Leadership change for Albany neighborhood group
Council of Albany Neighborhood Associations Howie Stoller to step down
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1of3Buy PhotoHowie Stoller stands outside his home on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of3Buy PhotoHowie Stoller stands outside his home on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
ALBANY – After 20 years at the head of the Council of Albany Neighborhood Associations, Howie Stoller is stepping down from his leadership post.
Stoller’s last meeting as the group s chairman was on Dec. 2. He sent his last meeting reminder for January to the group’s email list on Sunday. However, he plans to remain on the board of the city’s umbrella neighborhood association.
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Friefel announced his departure earlier this week from his position as director of state studies for the Citizens Budget Commission, a nonpartisan nonprofit that studies the dollars and cents of New York City and state and advocates for sound fiscal policy. He worked there for the previous five years. Before that, he spent time as a budget examiner at the executive-branch Division of the Budget and as a staffer on the Assembly side with the Ways and Me
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Reapportionment of the state Legislatureâs 63 Senate and 150 Assembly districts occurs every decade following the U.S. Census.
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