A $20 million proposal to bring 50 affordable housing units to the Fruit Belt appears to be barely on life support.

Walton said she wants to make sure that developers follow the guidelines set by the state for 485-a property tax breaks that are aimed at encouraging the reuse of vacant or underused buildings in cities.

Six years after the city set its sights on redeveloping a vacant parking lot on Ellicott Street, a seven-story building with 201 affordable apartments is ready for its first occupants.

The bank has set Jan. 10 as the target date for nonbranch employees to start returning to the bank's offices for part of their work week.

FedEx is seeking to hire 150 workers to staff the distribution center.

The Buffalo flights, with one-way fares as low as $69, will start June 9 and will operate twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays.

Tesla's solar energy business took a tiny step backward during the summer, with installations nearly holding steady.

Kaleida's staffing crunch has been aggravated by the pandemic, the state's vaccine mandate and a patient volume increase stemming from an ongoing strike at Mercy Hospital.

"We are extremely excited at the prospect of returning to the building where Alden State Bank served the community for almost 40 years,” said Steven Woodard, the president and CEO.

City officials and preservationists say the successful solution could set a new precedent for dealing with other negligent owners and neglected properties, particularly in the city's historic districts, such as Cobblestone, Hamlin Park, Allentown and Broadway-Fillmore.