was going to research partnerships linked to the Chinese government, providing "back-door access to the very foreign adversary nation whose aggression these capabilities are necessary to protect against." The announcement came a day after the State Department told embassies and consulates worldwide to temporarily stop scheduling new student visa interviews, in a cable obtained by CBS News. The cable said the department is preparing "expanded social media vetting" of visa applicants. The two policy changes from the State Department added to uncertainty for America's international students, who have faced intensifying scrutiny from the Trump administration. The government has attempted to revoke legal status for thousands of international students, many of whom appeared to draw federal scrutiny due to minor legal infractions — though a federal judge has halted that practice. And the administration has sought to deport several pro-Palestinian student activists under a law allowing visas to be revoked if somebody poses "adverse foreign policy consequences." Earlier this week, the Trump administration tried to halt all international student enrollments at Harvard University. A judge blocked the move, part of a wider battle between the government and the Ivy League school over its handling of campus protests. President Trump said Wednesday that Harvard, whose current student population is more than 25% international, should limit that percentage to about 15%. "I want to make sure the foreign students are people that can love our country," Mr. Trump said.
CBS News
35 minutes ago
- CBS News
Costly Baltimore City job vacancies addressed during budget negotiations
Baltimore City leaders are figuring out ways to address hundreds of vacant jobs that are costing the city millions of dollars. Those unfilled positions are a concern as council members work to approve the Fiscal Year 2026. "We have several hundred vacancies in the city of Baltimore," said Faith Leach, the Baltimore City administrator. Leach told WJZ the city is aiming to reduce the number of vacant jobs, and it starts with competitive wages. "We know wages are a big part," Leach said. "It's just one part of what we can do to recruit new people into our fire and police department, as well as the city department." Exceeding overtime budgets WJZ previously reported that Baltimore City has paid millions of dollars in overtime costs, with some agencies outspending their budgets. "That ultimately winds up to about $33 million that is going to go into overtime within these city budgets," Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen recently told WJZ. City leaders said there are more than 2,700 vacant positions, and 530 of those positions have gone unfilled for at least 18 months. The city is still down 20% when it comes to job vacancies compared to 2024. "As long as there's a vacant position in the city, there's an opportunity for someone to be hired," said Baltimore councilmember Jermaine Jones. City Administrator Leach said hundreds of the vacancies are within the police, fire, and EMS departments. And, oftentimes, those departments rely on overtime pay to get by with officers and first responders working extra shifts. "As people work longer hours, the quality of work goes down, so I think this isn't a sustainable approach as we continue to fill those vacant positions with overtime hours," councilmember Jones said. Impact on the police department's shortage City Council President Cohen told WJZ during a recent hearing that one option, dissolving vacant city jobs, could put more pressure on the already short-staffed police department. The police department remains under a consent decree following the in-custody death of Freddie Gray. One of the mandates is to hire more officers. "But there are certainly other agencies, including the fire department, where we're not under a consent decree, where I certainly think there could just be a more honest accounting of what's going on within the agency," Cohen said. City agency needs Cohen said this budget season allows the city council to see what each city agency needs. "Making sure that we have enabled each city agency to fulfill their mission to do what they need to do to provide great services for the residents of this city but that they are being honest about their needs and that they're not coming back six months, a year, two years later and asking the council to approve supplemental budgets that they've already spent," Cohen said.
Bloomberg
39 minutes ago
- Bloomberg
RFK Jr. Slams Medical Journals, Floats In-House Publishing Plan
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he may bar government scientists from publishing in top medical journals, accusing publications like The New England Journal of Medicine of being 'corrupt' and beholden to pharmaceutical companies. 'We're probably going to stop publishing in the Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and those other journals because they're all corrupt,' Kennedy said on ' The Ultimate Human ' podcast with wellness influencer and biohacker Gary Brecka.
