Unfinished business brings protesters back to Saratoga streets
Old men heckled in between cigar puffs. White-tablecloth diners looked annoyed. Drunken men stumbled out of bars to flip the bird. It’s 2020 and this...
Upset by acquittal, Troy protesters march to the Mayor’s front lawn
Local activists took to the streets following the former Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove’s acquittal of all charges related to his handling of the...
800 miles from Louisville, Albany protesters join calls for justice
Late last night a group of protesters gathered in front of the Governor’s Mansion in Albany to deliver a rallying cry that began 800 miles...
Local nurse on the pressure of being ‘superhuman’ during COVID-19
Tanisha Findley, a licensed practical nurse at a local assisted living facility, spoke with Albany Proper’s Shannon Straney about the challenges of being a nurse...
The long arm of a continuous cycle of trauma grips Albany
A young man pulled his car off Second Avenue onto a corner lined with prayer candles and empty liquor bottles — all-too-familiar markings of a...
Schenectady police union goes to court to protect controversial officer
The Schenectady police union has gone to court in an attempt to conceal the disciplinary record of an officer caught on camera driving his knee...
A tragic loss rattles Troy
At first the news out of Troy late Sunday night was sadly routine. Another shooting in a city overwhelmed by violence, where 12 others have...
Local school cuts at odds with a growing anti-racism movement
Violette DeRosa received a pink slip last week, just one of over 200 being handed out by Albany City School District. The mass layoffs are...