It is definitely the public's responsibility to inform the city. They can't monitor every street in Albany.

City employees are on every street once a week to pick up the trash. They can certainly note and report issues such as this.

Different employees work different streets on different days. That's far less reliable than the people chipping in to help their community. That's why this site exists.

I agree Garrett, and I try to post violations as soon as I see them... But it's frankly exhausting. It feels like this site was designed to shift the burden of code enforcement to residents. At my neighborhood association meetings, city officials are constantly advising residents to post to SeeClickFix, but all too often posts go unaddressed... Meanwhile, if I used the wrong color shade of blue on my front porch or installed my own water heater Id end up with a citation... It's sad.

I agree that the actual enforcement is not up to par and is definitely enforced unevenly (citations for a blue porch instead of picking up trash). But I do like the idea of SeeClickFix. Just wish the city took it more seriously.

Yes, and there seems to be a disconnect between those who perform jobs like picking up the trash at the curb and those who enforce code.

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Casey & Whitehall Neighbor, I agree, there are too many serious violations that the city can't honestly claim they don't know about them. Every day they have to be seen by city employees who work in some of these departments or have a level of responsibility. Some of the issues are on busy streets in Albany.

Even the police have a responsibility to inform DGS of say, when the sidewalk across the street from the police station is never cleared and people have to walk down a narrow one-way street that is on a hill... That is a major safety issue and it has happened all winter at the Arch St. PD, I believe the street is Clinton St. How do you excuse it? Maybe they did inform them and they just ignore it. I don't know. But clearly, there is an issue with essential services not being performed. You have to get the worst offenders and much of the rest will fall into place. A small percentage of places throughout Albany are responsible for ongoing issues, such as the incredible amount of garbage blowing around the city on a regular basis... This site is a valuable tool, but it should not be needed nearly as much as it is. And even with this site many complaints do not get addressed.

I’m glad to see others disappointed with this reporting system, several times in the past year I have reported a depression in the road heading out New Scotland ave past the golf course, the depression is so large drivers who know of its existence cross the double yellow line to avoid it. I reported the exact address it’s in front of , nothing , reported again , nothing, reported a third time, I get a response from Molly McGuire problem fixed. Guess what? ,nothing was done, absolutely nothing. Dozens of Albany police, fire ,dgs, cdta, ..... vehicles drive that route everyday and no one notices it?

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