When it comes to state government, voters have two different answers right now.
A Siena Poll asked voters if they agree with Governor Cuomo's statement that "New York State Government is Working Again."
50 percent agreed, 36 percent disagreed, and 13 percent neither agreed nor disagreed.
Pollster Steve Greenberg adds Siena wanted to know how voters feel about certain fiscal issues and ethics and whether state government is working.
They found that a majority feel the state government is working when it comes to safeguarding the rights of all New Yorkers.

Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard says citizens need to work with police to put an end to the streak of violence plaguing Rochester the past few days.
Speaking after a weekend of violence near the Lilac Festival that led to 20 arrests, Sheppard is calling on the community to step up and help.

As for the spate of recent violence, Chief Sheppard says he strongly believes that there is nothing that happens in this city that somebody doesn't know about prior to, during, or after it happens.
And he's calling for the community to step up.

WASHINGTON (AP)  The Supreme Court is taking a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open meetings in a Western New York town. 

The justices said Monday they will review an appeals court ruling that held that the town of Greece   violated the Constitution by opening nearly every meeting over an 11-year span with prayers that stressed Christianity. 

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the town should have made a greater effort to invite people from other faiths to open its monthly board meetings. 

(AP) Testimony is set to begin in the trial of two people charged with killing a Fairport high school teacher as she rode her bike along a Penfield road last summer. 

Both 23-year-old Mark Scerbo of Penfield and 24-year-old Meagan Merkel of Ontario, Wayne County are charged with manslaughter and driving while intoxicated for hitting Heather Boyum with their vehicles last July. 

Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Rochester is offering new programs to help seniors and those with disabilities attain community services and remain independent.
BalancedCare is the new division at CCCS, and marketing and outreach director Lynette Baker says it's designed to help those individuals stay home and not have to move into a nursing home.
Baker says BalancedCare offers help for people with the complicated Medicaid Application.
And another program,  Assistance and Representative Payee Services, helps people manage Social Security benefits.

Douglas Lowry has been reappointed as Dean of the Eastman School of Music. The announcement came Sunday from University of Rochester President Joel Seligman. Lowry was appointed to a second, five-year term.

Lowry joined the Eastman School in 2007. He led the completion of the biggest architectural transformation in the school’s history, which includes the renovation of Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre and the building of the new Eastman East Wing.

The Wegmans faithful stream into the store as it opens on Sunday:

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Powerball officials were pretty confident there would be a winner in Saturday night's giant jackpot and they were right.

A single ticket sold in Florida has the winning number for the top prize an estimated $590.5 million. Ticket sales accounted for about 80 percent of all possible number combinations.

Officials say the winning ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla. Florida lottery officials say more details will be released later.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York assemblyman accused of sexually harassing young female staffers for years says he will resign before he's expelled from the Legislature.

Assemblyman Vito Lopez informed leaders on Saturday he will resign effective Monday morning.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had planned a rare expulsion proceeding against Lopez beginning Monday.

Lopez was once a powerful Brooklyn Democratic leader and has been in the Assembly's Democratic majority since 1984.

Two well known local companies are planning to develop 21 acres in Canandaigua. Morgan Management and LeChase Construction have formed a joint venture, called Morgan-LeChase Development to work on a mixed use project across from Kershaw Park.

It will be a mix of commercial and residential units, and George Hamlin, who heads up the Canandaigua Area Development Corporation, says this project will involve significant private investment. He says it could be a $100 million project.