All Over Albany

GE to send 500 jobs overseas, Faso announces congressional run, buskers to protest on Pearl Street, 50 years of the ESP

GE sending jobs overseas
GE is citing congress's failure to keep the Export/Import bank open as the reason it's sending 500 production jobs -- 100 from Texas and the rest from Maine, South Carolina and Schenectady-- overseas. [NYT][Gazette][Business Review]

Faso to run for congress
Former Sate Assemblyman and one time gubernatorial candidate John Faso, a Republican from Kinderhook, has announced he will run for Chris Gibson's19th Congressional District seat in November.[Gazette][WNYT]

Troy mayoral ballot count
The absentee ballot count in the Troy mayoral primary was delayed on Tuesday and is expected to start today. [WNYT]

Rosamilia asks for cuts
Less than three weeks before Troy's proposed budget deadline, mayor Lou Rosamilia has asked department heads to submit 2 percent cuts in an effort to save the city $1.3 million. [TU]

Anti-blasting legislation
Albany County legislators hurriedly passed an anti-blasting law on Tuesday that is aimed at Northeast Energy Direct's controversial proposed gas pipeline. [TU]

Albany busker
A group of performers is planning a protest on Pearl Street on Monday in response to what they believe were inappropriate actions by an Albany police officer who was caught on video ticketing a busker on the street. [WNYT]

Animal Shelter gets new director
Saratoga County's board of supervisors has named former Mohawk Human Society volunteer as the new director of the Saratoga county Animal Shelter[TU]

Niskayuna death
Police have ruled out foul play in the death of a Niskayuna man found in his home during a welfare check by police. [Gazette]

Recorded but not reported
Witnesses of an attack in an Albany McDonald's parking lot videotaped the incident but didn't call police. [News 10]

Indictments in burglary spree
A Rensselaer County grand jury indicted three men on charges stemming from a residential burglary spree between January and May.[TU]

Vandalism causes school delay
Classes were briefly delayed at Veeder and Lishakill elementary schools in the South Colonie School district after vandalism was discovered at the schools. [TU]

Illegal handguns
A Rotterdam man is facing charges for having illegal handguns. [TU]

Teachers may be allowed appeals
In a conversation with Capitol Pressrooms Susan Arbetter, NYS Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch said the board is considering allowing teachers and principals to appeal poor ratings under common core.

Hudson Rail Tunnel
Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo have agreed to pay for half of the Hudson rail tunnel, if the federal government will cover the other half. [NYT]

Plans for former Schenectady YMCA
The old Schenectady YMCA may get historic status and an $18 million renovation to become senior apartments. [Gazette]

Glenville hotel plans moving forward
Glenville has obtained the necessary planning and zoning approvals for its first hotel , a 100 room Homewood Suits by Hilton that will overlook the Mohawk river. [Gazette]

Sherman Tank
A WWII M4 Sherman Tank has a new home at the Saratoga Military Museum. [TWCN]

Prepping a national tour
When prepping a national tour in an old Vaudeville theater, never mention the Scottish play.[TU]

Pope Francis
Fifty young Catholics from the Capital Region have won an opportunity to see Pope Francis in New York City. [WNYT]

Happening today
Empire State Plaza at 50

The Empire State Plaza at 50 event will commemorate the construction of the plaza. There will be food vendors and a farmers' market on the plaza during the day, along with entertainment -- the lineup includes Shadows of the 60s, a tribute act for 1960s Motown acts. And the day will wrap up with fireworks.

The Empire State Plaza at 50 speaker series starts this week at The Egg with a look at the dynamics between Nelson Rockefeller and Erastus Corning, 2nd. Rockefeller biographer Richard Norton Smith and Corning biographer Paul Grondahl will participate in a discussion moderated by Jack McEneny. Wednesday 6 pm - free

Robert Putnam
Wednesday: Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam (of Bowling Alone fame) will be at the UAlbany School of Public Health for a discussion about income inequality in the US. Event blurbage:

The University at Albany School of Public Health has initiated an "All School Read" program, which invites students, faculty, staff and community members to select and read an important book covering issues relevant for those preparing for careers in public health. The first book chosen is Putnam's Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, a groundbreaking examination of the growing inequality gap in the United States. The book details how children and grandchildren today have had harder lives amid diminishing prospects compared with earlier generations of Americans.

Wednesday 5 pm, UAlbany School of Public Health campus in Rensselaer - free

Music

Fishbone at The Hollow
Still kicking. With: Downtown Brown. 9:30 pm - $20 ahead / $22 day of

Hammell on Trial at The Low Beat
One-man punk. 6 pm