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Schenectady official identifies intersections with most accidents | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 SCHENECTADY – With 48 car accidents since 2016, the well-traveled Erie Boulevard, where it meets with Seneca Street, holds the dubious distinction of having the highest frequency of crashes at an unsignaled intersection in the city, signal superintendent John Coluccio told the City Council’s Public Safety Committee Monday night. The superintendent reported the top 25 unsignaled intersections during a discussion about which locations might benefit from LED stop signs. Separate intersectio...

Feedback mixed on proposed earlier start to Schenectady City Council meetings | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS SCHENECTADY – A proposal to start City Council meetings at 5:30 p.m., 90 minutes earlier than what’s dictated in city code, would either hinder public participation, or help professionals who want to attend meetings right after their workdays end, according to a public hearing on the matter this week. After hearing from five people via email, and three in person Monday, the council will likely discuss the public hearing during a committee meeting on July 19. If the proposal to change...

Police, residents expect uptick in illegal fireworks as July 4 approaches | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 “We’ve got our arsenal prepared, we’re locked and loaded,” Aceto said. “We’ve got things to put over his ears. We’ve got tranquilizers. And we‘re not leaving the house. We wouldn’t dare leave him out during the Fourth of July weekend, because they’ve already started this week,” she said. “As it gets closer to the Fourth, it’s probably just gonna get worse.” Aceto, who lives in the General Electric Realty Plot neighborhood, said Enzo, a 4-year-old mixed br...

Candidates of color well represented in Tuesday’s primary results | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS By Brian Lee | Shares0 SCHENECTADY — The majority of Tuesday’s city voters gave the nod to four people of color in the primary races for City Council last week, and those candidates are poised to take office barring any change in results from absentee voting which begins Monday. One white incumbent councilperson did not make the cut. Incumbents Marion Porterfield and John Mootooveren, along with candidate Damonni Farley, campaigned together and held off Karen Zalewski-Wildzunas in the race for...

Schenectady City Council candidates debate police reform, stimulus and neighborhood improvements Forum unfolds days before early primary voting begins in New York FacebookTwitterEmail 9 1of9Buy PhotoSchenectady City Council candidate Marion participate in a forum at Proctors ahead of the June 22 Democratic primary on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 in Schenectady, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of9Buy PhotoSchenectady City Council candidate Marion participate in a forum at Proctors ahead of the June 22 Democratic primary on Wednesday,...