Albany, NY

Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York’s Capital District. Roughly 135 miles (217 km) north of the City of New York, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 10 miles (16 km) south of its confluence with the Mohawk River. The population of the city was 97,856 at the time of the 2010 census.

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The capital complex is the center of state government. It’s also aging infrastructure.

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The capital complex is the center of state government. It’s also aging infrastructure.

On a quiet Sunday this fall, a few large marble tiles fell from the ninth floor of the New York State Museum and landed in pieces on the sidewalk of Madison Avenue. Be glad you weren't in the vicinity: Each panel weighs hundreds of pounds.

Luckily, no one was injured — though the story might have been different if the tiles had fallen on a weekday, when state workers and tourists flow along the street. The site was barricaded, and the Albany fire department assessed the incident as "isolated." The state Office of General Services conducted an emergency inspection to determine if there were more widespread structural issues with the building — the southernmost outpost of an Empire State Plaza that's coming up on its 50th birthday. 

Close the City Dump

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Somebody wrote this in the sand. In the other words, in the view of the Albany Pine Bush Commission: VANADALS DESTROY OF THE PINE BUSH PRESERVE BY WRITING IN THE SAND.

Saturday January 7, 2012 — Albany Pine Bush