Houseless 3-year-old hit by car suffers fractured skull on father’s birthday
Them & Us Media (now Albany Proper) recently introduced readers to a houseless family barred from Josephs House & Shelter in Troy on Tuesday after staying...
Evicted houseless family alleges Josephs House mistreatment
Daniel Griffin lost his job and house. Kayla Dzembo lacks mental health treatment for her postpartum depression and anxiety. Their two boys — Jackson, 11...
Lukee Forbes won’t take court offer in Albany obstruction case
Regional social justice dynamo Lukee Forbes isn’t ready to settle on a court deal yet. Albany Court Judge John Reilly on Thursday offered to reduce...
Troy 11-year-old wanted to ‘save the city’ months before his killing
Seventy-six days before Ayshawn Davis was fatally shot, the 11-year-old boy stood against violence and hatred outside an alt-right Lansingburgh church. At a June 29...
Rensselaer County’s brand of ‘annoyance law’ riles BLM activists
Community activists are outraged by a new law passed 17-2 by the Rensselaer County Legislature on Tuesday that was “designed to provide additional protections to...
‘In the dark’: Troy activists urge streetlight triage to deter crime, anxiety
Shadows blanket a crumbling basketball court and a stretch of weeds littered with broken glass and hypodermic needles on Cragin Avenue. Not much farther, two...
Troy cop allegedly denies complaint form, assaults activist
After refusing to provide a complaint form, an officer allegedly assaulted and arrested community organizer Keni Zeoli at the Police Precinct in Downtown Troy around...
Is Lukee Forbes right about Coccadotts’ white supremacy?
A driver leans hard on the horn as his pick-up truck whizzes down Central Avenue. It’s a blatant show of support, but it’s impossible to...