Albany

Open Issues: 0 Closed Issues: 247 Acknowledged Issues: 5
Watching issues created after: 2015-10-12

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  • Lark Street Albany, New York - Sheridan Hollow
    Who is making the decision about what constitutes aggressive panhandling? When a person cannot enjoy their neighborhood or their own stoop, walk home, or eat at an outdoor cafe without being asked for money, this is aggressive and a serious quality of life issue. Self defense classes specifically teach participants not to allow strangers within a particular personal space distance, yet, repeatedly, citizens are told there is nothing the police can do when they are continually accosted and outright scared (including after dark) as panhandler after panhandler approaches and asks for money. This has a lot to do with why people so many fewer people want to come to this area to dine and shop. It doesn't matter what we offer, if our streets are filthy, loud, and filled with drunks and people asking for cash. This holds no attraction and should be a no brainer.
  • Public Health Archived
    Lark St Albany, NY, 12210, USA - Sheridan Hollow
    If you are high risk for covid-19, or have any concerns about being exposed, you may want to stay clear of the Lark Street area. It's filled with people not wearing masks and all of the tables in front of restaurants are basically on a public sidewalk making it impossible to appropriately distance when people are walking by. There also isn't any way to wear a mask and eat.Some stores are also having people line up across the sidewalk waiting to enter but this blocks the public walkway also not allowing appropriate physical distancing. If you are okay with that, go for it, but if not, be aware.
  • Sheridan Ave & Lexington Ave Albany, NY, 12206, USA - Sheridan Hollow
    atv are going up and down different streets . they are going the wrong way, cutting corners. they have no lights on these vehicles. we almost collided with these twice already. like the motor cycles in washington park, the police aren't doing anything about these again this yr. albany is known as the wild wild west with drivers because there is no enforcement. what happens when one of these vehicles hits someone and causes an accident? please help us police. isn't that what you're supposed to do- enforce the traffic and other laws?
  • Lark Street Albany, New York - Sheridan Hollow
    199 Lark Street has sat vacant for years and is an eye sore as well as a home for vermin and now a safety hazard. The roof of the building is said to be collapsing by those who have seen it from above, and the front of the building is now falling apart. During the winds this weekend, and with thousands of visitors here for the St. Pat's Parade, pieces of the facade blew off and could have seriously harmed adults and children, as could happen any time. It is beyond negligent that the city has not addressed this issue to the extent that the building owner has either completely rectified the issue or forfeited the building. A person should lose all rights to property when their disregard creates health and safety issues, decreases the appeal of the street and negatively impacts the value and safety of the properties nearby. In general, Lark Street is drab, run down, dirty and neglected. In addition to empty buildings, gum all over the sidewalks, litter, the few trash cans overflowing onto the ground, the steps to some buildings have completely disintegrated and are a danger to anyone (including residents and mail carriers) having to climb them. A couple oriel windows are in such bad shape pieces may come off and endanger pedestrians, and property owners are allowed not to paint and maintain their buildings, and steps, etc. Lark is never going to be a "destination" when it looks like this. Clean it up, repair it, paint it, maintain it, put lights in the trees, have foot patrol officers until all bars close, address the pan handlers which are aggressive intrinsically if they approach people who do not want to be approached, who are alone, in the dark, etc. Saratoga, Hudson, Troy and other areas are doing far better than Albany because they are addressing all of these issues. The city and the Lark BID have to put effort where it really matters which is beyond bars traffic and festivals. Surely you can't hold the positions you hold and not know and commit to that at minimum.
  • Other Archived
    107 Lark St Albany 12210, United States - Sheridan Hollow
    Please have this Street memorial removed from the sidewalk. It’s a trip hazard. The location is becoming a magnet for gangs, drug use, open containers and prostitution.
  • Other Archived
    115–119 Henry Johnson Blvd Albany NY 12206, United States - Sheridan Hollow
    Woman in the middle of the street banging on car windows at the red light looking for money
  • Lark Street Albany, New York - Sheridan Hollow
    Thursday evening at Hudson and Lark Street.. I'm getting ready to cross. A lady runs the red light. Tjere were 2 officers chatting on the corner, one was on a bike. I say to them there's someone running the light, you saw her run it. The officer on thr bike says, "Well, he car goes faster than my bike." Then they both laugh and keep chatting.
    Mind you its 5:00 traffic the car is going along in stop and go traffic!
    smh
  • 296 Sheridan Ave Albany, NY, 12210, USA - Sheridan Hollow

    Parking enforcement visibly observes me taking out trash. My grandmothers aide failed to move the vehicle. I come home after working a double. And parking enforcement tickets the vehicle. But as I turn and take a loss, I notice that not every car is being ticketed. Only my vehicle and one further down in front, a white colored vehicle. I have pictures to prove it. Even the cars in front the fence with DONOTPARK signs werent ticketed.
    The street cleaning vehicle coming from the next block up didn't even attempt to clean this block of Sheridan Avenue. The vehicle turned and went under the bridge. I guess the rational would be the vehicles are in the way. It seems as though this one block of Sheridan is being neglected once again.

    We have homeless people passing, littering, loitering, screaming...etc..but can't get the street cleaned. We can't even get.a public trash can on the corner.

  • 25 Monroe St Albany, NY, 12210, USA - Sheridan Hollow
    Monroe St has not been plowed AT ALL. It is impossible to drive down it. I live at 17 Chapel with out garage opening on Monroe. The road is impassable
  • 273 Sheridan Ave Albany, NY, 12210, USA - Sheridan Hollow
    ATV's stored on sidewalk. Albany claims there's an issue with these being rode through the streets but does nothing to stop it. They've been here for over a year now.
  • Other Archived
    318 Clinton Ave Albany 12210, United States - Sheridan Hollow
    Panhandler in the middle of the street walking up and down as the cars are at the red light it’s a constant complaint that the city does nothing about until one of them gets hit and then the person driving the car is the one that’s going to be blamed for it even though the cities been put on notice multiple times for the problems that are occurring when are you going to do something about it
  • Other Archived
    179 Elk St Albany, NY 12210, USA - Sheridan Hollow
    I reside on elk street. There is a woman who has been urinating in the street, in plants in front of houses,and on the side of the armory various times throughout the day. She actually lives on the street at 175 elk street. Children live on this street. Numerous people have asked her to utilize her own facilities, but she ignores the fact that this is wrong. Hopefully someone (police) can stop her before a minor witnesses her.