All Over Albany

Plea for info on serious downtown Albany hit and run, proposal to crack down on credit reporting agencies, Albany considering sale of Coeymans land, riding the rails in old-school style

Pedestrian injured in Albany hit and run
A 58-year-old man said he was hit by a vehicle while crossing Broadway in downtown Albany Friday afternoon -- then kept going. Albany police say they don't have many details, only that the vehicle was silver. The man who was hit -- Louis Sanford Jr., who works at the Pearl Street Diner -- suffered serious injuries. [News10] [TU x2]

Credit agency crackdown
The Cuomo admin is proposing stricter state rules for reporting agencies -- such as Equifax -- that would regulate the agencies more like banks and insurance companies. [NYT]

Cuomo trip to US Virgin Islands
+ Andrew Cuomo visited the US Virgin Islands Friday and said the state would be sending New York National Guard and State Police personnel there to assist with recovery efforts. [TU]
+ Jimmy Vielkind on Cuomo's trip: "Foreign travel is not an explicit part of governing a U.S. state, but upwardly mobile governors have frequently found reasons to venture abroad and gain some standing to talk about foreign affairs." [Politico NY]
+ Steve McLaughlin: "He'll spend more time on that airplane than he did in Hoosick Falls when we had a water contamination issue." [News10]

Immigration enforcement
On Friday Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order prohibiting state employees from asking about a person's immigration status, unless that status is necessary for eligibility for a service or benefit or in the case of law enforcement investigating criminal activity. The prohibition includes instances in which a person seeks assistance from law enforcement, or is a victim of or witness to a crime. State Police -- and some local police departments, such as Albany -- already have a similar policy. [TU] [Cuomo admin] [Daily Gazette]

UAlbany and Title IX
The federal Department of Education has concluded that UAlbany has not given women equal athletic opportunities as men at the school, a violation of Title IX. [TU]

NY-19 and NY-21
A look at the opposition that's assembling in New York's 19th and 21st Congressional districts against incumbent Republicans John Faso and Elise Stefanik. [TU]

Albany land in Coeymans
The city of Albany is considering a potential sale of the 363 acres it owns in Coeymans to the owner of the Port of Coeymans. [WNYT] [TU]

Schenectady schools
A Schenectady school district principal on state test scores indicating that fewer than 10 percent of students at some schools were proficient on the math test: "We have a sense of urgency; we always have... None of us are happy with these scores." [Daily Gazette]

Albany schools
Remembering former Albany schools principal Tony Clement as the district names the new home of its alternative education program after him. [TU]

Crowdfunding for healthcare costs
In the dystopian present, crowdfunding is the health insurance of last resort. [TU]

Hurricane pets
Another group of dogs and cats displaced by a hurricane, this time Irma, has arrived at the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society. [News10]

Pumpkins
Talking pumpkins with a Washington County farmer known for them. [Saratogian]

Trains
Riding the rails in the style of the past. [Spectrum]

Stuff going on today

Covers of The New Yorker
Monday: Françoise Mouly, art editor of The New Yorker, will be at Skidmore for a talk titled "Blown Covers: New Yorker Covers You Were Never Meant to See." It's this year's Fox-Adler Lecture. Monday 5:30 pm, Gannett Auditorium -- free

Political cartoons
Monday: SUNY Oneonta historian Susan Goodier will be at Saint Rose for a talk about the suffrage/anti-suffrage movement in New York State and the role political cartoons played in it. The talk is connected to the new anti-suffrage exhibit at the Albany Institute, for which Saint Rose president Carolyn Stefanco was a guest curator. Monday 5 pm, Touhey Forum (1009 Madison Ave) -- free

Front Parlor
Monday: The Front Parlor storytelling series is back at the Olde English in Albany. This month's theme: "The Moral of the Story." Monday 7:30 -- free admission