Once again, Albany Common Council delays a vote on tear gas
Following months of public demands and repeated delays, the Albany Common Council voted 9-6 to further table legislation to ban the use of tear gas...
Community focused nonprofit Noteworthy Resources to open space on Lark Street
Tatiana Gjergji is the founder of Noteworthy Resources, a 501(c)3 nonprofit focused on building and empowering a sense of community in the Capital Region. The...
APD officer who assaulted man will escape criminal charges
A two-year court battle to formally remove a suspended Albany police officer from his job has been resolved, with a plan in place for criminal...
‘A lack of openness’: Angela Beallor discusses organizing around police reform in Troy
Angela Beallor is currently the Documentarian in Community Co-Creation for MDOCS at Skidmore College. She has been involved with Reimagine Troy, a group formed last...
Albany’s community police training allegedly includes racist rhetoric
The city’s Community Police Academy is teaching “racist myths.” That’s the accusation made by Community Police Review Board Chair Nairobi Vives, who wrote a letter...
Activists intervene as woman demands to see son being questioned at South Station
They held each other and cried, pulling their hoodies over their heads as the rain began to pick up. A few dozen bystanders gathered on...
Albany ‘May Day’ events intersect local labor and civil rights movements
Nurses from Albany Medical Center rallied this weekend amid a contentious three-year long contract fight with hospital management. The event coincided with the celebration of...
South Station protesters say police lack trans awareness. Lawsuits are now planned.
One of the protesters arrested when Albany riot police forcibly removed a peaceful encampment of Black Lives Matter activists says he is going to sue...