Amanda Reyes was auditioning for her umpteenth acting role in New York City recently when the casting director asked her to “be more ghetto.” It was nothing new. She had worked for several years in Los Angeles, and the acting parts for Latinas were for teenage moms, gang bangers and hustlers — never the protagonist — and more often than not, an offensive stereotype. “I go through this almost every audition,” Ms. Reyes, 27, said ...

Rick Ostroff, Co-Chair of the Upstate New York Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk recently presented CBS 6 News with a sponsorship award in recognition of the outstanding support the station provided for the 2016 Light the Night Walk. As the official media sponsor for the 2016 Light the Night Walk, CBS 6 raised critical awareness for this important event which supports the lifesaving work ...

Fifteen other communities in the state are using some the principles in the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative to battle poverty. The goal of the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative is to have those communities model their process after Rochester. That’s according to Leonard Brock, director of the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative, or RMAPI. He says each of those communities will need to take the methodology ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that Datto Inc. will create up to 200 new high-tech jobs as part of its expansion into new office space in the Metropolitan Building, in downtown Rochester. This expansion, which will bring the company’s total employment to approximately 350, is being supported through a $2.1 million capital grant through Governor Cuomo’s Upstate Revitalization Initiative ...

Yesterday, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo unveiled the proposed FY 2018 Executive Budget, which builds on the state’s fiscal discipline over the last six years while strengthening the middle class, reducing taxes, and making smart investments in New York’s future. For the seventh consecutive year, the Budget is balanced and holds spending growth below two percent. “This year’s budget raises up the middle class and advances ...

Recognizing the tremendous impact of the New York State Film Tax Credit Program, leaders of the film and television production industry in New York today applauded Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2017-18 Executive Budget proposal, which includes a full extension of the program, at $420 million per year, through 2022. The film tax credit program is responsible for a significant economic impact in the Empire State ...

The Governor’s 2017 agenda is a bold, comprehensive set of proposals that aim to drive economic growth, strengthen the middle class, bolster the state’s vital infrastructure and create a more sustainable environment. This agenda will continue New York’s legacy as a national leader in advancing and safeguarding progressive values and social justice and ensuring opportunity for all. “New York knows that our ...

$50 million, four-year upgrade at the Port of Albany should start this summer to help the facility handle more and heavier cargo, including heavy generator exports from General Electric in Schenectady. Plans call for a new 45,000-square-foot warehouse, along with a roll-on/roll-off ramp to accommodate movement of generators, which are shipped to the port on barges from Schenectady along the Erie Canal ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today unveiled a comprehensive package to better protect New Yorkers, as well as government entities, from the ever-growing threat of cyber-attacks. The package includes the strengthening and modernization of cybercrime and identity theft laws, as well as the creation of a new Cyber Incident Response Team to provide cybersecurity support to state entities, local governments, critical infrastructure ...