Troy City Council

Late last month, we sat down with Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello as she marked a year in office. Now, the Republican has checked off a major item on her to-do list: after roughly five months, the city has a new comptroller. Mantello announced this week that Jack Krokos (Krow-kiss) will serves as comptroller. In July, the former comptroller, Dylan Spring, resigned after mounting pressure from the Republican-controlled city council to deliver quarterly financial reports. Since then, the administration has worked with several outside accounting firms to deliver those reports to the council, spending more than $260,000 on the services. An incomplete report was delivered to the council in October with Mayor Mantello's budget proposal. The Republican says Krokos’ “knowledge, experience, and deep commitment to the public” will be invaluable to the city. However, minority Democrats have issued a statement expressing their concern over Krokos' lack of municipal experience. I spoke with Mantello about the decision to hire Krokos.

Troy’s City Council held two special meetings Monday night in a rush to allocate American Rescue Plan Act funding by the December 31st deadline.

Carmella Mantello made history this year after she was sworn in as the first woman mayor of Troy. Mantello, a former long-time city council president, is the first Republican mayor to lead the Collar City in more than a decade. Upon taking office in January, she said her first priority was to improve morale among city employees. She campaigned on being a hands-on mayor who will work with municipal employees to get work done. During her first year in office, Mantello declared several emergencies regarding water infrastructure, abolished the city's planning commission — replacing it with a planning board — and reimagined vacancies in city hall. WAMC's Samantha Simmons spoke with Mantello about some of her decisions that caused a stir among residents and Democratic city councilors.

Troy's City Council held its final regular meeting of the year on Thursday night.

The City of Troy has gotten the green light from the state to issue bonds to replace lead pipes on private property.

Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello’s first budget was passed by the Republican-led council Monday night over protests by Democrats about the process.

After more than four months, the City of Troy is still without a comptroller, despite pledges that a new hire was imminent.

ublic safety. Quality of life. And another year of the trash fee. Those are some of the key facets of Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello’s first budget proposal. The Republican presented the plan to the GOP-controlled city council this week. But the presentation came as the city remains without a fulltime comptroller. Democratic Council President Sue Steele was quick to blast the proposal, saying it lacks transparency. WAMC spoke with Mantello after the meeting.

Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello has presented her 2025 budget to the Republican-controlled city council. But Tuesday’s presentation came as the city remains without a fulltime comptroller.

The City of Troy heard options for funding a massive lead pipe replacement project Thursday, but questions remain over the process.