Menands is fighting hard against a methadone clinic.
https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/albany-county-legislator-voracious-fight-18277895.php
In more evidence that the state should own the means of production, wind developers are threatening to renege on their contract because it won’t give their investors high enough returns.
The Albany Civilian Police Review Board remains frustrated by its lack of power.
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/albany-s-community-police-review-board-isn-t-18270145.php
Kingston is one of the first cities in the country to replace its zoning with a form-based code, focused on the built environment’s physical form rather than its uses. It ends minimum parking requirements, legalizes ADUs (such as mother-in-law cottages), legalizes multifamily development, and streamlines approvals processes. It will hopefully contribute to increasing affordable housing and walkability.
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/kingston-new-zoning-code-18274465.php
A grade 6-12 charter school is being proposed in Schenectady. Charter schools can provide better choices when public schools aren’t meeting a student’s needs, but they tend to bleed money from the public school system because the highest needs students are left in public schools, they’re often run by for-profit companies who don’t have student interests at heart, and they often rely on a lower-paid non-unionized workforce.
Health officials advise beginning HPV vaccination at age 9 because it leads to better immune response ad requires fewer shots than if you start later. (Adults, if you never got the vaccine, you probably should too. The article implies that it only is for those under 26, but if you do not stay in the same mutually monogamous relationship after that time, you can and should get it up to age 45.)
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/new-york-health-officials-urge-hpv-shots-age-9-18274607.php
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy has over $300K and Sheriff Craig Apple over $600K in campaign fund accounts, even though they haven’t faced challengers in years. (Maybe he should have used THAT money to build the field he named after himself, instead of stealing it from forfeitures.)
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/mccoy-apple-campaign-coffers-swell-opponents-18204647.php
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/sheriff-federal-review-shows-300-000-misspent-18275074.php
That Kingston article is interesting. Guess we’ll wait and see how it plays out
