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.
US airline orders Pratt & Whitney engines for 130+ jets [The Hour, Norwalk, Conn.]
Jan. 26 A Frontier Airlines Airbus A321 in April 2019 at Albany International Airport in Colonie, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
Photo: Will Waldron / Albany Times Union
Pratt & Whitney announced its first major jet engine order since the start of the pandemic, with Frontier Airlines ordering engines for 134 aircraft en route from Airbus.
It is Denver-based Frontier Airlines’ first-ever purchase from Pratt & Whitney, which has its headquarters in East Hartford as a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies. The company is one of Connecticut’s largest employers with more than 11,000 workers at last report, including at a major facility in Middletown.
SUNY campuses to reopen on Feb. 1 with increased coronavirus testing
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Indian Quad on the University at Albany Campus on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. SUNY students will return back to campus Fev. 1, 2021 after the pandemic sent them home since before Thanksgiving. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
ALBANY The State University of New York will be reopening its campuses for the spring semester Feb. 1.
SUNY officials announced Sunday that in-person classes will resume for students next Monday. To further prevent the spread of COVID-19 on campuses, Chancellor Jim Malatras announced students, faculty and staff who regularly come to campus will be required to test for COVID-19 on a weekly basis now.
Albany church part of state vaccine effort Monday
Albany County sees 249 new cases; 2 deaths
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Congregation members stand to pray during Easter Sunday service at Albany s Sweet Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in 2015. On Monday, Jan. 25, the church will be the site of a state deployment of community coronavirus vaccination kits, part of an effort that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo s office said will strengthen fairness and equity in the vaccine distribution process. (Times Union archive)
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David Traynham of Sweet Pilgrim Baptist Church in Albany leads a prayer at a vigil in the atrium of the Times Union Center last June. On Monday, Jan. 25, the church will be the site of a state deployment of community coronavirus vaccination kits, part of an effort that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo s office said will strengthen fairness and equity in the vaccine distribution process. (Paul Bu