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Albany police vote to leave Council 82 FacebookTwitterEmail ALBANY – The city’s police officers decisively voted 133 to 55 to form an independent PBA, clearing the way for the department’s rank and file to break away from Council 82 and negotiate a new contract. Mike Delano, one of the officers who led the fight to form an independent bargaining unit, confirmed the vote on Tuesday. The next steps are for the PBA to elect its executive board and, once the vote is approved by the state Public Employee Relations Board, move toward opening contract negotiations with the city. Delano said th...

Albany police forcibly take back South Station street from demonstrators Eight arrested, demonstrator hospitalized, chief defends mobilization FacebookTwitterEmail 38 1of38Buy PhotoAlbany Police move in to clear out protesters from in front of the South Station on Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of38 In a sign of possible escalation of tension between police and an encampment of protesters next to South Station,Police Chief Eric Hawkins on Thursday declared it was "is time to end this un...

Arbitrator's exoneration of Albany officer draws Sheehan's ire Mayor writes letter criticizing "racially biased conclusions" in First St. case FacebookTwitterEmail Police body camera footage shows Officer Matthew Seeber asking to enter the home at 523 First Street before kicking in the door on March 16, 2019, in Albany, N.Y. (Albany Police Department) ALBANY — An independent arbitrator exonerated city police officer Matthew Seeber of all charges last week for his role in an incident on March 2019 on First Street. In response, Mayor Kathy Sheehan wrote a letter to the state board that handle...

Decision in Albany case from arbitrator, a Syracuse professor, draws mayor’s ire Updated Mar 17, 2021; By Steve Hughes | Times Union, Albany Albany, N.Y. — An independent arbitrator exonerated city police officer Matthew Seeber of all charges last week for his role in an incident on March 2019 on First Street. In response, Mayor Kathy Sheehan wrote a letter to the state board that handles police arbitration, criticizing the arbitrator’s “racially biased conclusions,” and asking the board to stop using him. The ruling came nearly two years to the day that Seeber and other officers r...

3:15 The Albany Common Council has unanimously approved a local law that would give new powers to the city's Community Police Review Board. Among other powers, Local Law J gives the board sovereignty to conduct independent investigations into alleged incidents of police misconduct, greater access to police audio and video recordings, 1 percent of the police department budget and subpoena power. It would also "establish a disciplinary matrix in conjunction with" Police Chief Eric Hawkins, which gives the board authority to discipline officers. 10th Ward Common Councilor Owusu Anane says Albany...