Write to the mayor and any other voted official! All the way to the Governor if we have to!

Where does one write to the mayor etc?

Those same ones at Spring and Henry Johnson woke us up, and also could still be heard with windows shut and fan on. Honestly, they were scary. And yet another night of being woken up from sleep.

JustJen, Kathy Sheehan has a facebook page and also reach her at albany ny website she has email there. Our a formal letter to her office in albany. Google her.

Kathy Sheehan removes/blocks Facebook comments that are truthful regarding these and other kinds of things. At least she has in the past.

Please continue to call the police at 518-438-4000 if you hear them. Additionally if you know the house that is doing it, say so in the call to dispatch. Let your Beat Officer know if you have a house in your neighborhood that is doing it repeatedly. It does help us.

Until the fireworks stop, this issue should remain open. I have called the police when its is happening as well.

closed

Wow APD, just wow. You can't seem to effectively do your job, and you don't like citizens pleading with you to do it, so you close down the issue. What's next? Rubber bullets and tear gas?

We know one APD person who should step down. The person responding to SCF issues. Never see them do anything. Regardless of what you may have seen on television you do have a responsibility. If you want to close an issue then how about you explain what you have done about this issue.

You would think after sitting on their hands watching the city burn and even seeing animals attacked they would do something. Instead he runs cover behind the mayor. We will all give an account someday. And I don’t think when you see your maker that hiding behind the mayor’s skirt will be a valid response.

For issues of this nature when the incident is in progress please call the Albany Police Department at 518.438-4000 so we may serve you better.

If you can’t do your job perhaps you should resign. Let someone capable of doing it have an opportunity. It has been stated that calls have been made to APD. Before you close issues it would seem right to please explain what you have done about this issue or similar to address this. There is expectation of some assistance right here since these issues are a part of SCF.

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Yup. Just close it without actually resolving the issue. Thanks for nothing, APD

That okay, I just opened another complaint because surprise, surprise it's going on again

Forward this thread to the Mayor/Governor and show them how we are being ignored?

I did see a piece about it this morning on channel 10, but it was more of a PSA about not using the loud ones and that only the fountain ones are legal and only legal from 6/5-7/5 but nothing really threatening of any kind of action. I had hoped it would be more serious.

Unfortunate because there are way too many people being negatively affected by this quality of life issue.

Laura, that is what you have to do. Keep posting and keep calling. They want people to get used to being harassed in Albany and just want us to go away.

@APD LT-NEU, I can see why people in Albany don’t feel safe. Do nothing and you don’t even have much of a vocabulary. Can’t answer questions. Sad and pathetic.

JustJen, I think the mayor and governor are aware and really don’t care what we are going through. Anybody that does contact them should let them know you will be reaching out to media and social media to spread the word. The media is lazy and part of the problem as well so pressure needs to be put there. For example, how the mayor gets positive press/fluff pieces before each winter storm but rarely hear about crosswalks and sidewalks not cleared of ice and snow or plows burying sidewalks by driving way too fast...

I did write to the County, and I got a reply, I will be writing to more soon, this has to stop. Here is the reply it has some phone numbers on it that may help.

Thank you for contacting the County Executive’s office with your issue. The County does not have authority over the Albany Police Department, but have forwarded your message to their attention as well as the Mayor’s office. In addition, we have provided this to the County Sheriff to determine if they can assist. Be well.

Best,

Mike McLaughlin

Director of Policy and Research

Office of the Albany County Executive

112 State Street, Room 1200

Albany, NY 12207

(W) 518.447.7040

(F) 518.447.5589

I see the news on one of the channels had a report about it. Maybe worth a call to all the local news agencies and please do mention that the police seem to be non responsive in our plea for help.