The City’s Forestry Division staff worked closely with its consultant, Highland Planning, an advisory committee, and members of the City’s Community Tree Ambassador program to update the plan.

Today, members of my team and I met with representatives from Walgreens’ leadership, during which I expressed my outrage by their decision to effectively abandon the Rochester area with this latest round of store closures, which will have a disproportionate negative impact on three of the five...

Twenty students participated in the D.C. trip, which included visits to the National Museum of African American History and Culture; Library of Congress; U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; Howard University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU); and the Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr...

Empire State Development (ESD) and Rochester Mayor Malik Evans today unveiled an updated design concept and next steps to complete the design of the transformational Aqueduct Reimagined project in the city center. As the centerpiece of the “ ROC the Riverway” initiative, the Aqueduct Reimagined and...

City Council will vote on the legislation at its Oct. 22, 2024 meeting.

Mayor Malik D. Evans announced today the launch of a new community engagement program.

The City provided its legal perspective to the PAB staff and board in a detailed, four-page letter on Friday, Sept. 20.

Mayor Malik D. Evans today demanded that the parent company of the Walgreens drug store chain immediately halt plans to close the storefront at 792 W. Main St. in the Bulls Head area.

The City of Rochester is applying for Round 8 of New York State’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) for up to $10 million in grant funding and will hold an open house seeking input from residents, developers, and business and property owners to inform the application.

The $17.6 million cost of the renovations is funded through the American Rescue Plan Act and, cash capital and City bonds.

Mayor Malik D. Evans today announced that the City’s West River Wall Improvements at the North Star Commons project received the American Public Works Association’s (APWA) Public Works Project of the Year in the category of Structure Projects.

Mayor Malik D. Evans today unveiled the new reusable City of Rochester Public Market shopping bags that feature the work of local artists.