The Rochester Beacon explores the complex challenges facing Rochester, New York, through narrative journalism, analysis and opinion grounded in facts.

Tappon and other staff confirmed by email that the decision to remove the song was based in part on information in a 2017 article written by professor Kyna Hamill, director of Boston University’s Core ...

Annual homicides in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and other big U.S. cities far outnumber those recorded here. But in 2021, Rochester had more murders per capita than any of them. A new ...

Americans’ fears of nuclear war have reached levels not seen since the tensest days of the Cold War. In a recent survey conducted by the Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, ...

Regulation strives for efficiency without monopoly pricing. Regulated utilities are intended to capture the efficiency of private ownership and management while protecting consumers from predatory ...

The proposed mandate drew criticism from the state Legislature and the real estate industry, and didn’t gain enough backers before the budget was approved. Hochul has vowed to keep pushing for ...

Only five of the mental health providers at Catholic Charities Family and Community Services’ Integrated Clinic identify as Hispanic, Black or Asian, but all of its clinical staff have undergone ...

Informative and thorough information for total population data, both locally and statewide. Though wages are not the subject of this article, I would like to note that we have now had years of annual ...

“The (Hochstein at High Falls) concerts were one of the things that really made me feel like ‘Wow, this is a real community,’” D’Amanda says. “It’s incredible what we’re able to do with just a little ...