TROY, N.Y. The dispersal of a homeless encampment in Prospect Park packed the City Council room Thursday night during the city’s finance and special meeting. On Jan. 10, Mayor Carmella Mantello and members of her administration cleared the encampment which sat on land owned by RPI. Mantello also praised Joseph’s House and Shelter in […]
TROY, N.Y. The year’s first City Council meeting took off Thursday with a couple of hiccups. The new council has two returning members Irene Sorriento, who is a Republican now representing District 5 (she previously represented District 6 before redistricting, and City Council President, Sue Steele, a Democrat, who is new in her position. […]
TROY, N.Y. It’s probably safe to bet that Mayor Patrick Madden is leaving office on a much quieter note than he had entered the position eight years ago. Roughly two weeks into Madden’s first four-year term as mayor in 2016, the first-time politician had to deal with a massive water main break after a […]
TROY, N.Y. Collar City residents have the opportunity this year to elect a new mayor. Troy Mayor Patrick Madden, a Democrat, is unable to run for a third straight four-year term due to the City Charter. Voters will elect the city’s first female mayor with Troy City Council President Carmella Mantello as the Republican […]