Rally to call for Albany County legislator to resign
Gathering Friday in response to George Langdon IV homophobic comments
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People gather to take part in a candlelight vigil outside of Rocks bar on Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. The vigil was held to show support for those injured and to remember those killed in the mass shooting at the nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Another rally is scheduled for April 2, 2021 to call for an Albany County legislator to resign after he said homophobic statements at a constitutional liberty seminar. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union) Show MoreShow Less
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ALBANY A city nonprofit that supports youth and the LGBTQ community is organizing a rally Friday outside Rocks bar on Central Avenue to call for an Albany County legislator to resign after he made homophobic comments at a constitutional liberty seminar last weekend.
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It’s no secret that construction work has long been a male-dominated industry. Erik Antokal is striving to change that.
“You have 50% of the population that has essentially been historically excluded from that incredible opportunity – what an untapped resource,” Antokal says.
After graduating from Tufts University in 2012, Antokal completed a fellowship with the Coro New York Leadership Center, where he was able to work with the United Federation of Teachers and 32BJ SEIU, the politically powerful property service workers union. Prior to joining Nontraditional Employment for Women, Antokal also worked for the New York City Department of Small Business Services, where he helped coordinate the city’s business improvement districts.
Working Families Party snubs Sheehan for mayoral nod
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1of5Buy PhotoAlbany Mayor Kathy Sheehan endorses Matt Toporowski for Albany County District Attorney on Friday, June 12, 2020, at City Hall in Albany, N.Y. He is challenging current District Attorney David Soares for the Democratic nomination. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of5Buy PhotoAlbany Mayor Kathy Sheehan comments on the city s recent wave of shootings on Friday, June 19, 2020, during a press conference at police headquarters in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
4of5Buy PhotoAlbany Mayor Kathy Sheehan speaks at a prayer vigil in the atrium of the Times Union Center on Thursday, June 4, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
How 100 years of the Democratic rule has shaped the city of Albany
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Albany County Democratic boss Dan O Connell, undated. (Bernie Kolenberg, Times Union archives/Courtesy William Kennedy)
ALBANY One can argue whether the Albany Democratic machine was good or evil or how much of it remains today, but this much is indisputable: It has etched itself into American political history as one for the ages.
It has been 100 years since the O’Connell-Corning Democratic machine seized control of City Hall in 1921 by defeating the entrenched Barnes Republican machine. The Democrats have not relinquished power since.
Albany ranks first as the longest run of uninterrupted Democratic rule, longer than Boston (since 1930), Chicago (1931), St. Louis (1949), Philadelphia (1951), Buffalo (1962) or any other deep-blue city in the nation.