DocGo, the nonprofit ostensibly responsible for the needs of migrants relocated from NYC, is continuing to drop the ball: failing to provide information to school districts, dropping off migrants at community organizations without notice and failing to provide transportation back, and failing to provide adequate food and clothing.
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/capital-region-official-demand-changes-migrant-18283826.php
Corey Ellis, Albany Common Council president and frequent mayoral candidate, proposes developing the Hotspot Elimination, Assessment and Tracking program, which would engage community organizations to increase attention to high crime areas. The current mayor’s staff notes that the city is already doing that.
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/albany-common-council-president-proposes-hot-18282758.php
Nursing home operators under investigation for fraud and neglect donated money to Hochul.
https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/ag-sues-nursing-home-operators-donate-hochul-18280307.php
The federal American Rescue Plan will bail out the pension fund for union workers at Tops grocery stores. Reduced union participation makes it hard for union pension funds to remain solvent.
The Spotlight just finished a three-part series on local restorative justice/ diversion programs.
https://spotlightnews.com/news/2023/07/26/albany-county-drug-court-practicing-restorative-justice/
Windham Mountain is proposing an expansion.
Well there’s a lede: “Timothy Taylor set his sights on his ex-wife and the mother of his two children after beginning to feel bad about killing his pregnant wife in Brooklyn weeks earlier.”