Mayor Malik D. Evans today announced that the City’s Urban Forest Master Plan has been awarded the Public Outreach Award by the New York Upstate Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA).

Rochester City Hall, Rochester Public Libraries, Rochester Animal Services, Neighborhood Service Centers, R-Centers, and th

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 poorest zip codes in New York State.

Nearly two dozen city youth traveled to Washington, D.C. this summer to explore historical sites and museums as part of the Rochester Public Library’s flagship program Safe to be Smart. The educational three-day trip was made possible by the Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library (FFRPL), the Konar Foundation and Reynolds Library, making the Rochester Public Library the first in our area to send students to the nation’s capital, bridging what they learn in the classroom and the library to real life.