The area's largest employer -- the University of Rochester -- is making budget cuts because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
University President Sarah Mangelsdorf says in a letter the University and UR Medicine will begin furloughing some staff members.
She and other senior leaders will take pay cuts of up to 18 percent.
A hiring freeze has is effect, and overtime is being ordered kept to a minimum.
All new capital spending is off for at least 3 months.
Mangelsdorf says the university has suffered significant lost revenue from suspension of non-essential medical procedures, handling patients through telemedicine and shifting from classroom to distance learning.
Mangelsdorf says the university can't tap into its multi-billion dollar endowment to tide it over, because most of the money is directed to specific purposes like scholarships and professorships.