Schenectady cop had a scheduled suspension while knee-to-neck arrest played out
According to documents released to Albany Proper, Schenectady Police Officer Brian Pommer had a pending unpaid suspension for a ‘Standards of Conduct’ disciplinary charge when...
Here’s how a superhighway changed one road in Rotterdam
Old Duanesburg Road connects with history. Old Duanesburg Road doesn’t connect with Old Duanesburg Road. A 25-year-old man learned the latter lesson last year when...
BLM LGBTQ+ activists: keep tearing down our flag at Gateway Plaza, we’ll replace it
This is the fourth LGBTQ+ Black Lives Matter flag replaced in Schenectady’s Gateway Plaza within nearly a month. Should vandalism continue, expect another flag. And...
Redburn walks away from Schenectady landmark
This was announced Wednesday, the same day Zoning Board members were expected to vote on Redburn’s request to convert the property. “We figured that the...
Ice cream parlor alleged racist hiring practices rankle Schenectady activists
Denise Robertson stood outside of Bumpy’s Polar Freeze Inc. on Sunday afternoon, clutching a megaphone. She stood, elevated, on a stone ledge as she gazed...
Why Redburn’s Stockade Inn Plan Faces Hostility
Redburn Development has a vision for the Stockade Inn, a Schenectady landmark shuttered after back-to-back business hurdles: turnover, a kitchen fire, and the COVID-19 shutdown....
A newcomer joins politics
Nohelani Etienne interrupts our conversation to draw attention to the three young women in graduation robes emerging from the parking lot. “Oh, that’s awesome,” she...