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Thanksgiving Food Drive was huge success!
We want to thank everyone who donated at our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive for the Hudson Salvation Army. Thanks to your support, we. collected over 2500 pounds of food, packing their van, and a few hundred in cash. This will go to help make sure your neighbors in need have a happy Thanksgiving. Thank you as well to the Hudson Lions Club, who volunteered at our event.
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City of Albany poised to borrow more money to cover expenses, including salaries
Cities across New York have been facing financial difficulties in recent years. One of them is the city of Albany, which received the worst stress score of any municipality by the state Comptroller’s Office in its annual report at the end of September. According to the Comptroller’s Office, the city has a projected deficit of $26 million for this year and $35 million for 2027.
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Albany’s state capitol has a $1.5 million staircase built entirely by hand
Albany’s capitol sits at the top of State Street hill, and from the outside it already looks more like a European palace than a government office. Step inside and you find grand staircases, carved stone faces, and ceilings covered in paint and gold. Workers built the whole structure by hand from solid stone, with no steel frame holding it up.
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Red Cross food drive benefits veterans, Stratton VA Center
ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — As we approach Thanksgiving and the holiday season, food insecurity is a nationwide problem, especially for veterans. The Northeastern New York Chapter of the American Red Cross is looking to help out, hosting its annual Veterans Food Drive, directly benefitting the Veterans Food Pantry at the Albany Stratton VA Center.
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Expect Albany’s leaders to throw away its $8B Wall Street revenue windfall
Albany just got a windfall of $8 billion — get ready to watch the state’s leaders throw it away. Wall Street bonuses are soaring for a third straight year, not only producing an $8 billion surplus this year, but also slashing the coming year’s deficit by $6.4 billion to $2.9 billion, a gap the current overage can obviously cover. As state Budget Director Blake Washington noted Tuesday, “It’s hard to talk about new taxes when revenues are performing the way they are,” indicating that Gov. Kathy Hochul won’t be proposing tax hikes, but only “presenting a new favorable financial plan.” This explains Hochul ‘s comment to reporters at the Somos junket in Puerto Rico, namely that she’s open to new taxes “if there’s a need.” Where California Propositions stand as votes are tallied: Prop 40 wealth tax, home loan funds and more Of course, that doesn’t rule out a political need. She’s facing intense pressure from Mayor Zohran Mamdani to hike taxes, because for the socialists, the huge amount of taxes the rich already pay is never enough: They must be punished until they flee New York, taking this massive windfall with them. California voters overwhelmingly reject union-backed Prop. 44
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Albany County Legislator Carolyn McLaughlin weighs in on major redevelopment projects in Albany
This weekend on In Focus, Albany County Legislator Carolyn McLaughlin discusses the importance of community engagement, equitable investment and ensuring underserved neighborhoods have a voice in local government decisions. She weighs in on major redevelopment projects in Albany, including proposed data center development and the distribution of state funding, emphasizing...
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‘Bare bones’: Knox poised to raise taxes for first time in a decade, piercing state-set cap
KNOX — Supervisor Traci Delaney, drafting her first Knox budget, is faced with piercing the tax cap. “I went back 20 years with the tax collector and we could not find where taxes had been raised in the last 20 years,” Delaney told the town board on Nov. 4 when all four members of the board who were present voted to adopt a preliminary budget of 2027.
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Albany Finance Committee addresses city's budget
The Albany Common Council's Finance, Assessment, and Taxation Committee held a meeting Monday night to discuss the city’s budget and economic situation. Finance Committee Chair Meghan Keegan laid out the reality of the budget. “There is no way to cut this budget any further than it's already cut without...
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‘Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls’
B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation in Albany will screen “Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls,” a documentary that brings to light a new side of Woody Guthrie. The name Woody Guthrie conjures images of Dust Bowl families from the 1930s fleeing their soil-ravaged farms, along with those famous lyrical phrases, “This land is your land, this lan is my land.”