Dorcey Applyrs

Capital Region lawmakers are among the more than 500 state legislators across the country to release a joint statement decrying the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents. The statement in response to the Minnesota killings comes as the magnitude of the Immigration Customs and Enforcement operations in the Capital Region is unknown.

The Albany County Legislature is scheduled to hold a public hearing Tuesday on bolstering the availability of affordable housing.

Mounds of snow line the streets, and Albany Mayor Dorcey Applyrs has declared a snow emergency will take effect Tuesday night. The delayed announcement comes after other local municipalities installed states of emergencies over the weekend.

Edna Mae-Davis Howard has long been known as the “community grandma” of Albany’s Arbor Hill neighborhood. This week, the 99-year-old was honored by new Mayor Dorcey Applyrs.

As part of efforts to bring nightlife back into the city, Albany Mayor Dorcey Applyrs wants to expand a downtown hospitality program. WAMC’s Sajina Shrestha reports that a similar program in Schenectady could serve as a guide.

With a new year came a new leader — Albany’s first new mayor in more than a decade as Dorcey Applyrs officially made history Thursday.

Could a mile-long canal help revitalize Albany’s waterfront? Several local leaders are already on board. That has one group hoping support from the governor could be on the horizon.

Albany Mayor-elect Dorcey Applyrs has already begun preparing for her new administration – a process she is calling “Activate Albany.” WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief Jesse Taylor spoke with Applyrs at Hattie’s Culinary Lab in downtown Albany about some of the biggest challenges she expects to take on at the start of her time in office. But first, Jesse asked Applyrs to reflect on her historic victory, one that will make her Albany’s first Black mayor.

Dorcey Applyrs will become the City of Albany’s first black woman mayor in history.

Dorcey Applyrs is poised to become Albany’s first Black woman mayor.