by the Trump administration in actions that Democrats have denounced as illegal and unconstitutional.
“It was a really hard decision,” Ayala said about her move to be closer to her daughter. Ayala and her daughter hope to eventually bring the rest of the family to Rochester.Jonathan Gonzalez and his then pregnant wife moved to Rochester after another major storm, Hurricane Maria, pummeled Puerto Rico in 2017.
“It was pretty difficult to live in Puerto Rico those days,” Gonzalez said, adding that everything, including hospitals, were closed because of no electricity.His mother already had a home in Rochester, which made it a natural place to go. Starting over was hard, though Gonzalez feels at home now.“I love Rochester,” he said.
The sun sets on Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Rochester, N.Y. (Toni Duncan via AP)The sun sets on Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Rochester, N.Y. (Toni Duncan via AP)
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referred to the decision as a “course correction” in an opinion fully joined by four conservative colleagues.“Congress did not design NEPA for judges to hamstring new infrastructure and construction projects,” he wrote. The three liberal justices agreed the Utah project should get its approval, but they would have taken a narrower path.
The justices reversed athat required a more thorough environmental assessment and restored an important approval from federal regulators on the Surface Transportation Board.