Troy’s proposed 2016 budget online
The city of Troy announced Friday that the proposed 2016 budget of $68.6 million is available for review online. Here’s the announcement from Mayor Lou Rosamilia’s office with the link: Please find...
View ArticleMadden refutes Troy mayoral opponents’ claims on TRIP finances
Democratic mayoral candidate Patrick Madden struck back Friday at Republican Jim Gordon and City Council President Rodney Wiltshire’s claims that TRIP ran a $109,977 deficit in 2014. In his statement...
View ArticleCity Council candidate: Troy has too many unpaid parking tickets
Carmella Mantello, a Republican candidate for an At-Large City Council seat, reported Friday the results of her Freedom of Information Law request for details about parking tickets. Mantello, who...
View ArticleState Comptroller warns Troy it faces return of state financial control
Troy faces the return of state control of its finances due to a potential $2.4 million deficit in its proposed $68.6 million budget for 2016, according to a State Comptroller’s review. The audit...
View ArticleTroy City Council asked by incoming official to delay budget vote
The Troy City Council goes into its final budget hearing Thursday night with a request from Council President-elect Carmella Mantello, a Republican, to postpone voting on a 2016 budget until Dec. 1 —...
View ArticleTroy buys police riot gear
The Troy Police Department has used a grant of more than $5,000 to buy riot gear for its officers. The department has purchased 12 riot shields, 12 riot helmets and eight power flare 2 packs (LED...
View ArticleTroy City Council votes on crucial tax cap override
The often fractious Troy City Council must find some unity Wednesday night to muster six votes to override the state tax cap if the council members want to approve the proposed 2016 budget of about...
View ArticleRensselaer County Legislature approves 2016 county budget
The Rensselaer County Legislature approved the county’s 2016 budget of $331.5 million Tuesday night by a margin of 13-5. The county property tax levy will increase by 1.88 percent in 2016 It’s the...
View ArticleMadden names financial advisory committee in Troy
Mayor-elect Patrick Madden announced a five-member financial advisory committee Tuesday as he prepares to be sworn in as Troy’s next mayor Friday afternoon. Madden comes into office with the city’s...
View ArticleTroy Mayor Patrick Madden holds city team building session in North Greenbush
Troy Mayor Patrick Madden is leading his senior staff and department heads out of the Collar City Thursday morning south down Route 4 to Pat’s Barn in the Rensselaer Technology Park. “It’s a team...
View ArticleTroy finances coming into focus
TROY — Financially, it’s a busy day for the Collar City, which seems to teeter close to disaster at times but always manages to skate away. Mayor Patrick Madden Wednesday morning released the city’s...
View ArticleTroy City School District budget and building proposition pass
The Troy City School District’s $113 million budget and $23.3 million capital plan passed easily. Here’s the release from the city school district: Troy City School District residents approve budget...
View ArticleTroy Mayor Patrick Madden will discuss city finances
Mayor Patrick Madden will hold a public session at City Hall at 6 p.m. Tuesday to allow city residents to hear a briefing on the city’s finances. The city faces multiple financial challenges and has...
View ArticleTroy to hold public meeting on 1 Monument Square redevelopment
After seeing three proposals for redeveloping 1 Monument Square, the former site of City Hall, fail to move forward, the city plans to hold a public forum in July to solicit comments about future...
View ArticleTroy reaches into past for budget help
Troy is reaching out to Owen Goldfarb, an architect of the city’s resurrection from its 1990s budget disaster during former Mayor Mark Pattison’s administration, to help deal with its current budgetary...
View ArticleTroy releases its latest financial figures
Mayor Patrick Madden’s administration has released its second quarterly report on the city’s finances for 2016. The report gives a snapshot of how the city’s revenues and expenses are faring. Due to...
View ArticleTroy recruits minorities for fire department
TROY — The city is working with Hudson Valley Community College and the Troy African American Pastoral Alliance “to grow the ranks of the fire department with a focus on diversifying the city...
View ArticleTroy postpones meeting on opening city pools
Troy’s meeting on the future of the city’s pools has been postponed a week due to the snow storm. Councilman Jim Gulli said the General Services Committee will not meet Thursday night. Instead, the...
View ArticleTroy Republicans seek candidates for November elections
The Troy City Republican Committee is looking for candidates to run in the fall City Council and Rensselaer County Legislature races. The GOP holds six of the nine City Council seats. The council...
View ArticleTroy files financial report with state
The “Annual Update Document” is something only a lover of municipal financial reports would recognize from its definitely unsexy title. The AUD is the technical cover for the city’s filing of its...
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