Chamber News Release Greater Rochester Chamber President and CEO Bob Duffy offered the following statement in response to Governor Hochul’s Fiscal Year 2023 Executive Budget: “From offering solutions to workforce shortages to infusing capital into communities, Governor Hochul’s proposed budget seeks to support business in unprecedented and desperately needed ways. Tax relief for small businesses,…
Chamber News Release Today, the Supreme Court granted applications for a stay preventing OSHA from enforcing the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The ETS required businesses with 100 or more employees to develop, implement, and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, or require that employees wear masks at work and be subject to weekly testing. However,…
Chamber News Release Rochester, NY (January 6, 2022) Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Monroe County and the Rochester Red Wings, is providing local businesses with KN95 masks and rapid test kits today during a drive-through giveaway from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the Frontier Field VIP Parking Lot at 1 Morrie…
Chamber News Release Rochester, NY (January 5, 2022) Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Bob Duffy offered the following statement in response to Governor Hochul’s 2022 State of the State Address: “Governor Hochul offered an optimistic and encouraging message for the year ahead, even as COVID19 continues to wreak havoc on businesses and…
Chamber News Release Rochester, NY (January 3, 2022) Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Monroe County and the Rochester Red Wings, will provide local businesses with KN95 masks and rapid test kits during a drive-through giveaway on Thursday, January 6, 2022 from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM. The cost-free materials are intended for…
Chamber News Release ALBANY, N.Y. (December 24, 2021) – The New York State Department of Health today announced new guidance allowing healthcare workers and other members of the critical workforce who test positive for COVID-19 and are fully vaccinated to return to work sooner than previously allowed in order to provide healthcare and other essential services to…
Chamber News Release County, City, Wegmans, Healthcare Systems and Chamber of Commerce Encourage Community to Work Together to Stay Safe While Gathering, Working, and Shopping (Rochester, New York) – Business, government and healthcare leaders gathered today at the Wegmans Conference Center to call on the community to “Vax-Boost-Mask” in order to keep the economy…