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Albany police review board questions one member's conduct
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (692+ words) Albany's Community Police Review Board has called on the Common Council to evaluate if one member's professional conduct is justification for removal. A letter drafted by the CPRB's Program Director Garrett Schaaf outlines concerns regarding the conduct and performance of…...
Applyrs names advocacy-minded pastor to police review board
2+ week, 4+ day ago (510+ words) The Rev. Marc Johnson, seen here in the sanctuary of St. John's Church of God in Christ on Sept. 27, 2017, has been appointed by Mayor Dorcey Applyrs to serve on Albany's Community Police Review Board. ALBANY" Mayor Dorcey Applyrs has named…...
Albany Common Council seeks more police review board applicants
2+ week, 4+ day ago (200+ words) While Albany Mayor Dorcey Applyrs has made her second appointment to the city's Community Police Review Board, the oversight committee is still looking to recruit more members. Rev. Marc Johnson has previously served on Binghamton police review board and has…...
Albany mayor appoints new police review board member
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (123+ words) Albany Mayor Dorcy Applyrs announced a new appointment to the city's Community Police Review Board on Tuesday. Applyrs selected Lani Jones to be the first mayoral appointee of her administration. Jones is a professor in University at Albany's School of…...
Albany Airport unveils new traveler comforts, play area, sensory space
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1068+ words) The Wild Center in Tupper Lake was the inspiration for the new children's play space at Albany International Airport. The new children's play area at the Albany airport occupies a space that was previously a waiting area for passengers." A…...
Will ANY NY politician call out the lunacy of unions" "Fix Tier 6" cash grab?
3+ week, 1+ day ago (453+ words) New York public employee unions are pushing for an utterly obscene giveaway, undoing the 2012 pension reform that saved taxpayers $80 billion " and Gov. Kathy Hochul looks willing to sign off on it. The unions frame it as a matter of "fairness…...
Honolulu City Council OKs changes to housing zoning rules
3+ week, 1+ day ago (794+ words) Friday, April 17, 2026 77" Today's Paper A Honolulu City Council measure designed to relax zoning rules to allow more infill housing projects in the city's urban core was approved on its third and final reading Wednesday. The Council voted 7-1, with Council member…...
NY's climate law clashes with Hochul's affordability campaign
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1059+ words) New York's lofty goal to dramatically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions has run into a major roadblock: Gov. Kathy Hochul's election-year quest to make the state more affordable. Hochul, who is seeking a second full term this year, is pushing…...
'Gaslighting governor' - Hundreds protest Hochul climate law proposal
3+ week, 2+ day ago (900+ words) Hundreds of environmental advocates, trade groups and legislators packed the New York Capitol on Wednesday, March 25, to make their opposition to Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposal to weaken the state's climate protection law. Chants of "gaslighting governor" echoed from dozens of…...
Governor Hochul defends climate law changes amid Albany rally
3+ week, 3+ day ago (369+ words) ROCHESTER, N. Y. " Gov. Kathy Hochul visited the Edgerton Rec Center in Rochester to speak about her affordability agenda while people rallied outside her office in Albany. News10 NBC's Declan Stablow was at the event and asked the governor about pushback against her…...