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April 4, 2025Public Correspondence

Apology Needed

I sent the following email to my state assemblymember, in response to this news story from yesterday, about how a group of […]

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March 24, 2025Brief thoughts, In the news

Fleeing is the problem?

This story in the Times Union last week is a typical example of a widespread problem. Why is the news (and the […]

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March 18, 2025Brief thoughts

Leases and Independent Businesses

The Albany Business Review reported yesterday that Rare Form Brewing in downtown Troy will be closing temporarily while they find and move […]

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March 14, 2025Brief thoughts

It’s a little troubling that any sheriff would want to hire an ex-prison guard they know was fired for walking out (illegally) […]

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March 4, 2025Brief thoughts, In the news

Improving the Harriman Campus

It would be hard to catalog all the damage governors and other state-level officials of New York State have done to the […]

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February 12, 2025February 12, 2025Brief thoughts, Colonie

9 & 155: What a Mess

The Albany Business Review published an article yesterday about the sale of the Freshmarket Commons, a crowded strip mall squeezed into a […]

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February 5, 2025Brief thoughts

Looking forward to this…

There’s an article in today’s Times Union about an up and coming Tapas and Wine bar opening this spring in downtown Troy. […]

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February 5, 2025Brief thoughts

Moving County Offices

The Times Union published an article this morning outlining Albany County’s potential plans to move some of their offices from their downtown […]

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February 3, 2025Brief thoughts

Government “Efficiency”

I’m rather troubled to read about Governor Hochul’s interest in government efficiency. While the article in today’s Times Union notes that the […]

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February 1, 2025Colonie

Traffic on NY-155 in Colonie

The Times Union reported last week that a developer wants to build a 292-unit apartment complex on the property at the corner […]

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