Federal funding from Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program to allow department to purchase new equipment, cover training costs for paramedics
Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) introduced H.R. 4007 the Halting the Epidemic of Addiction and Loss (HEAL) Act of 2023, legislation that would expand access to new opioid overdose reversal agents.
Mayor Kathy Sheehan was joined by the Albany Institute of History and Art’s Director Emerita Tammis Groft, Interim Director and Chief Curator W. Douglas McCombs, PhD, and Curator Diane Shewchuk to announce the future of the artifacts contained in the time capsule found under the former site of the Gen. Philip Schuyler Statue.
Mayor Kathy Sheehan reminded residents on June 15, 2023 that all nonessential City of Albany buildings, including City Hall and The Neighborhood Center at 200 Henry Johnson Boulevard, will be closed on Monday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth.
On June 7, 2023, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) and the bicameral Electrification Caucus partnered to showcase the market readiness and diverse technology available to accelerate the transition to medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles (EVs).