Rochester needs climate funding in 2025

Rochester needs climate funding in 2025

Dan Maloney Rochester is again leading the country, but not in ways we want. Our city has one of the highest child poverty rates in the country (over 40 percent in 2024), a median household income of just $46,000, and one of the worst asthma rates in the U.S. Last year, Rochester ranked as the second worst “Asthma Capital” in the country. Also, Rochester has now the third-highest in energy burden in the nation. At the same time, we are experienc…