Albany Common Council

The Albany Common Council held a public budget hearing Monday night.

In recent years the Republican Party has been hard pressed to make a dent in the cities of Albany and Schenectady. Now, officials are hoping new chairs can revitalize the local GOP.

A homicide in Albany’s Pine Hills neighborhood Friday is drawing the outrage of a Common Councilor who is calling for the police chief to resign. The chief tells WAMC the rhetoric is unhelpful.

The city of Albany introduced its first public safety commissioner Tuesday.

Several Albany Common Council members are proposing the panel establish a summer recess. Not everyone is on board.

A quality of life issue that has dogged some neighborhoods for decades appears to have met its match in Albany's new speed hump program.

A skateboarding ban that affected some neighborhoods in downtown Albany is no longer in force — for now.

Albany's community media operation is up for discussion Thursday evening.

The Reapportionment Commission of the City of Albany, responsible for recommending changes to Common Council ward lines, will hold its first public hearing on Thursday.

The mayor and police chief say the police shooting of a knife-wielding suspect in Albany Monday was justified, but the incident on Franklin Street will now come under scrutiny by several bodies.