Albany council questions Colvin Avenue development plans
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1of3Buy PhotoA view of the Anthony Street entrance to Westland Hills Park on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of3Buy PhotoA view of the Anthony Street entrance to Westland Hills Park on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
ALBANY – The Common Council is asking the state Comptroller’s office to review a decision that would allow a developer to use the main entrance to Westland Hills Park as an exit from a proposed apartment complex along Colvin Avenue.
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The Bureau of Land Management’s Grand Junction office is housed in this office building on Horizon Drive. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
The Trump administration’s decision to relocate the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Grand Junction and other cities in the West led to a huge loss of staff, according to new numbers provided by the Department of the Interior.
Of the 328 positions slated to move out West when the move was announced, 287 headquarter employees chose to retire or found new employment between July 2019 and December 2020. Only 41 people moved with their jobs.
Critics of the move have long argued that it would hollow out the agency and deprive it of expertise. Aaron Weiss, Deputy Director of the Center for Western Priorities, said the Trump administration was “so secretive” about the numbers and the details about the move.
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