Jennifer Lewke
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- 36
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- Sep 29, 2026
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Webster man celebrating the 100th birthday of the kidney his mom donated to him as a teenager (opens the original)
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A Webster man is celebrating the 100th birthday of the kidney his mom donated to him as a teenager. In March 1978, surgeons at Strong Hospital transplanted a kidney into 16-year-old Ray Vetuskey. The story behind that kidney is now one for the record books. Vetuskey grew up in Seabreeze as the youngest of five kids and always had a special bond with his mom Betty, “she was a great lady; everyone loved her in the neighborhood,” Vetuskey recalls. When he was a teenager, Vetuskey
News10NBC Investigates: New York State is finally replacing its outdated unemployment system (opens the original)
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ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Labor is finally replacing its decades-old unemployment system which nearly collapsed during the height of the pandemic. For the last 6 years, News10NBC Investigative Reporter Jennifer Lewke has been exposing major issues with the claims process, customer service, data security, and the antiquated processing system that left state taxpayers vulnerable to fraud. An audit by the NYS Comptroller has since revealed that billions of dollars were lost to
Nursing home bed shortage in Rochester reaches crisis level after Waterview Heights shutdown (opens the original)
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The shortage of nursing home beds in our region has reached a crisis level after the state shut down Waterview Heights, leaving local hospitals and families struggling to find care for loved ones. On any given day, every hospital in the Rochester region is boarding dozens of people who don’t need hospital-level care but have nowhere else to go because all area nursing homes are full. Laura Lamana’s mother Barbara has spent the last three weeks at Highland Hospital and now needs
If your STAR exemption disappeared without explanation, you're not alone — here's what to do: (opens the original)
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GREECE, N.Y. — It’s tax time and millions of New Yorkers rely on the STAR credit for a break. If you’re a more recent homeowner registered for STAR, the Tax Department issues your benefit via check or direct deposit. If you’ve been receiving STAR since 2015, you see a reduction on your school tax bill. The State Tax Department is required to review STAR eligibility every few years and this is one of those years. Hundreds of homes are getting cut from the program, some rightfully so, others maybe
Less mowing, more EV chargers: Here's how 9 Monroe County towns plan to spend their climate grants (opens the original)
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MONROE COUNTY, N.Y. — Monroe County awarded more than $100,000 in grants to local towns and villages for climate action projects. Nine towns are getting up to $10,000 each. In Penfield, the money will be used to install an electric car charging station in the parking lot of the Clark House.In the Town of Perinton, they’re planning to use the cash at the Garnsey Arboretum, where they will mow a whole lot less and add some walking trails. And in the Town of Chili, they’re using the cash to replace
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