Man shot and killed in Troy, Raucci report leaked, the next Troy police chief, early tick season
Troy police say a man was shot and killed at the Corliss Park Apartments yesterday. They say the suspect is still on the loose. For a while yesterday afternoon police thought the suspect was in an apartment at the complex and the department's Emergency Response Team was called to surround the building. It turned out the only person inside was an elderly woman who police say is the suspect's grandmother. [Troy Record] [TU] [Fox23] [YNN] [WTEN] [WNYT]
The State Police SWAT team responded to a call of a man holed up with a gun in a Halfmoon yesterday. Police say the man did fire the gun, but he was taken into custody without injury. [Fox23] [WNYT]
The Times Union says it's gotten of a copy of the Schenectady school district's internal report on Steven Raucci. The school district had previously released the report, but it was heavily redacted. [TU]
David and Michelle Paterson's income was $328,284 last year, according to their tax return. That's up about $50k from the year before largely because of a raise Mrs. Paterson received at her job. [TU] [Daily Politics]
Andrew Cuomo's investigation of the state pension fund now reportedly includes a meeting held by current state comptroller Tom DiNapoli. In a statement, DiNapoli said he "inherited a mess." [NYT] [State of Politics]
Harry Tutunjian has reportedly selected assistant chief John Tedesco as the next Troy police chief. [YNN]
The National Labor Relations Board has charged Hearst, the Times Union's parent company, with violating labor law for the way it went about its recent layoffs at the paper. The TU's publisher says Hearst will lay off the workers again if a court orders them to be re-hired. [Albany Guild] [Daily Gazette $]
The man convicted of the 2006 Olympic Diner shooting in Schenectady was convicted again at a re-trial. [TU]
The Green Island Power Authority's bid to build a new hydroelectric plan on the Mohawk has been bounced by the feds. [TU]
A potential deal to sell the City of Troy's Uncle Sam parking garage is apparently back on the table. [Troy Record]
A water main break left half the city of Rensselaer without water yesterday. The break was fixed and a a boil water advisory for some areas was in effect. [Troy Record] [WTEN]
The hiring of the next of football coach at Albany High School has been delayed after questions were raised about the chosen candidate's resume. [TU]
The early warm weather spring has also brought on an early tick season. [Daily Gazette $]
The horses are back at the Oklahoma training track in Saratoga. [Saratogian]
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