Author: Gustave Andres
After two years, nine lawsuits and 146 lawyers, San Francisco’s Millennium Tower and its disgruntled residents have reached a settlement worth $500 million, some of which will surely be paid for by taxpayers.
An organization that helps people build their own homes with volunteers just received a big boost, both locally and nationally. Flower City Habitat for Humanity is receiving a $3.75 million gift from MacKenzie Scott, a gift the organization calls “transformational.” She is the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and has pledged to give away the majority of her wealth. Rochester’s gift is part of an overall $436 million gift from Scott to Habitat for Humanity nationwide. Rochester is one of 83 individual affiliates receiving a portion of that money. Matt Flanigan is the local president and CEO of Habitat…