New direction for Albany convention center floated, community meeting about Park South redevelopment, "Ape's Law" signed, baseball hit king at Crossgates
New direction for the Albany convention center project: a smaller, two story building on a site between the ESP and the TU Center -- the idea is the facilitiy could be part of events that use all three venues. [TU] [Biz Review]
At a community meeting Wednesday night some residents of Park South expressed concerns about being displaced by the redevelopment plan. Said one resident: "They held the meeting and said 'we want you to feel a part of this process,' but it's gonna move along whether you agree with it or not." And another: "They're frustrated because they feel like they're not a part of it after contributing so much for so long." Said the head of Columbia Development at the meeting: "what we're trying to do is transform the community. You can't tell me what we're putting in there is not an upgrade." [WNYT] [News10] [YNN] [TU]
The attorney for Rory Poulin -- accused of shooting his partner of 30 years, Margaret Jordan, in North Greenbush last December after they had been drinking -- told jurors during opening arguments that Poulin accidentally fired the shotgun as he sat down. Prosecutors argued Poulin shot Jordan intentionally because he was mad at her. [TU] [Troy Record]
Troy police say a woman was abducted, and later thrown from a moving vehicle, Wednesday night. [YNN]
Albany police say the arrested a man Tuesday night after allegedly fired several shots into the air in the West Hill neighborhood (block map). [APD]
Schenectady police say 23 people are facing charges related to an alleged food stamp scheme, which is alleged to defrauded the program of about $500k. [TU] [Daily Gazette]
A man got 20 years in prison after being convicted of firing into a Schenectady house 15-20 times last summer (and it wasn't even the "right" house). [TU] [Daily Gazette]
Corey Ellis and Kathy Sheehan are now the lone Democrats left on the ballot for the Albany mayoral Democratic primary. [TU]
Andrew Cuomo signed "Ape's Law" Wedneday -- it makes the killing of a police animal a felony. Ape was an FBI dog killed during the standoff in the Herkimer shootings. [Cuomo admin] [News10]
Halfmoon continues to be the region's hot spot for new development. [Daily Gazette]
Issue being considered in Saratoga County: how to deal with increasing amounts of sewage being generated in and around Saratoga Springs. [Daily Gazette]
A community meeting in Lansingburgh focused on a lack of diversity in municipal jobs in Troy and Albany. [Troy Record]
The insurance company for a town home project in Schenectady has determined that the development was responsible for the flooding of the 146-year-old Union Inn. [Daily Gazette]
A bank has opened in the Stanford Mansion in Niskayuna. [Daily Gazette]
Pete Rose signed autographs at Crossgates Wednesday night. [TU]
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Can we just throw away this convention center idea and start over with something else.......
... said Boberto on Jul 25, 2013 at 1:31 PM | link
I'm surprised that for convention center ideas, Albany hasn't looked to another (albeit somewhat bigger) state capitol, Sacramento, for some pointers: http://www.sacramentoconventioncenter.com/aboutUs/ . Nice example of how you integrate historic landmarks and other existing structures into a convention center complex. Whatever comes out of this isn't going to be the Javits or Moscone centers, but it can be something that provides business for a downtown that sorely needs it.
... said caravan70 on Jul 25, 2013 at 2:56 PM | link