An event held over the weekend in Rochester was designed to provide Black authors the opportunity to celebrate their work and embrace how it impacts literacy, diversity and growth in the community. The President of the Rochester Black Authors Association, Jeanell...
Just before the pandemic, Sparkle, 44, and three of her children were living in a rented apartment on Chili Avenue. “It was rat and mouse infested. There were mouse droppings on hangers. They peed on everything,” Sparkle says. Her asthma worsened, her Afib (atrial...
ROCHESTER, N.Y.- News10NBC has been reporting on the city’s efforts to clear a homeless camp on Loomis Street. That’s gone, but some tents have popped up on nearby Joseph Avenue and it has residents like Nina Becoats Gaines fed up. “Hello?” Becoats Gaines said....
ROCHESTER, N.Y.- News10NBC has been reporting on the city’s efforts to clear a homeless camp on Loomis Street. That’s gone, but some tents have popped up on nearby Joseph Avenue and it has residents like Nina Becoats Gaines fed up. “Hello?” Becoats Gaines said....
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — If you feel like you’ve seen more people sleeping under bridges and begging for money, you’re right. Our community is experiencing a surge in homelessness and the agencies they try to help them, are running thin on resources. “We are...
The team at Person Centered Housing Options (PCHO) says it’s sounding the alarm about the rise in homelessness in Rochester. We talk with the staff about a new permanent housing project and about PCHO’s outreach to local people in need of homes....
