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Rensselaer County Legislature meeting Tuesday 5/12. They look to approve buying law enforcement vehicles. Declare June Rensselaer County Pride Month, Dairy Month, Motorcycle Safety Month, ALS Awareness Month, Post Traumatic Stress Disaster Month and Uterine Cancer Month. There is a resolution to recognize Juneteenth in Rensselaer County.
It looks the legislature will move to pass a resolution supporting the Bigger Better Botttle Bill but oppose the deposit increase from 5 to 10 cents.
Agenda here:
https://www.rensselaercounty.org/wp-content/uploads/Meeting-Pakcet-5-12-26.pdf

The Rensselaer County Legislature holds its Public Forum, on Wednesday, May 6 at 6pm in their Chambers at 99 Troy Road, East Greenbush, NY. This is your chance to bring your concerns to this body .
Legislator Mary Francis Sabo is bringing legislation forward that would call for these sessions to be live streamed. It is a topic that could be addressed at the Public Forum.
The regular legislature meeting will be on Wednesday May 12.

Finance meeting agenda:
https://www.troyny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/\_05072026-1822?html=true

Regular Meeting Agenda:
https://www.troyny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/\_05072026-1823?html=true

The Troy City Council advanced draft legislation to the administration to implement new policies and oversight of automated license plate readers (ALPRs), part of a broader push to address public concerns over personal privacy, the use of surveillance technology, and access. We hope to engage in productive dialogue with the administration and police department leadership over how this technology is used in our neighborhoods and community.

“The council supports the important work of the Troy Police Department to investigate crime in our community, but as this technology continues to rapidly evolve, we must ensure protections and oversight are in place.”

The draft local law was authored by Councilperson Noreen McKee and will be introduced on May 7 for discussion at a Public Safety Committee meeting May 21 at 5:30.

May 29 will be the day to get your summer vibe kick started. Eight iconic regional musical acts will be joining forces for Songs of Freedom. A mini festival if you will. What an opportunity to see these artists in one place on one evening. Raising Our Voices for social justice and the defense of democracy. What an opportunity for camaraderie and just a plain good time.

Along with the fine music will be a Silent Art Auction. Regional artists have donated original works representing a variety of genres. Surely a chance to add to you collection and the ambience of your domicile.

Yes, food and beverages will be available for purchase. A number of mocktails are in the planning stages.

And hold on to your hats, there will even be a bake sale.

Admission will be through a sliding scale of suggested donations. On admission you will receive a wrist band allowing you to come and go as you please. (OK, I can't imagine you wanting to leave.)

This event is a benefit for Troy Indivisible and Christ Church United Methodist.

Looking forward to seeing you.

May 29

5-11 pm

Christ Church United Methodist

35 State St

Troy, NY

Use this link to let us know you are coming:

https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/947488/?rname=Jim%20Mounteer&share\_context=event\_details&share\_medium=copy\_link

And please share!!!!

This Saturday, 3-6 pm Nerdy by Nature, Troy NY

Circus Family Printshop will be showing you how to print your own shirt using designs by Atypical Tuesday.

BRING YOUR OWN TEE!

The Troy City Council’s Law and Finance Committees meet Thursday, April 23.

The Law Committee will deal with FOIL Requests, the CSEA Contract and the Knickerbocker Aquatic Center Contract.

The Finance Committee will be dealing with a number of Ordinances and Resolutions including awards of NIP funds.

There has been a call to action by deFlock Troy to address the Council during the Public Comment period at the end of the meeting.

Law Committee Agenda:

https://www.troyny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/\_04232026-1815?html=true

Finance Committee Agenda:

https://www.troyny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/\_04232026-1814?html=true

Democracy should work for working people, not billionaire interests.

While working families are stretched to the brink, billionaires and corporations are posting record profits and hoarding the wealth our labor creates. That money should be funding housing, schools, healthcare, and the public goods that make life livable.

The Corporations and the ultra-rich have rigged the system and it won’t get un-rigged unless working people take big actions together. Corporations and the ultra-wealthy are rigging the rules to protect their power and shut the rest of us out. A government captured by billionaire interests will not solve a crisis that benefits them without us making it.

https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/937038/?rname=Jim%20Mounteer&share\_context=event\_details&share\_medium=copy\_link

On April 25th the Greater Capital Region Coalition of Indivisible groups will be picketing outside local branches of Citizens Bank. Our ask, or our demand is that Citizen Bank ends its collusion with ICE.

TROY INDIVISIBLE will be at the Citizens bank branch at 596 Columbia Turnpike , East Greenbush NY, 10 am

Citizens Bank is the only major lender to the country's two largest private prison companies, CoreCivic and The GEO Group, running dozens of ICE detention centers across the country. Through loans, bond underwriting and credit lines, the bank has played a key role in helping CoreCivic and The GEO Group access more than $2.5 billion in financing over the past dozen years, some of it approved this year.

Citizens says it is dedicated to fostering strong communities and social responsibility, but its long-standing support to prison companies and ICE detention centers is exactly the opposite. We need to hold the bank responsible.

Organized people are the only force that has ever stopped authoritarian takeovers and changed the rules to work for working people. Those who profit from a rigged system will not voluntarily give it up. When working people move together, we can defend our communities and protect our rights

Rensselaer County Legislature Meeting tonight

Regular Meeting April 2026

April 14 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Meeting Packet 4-14-26

Special Rules Packet 4-13-26

Legislative Meeting will be held in the Legislative Chambers located at 99 Troy Road, East Greenbush, NY 12061 .

Agenda Items:

https://www.rensselaercounty.org/wp-content/uploads/Meeting-Packet-4-14-26.pdf

https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/937038/?rname=Jim%20Mounteer&share\_context=event\_details&share\_medium=copy\_link

On April 25th the Greater Capital Region Coalition of Indivisible groups will be picketing outside local branches of Citizens Bank. Our ask, or our demand is that Citizen Bank ends its collusion with ICE.

TROY INDIVISIBLE will be at the Citizens bank branch at 596 Columbia Turnpike , East Greenbush NY, 10 am

Citizens Bank is the only major lender to the country's two largest private prison companies, CoreCivic and The GEO Group, running dozens of ICE detention centers across the country. Through loans, bond underwriting and credit lines, the bank has played a key role in helping CoreCivic and The GEO Group access more than $2.5 billion in financing over the past dozen years, some of it approved this year.

Citizens says it is dedicated to fostering strong communities and social responsibility, but its long-standing support to prison companies and ICE detention centers is exactly the opposite. We need to hold the bank responsible.

REMINDER, as if you need it😁

Troy City Council Meeting

Thursday, April 9

433 River St

5th Floor - 7pm

Come witness the Council override the Mayors veto and opt in to NY’s Good Cause Eviction law.

Then join in the party to celebrate the payoff of a couple years worth of work by citizens of Troy.

https://www.troyny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04092026-1808?html=true

Our local We Get Out the Resistance Chapter is hosting a One Million Rising Activism Training Event. An opportunity to take the next step in getting your voice heard .

April 11, 2026

2:30-4:00 pm

Albany Public Library-Main Branch

161 Washington Ave

Register here:

https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/921329/?rname=Jim&share\_context=event\_details&share\_medium=copy\_link