Albany Common Council

WAMC's David Guistina in conversation with Mike Goodwin, News Editor at The Times Union, about Albany Common Council's push for the Commuter tax.

Albany's controversial commuter tax proposal got support from most of the Common Council Monday, but it faces an uphill fight in the New York State Legislature.

The "commuter tax" is being floated by some Albany Common Council members, but the tax proposal faces steep odds in the New York State Legislature.

Members of Albany's Common Council grilled the mayor's budget team over steep proposed tax increases, a budget report that contained accounting errors and if the mayor has a plan B.

Albany's 2027 budget proposal is Mayor Dorcey Applyrs' response to the city's worsening financial condition.

Albany's Community Police Review Board unanimously agreed that Common Councilmember John Williamson's allegations against two Albany police officers were unfounded in their second vote on the case.

Albany's Community Police Review Board had had vacancies for over a year until Tamel Anderson and John-Raphael Pichardo were appointed in August.

Officials in Albany already knew the city’s finances were in a rough spot, but a recent midyear budget report from the mayor's office is painting an even more dismal picture.

Albany is facing three lawsuits for wrongfully convicting city residents. Local leaders said the suits pose a risk to the city's balance sheets in the midst of a budget crunch.

Applyrs is asking New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to review the city's midyear budget and provide recommendations by early September.